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A new video games feature will be aired on talkSPORT. It’s part of a bid by the station’s owners – UTV Media – to attract games publishers. The company says it wants to sell games via its talkSPORT site and run more reviews in Sport magazine. UTV says it’s teaming …
Read More »New game sales ‘more than double’ at HMV
HMV says its market share on new games has more than doubled. The firm is now getting the support it needs from suppliers. And as a result the latest blockbusters – namely products not stocked by GAME – have been flying off its shelves. But far from feeling triumphant, HMV’s …
Read More »UK industry hopeful for reinvented GAME
GAME must become a smaller, more dedicated specialist should it survive administration, says top games publishers. Earlier this week the chain entered administration and closed 277 stores. Suppliers have told MCV that any new company that emerges must stock a bigger range, reduce its focus on pre-owned and find a …
Read More »UKIE launches Scottish office
UKIE is holding its first Scottish office event at Abertay University today. It takes place at the Hannah Maclure Centre in Dundee today, but it has already sold out. The event will focus on the funding opportunities available to interactive entertainment business, with speakers discussing venture capital, angel, prototype and …
Read More »Rob Lowe leaves Nintendo
Nintendo marketing vet Rob Lowe will leave the company, the firm has announced. Lowe was one of the execs responsible for the launch of Wii in the UK, and has been part of the team for eight years. He leaves Nintendo UK on June 1st to take become marketing director …
Read More »Royal Bank of Scotland tables GAME bid, papers claim
It appears to be a day of conflicting newspaper reports, with The Sunday Times reporting that RBS has offered to buy GAME out of administration. It follows a report in The Express, which says the deal to save GAME has collapsed. The Sunday Times writes that the state-owned bank is …
Read More »HMV exits Channel Islands and returns to UK
HMV will close its Guernsey warehouse and now run its website from the UK. It follows the end of Low Value Consignment Relief (LVCR), which has allowed online retailers to sell goods tax-free into the UK. As of April 1st, there will be no tax advantage to having a warehouse …
Read More »‘One clear front runner’ for GAME
There is one clear front runner to buy GAME as part of a post-pack administration, sources close to the administrators have told MCV. GAME is not officially in administration yet. The High Street chain will name Mike Jervis and Stuart Maddison of PWC as their administrators. According to the Financial …
Read More »New Tesco games boss appointed
Tesco has appointed Nick Cooke as the supermarket’s new head of games. He replaces former games boss Sarah Kaye who has left the retail giant for family reasons. Cooke (pictured) has been at Tesco for six years and has held several buying and commercial roles within the company’s toys category, …
Read More »Average software price up 5.4%
The average price of video games last year was 25.63. That’s an increase of 5.4 per cent year-on-year. In 2010, the average cost of games was 24.32.Specialists, generalists and indies increased prices the most, up 7.1 per centfor an average selling price of 27.01. Supermarket game prices were up 6.5 …
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