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Speaking to Spanish newspaper Il Finaciero James Armstrong, Sony’s chief executive in southern Europe, has revealed that Gran Turismo 5 will be released in Christmas 2009 release date in Europe. The news, translated by Gran Turismo fansite GTPlanet, would suggest a late summer 2009 release in Japan, with the US …
Read More »Gamestation launches half price offering
GAME-owned UK games retailer Gamestation has launched a Half Price promotion as the festive push steps up a gear on the High Street. Titles leading the selection include the PS3 version of EA’s Battlefield: Bad Company for 19.99, Sega’s Wii outing Samba De Amigo for 17.49, Atari’s What’s Cooking with …
Read More »UK heading towards biggest ever Q4
GFK-ChartTrack has predicted that this year’s Christmas period will push the UK industry to its biggest Q4 ever in terms of both unit sales and value. The news comes in the week that a report from leading global sales monitor Top Global Markets showed software sales growth has flattened around …
Read More »Call of Duty gets bookies’ nod for Xmas no.1
Online betting site Paddy Power has released its odds on the race for the coveted Christmas number one game – and has sensibly backed Activision-Blizzard’s upcoming Call of Duty: World at War for the win with odds of 3/1. Other favourites include EA pair FIFA 09 and Need for Speed, …
Read More »Animal Crossing Wii this December
The European arm of Wii and DS platform holder Nintendo has confirmed that the Wii iteration of Animal Crossing will be released in Europe this December – along with a new name for the title. Mirroring the recent announcement about the Australian release, the game will be called Animal Crossing: …
Read More »Wii shortages predicted once again
Retailers are being warned to expect a third consecutive Christmas of Wii shortages on the High Street, according to GameStop CEO Dan DeMatteo. Speaking to GameDaily, DeMatteo explained: I’ve never seen this type of demand before. I know they’re making more, but we’re still short like everybody else. I think …
Read More »Motorstorm 2 targets Christmas
Motorstorm 2, the sequel to the PS3 launch title, is coming this Christmas according to the BBC. The game is said to move away from the muddy environments of the first game and will now take place in more tropical locations. "Gamers will be able to race around a lush …
Read More »Woolworths predicts return to profit in 2008
Woolworths has forecast a return to profitibiliuty for its High Street stores in 2008 – after the High Street chain suffered a 3.2 per cent drop in like-for-like sales for the 49 weeks to January 12th. The firm blamed ‘fierce discounting’ across the electrical products sector for the dip – …
Read More »Games bucks retail downturn trend over Christmas
Whilst many across the retail community have been counting the cost of a disappointing Christmas period, the games market has seen yet another bumper festive period on the High Street. In the week that the retail analyst SPSL stated that many days during the Christmas period retail performance were ‘hugely …
Read More »DSGi suffers disappointing Christmas
DSGi has lowered its profit expectations by 40 – 50 million for the year, following disappointing sales over the Christmas period. For the 11 weeks ended December 29th 2007, like for like sales dropped by one per cent, which the group claims is down to generally weaker consumer markets. Overall …
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