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GAME CEO Ian Shepherd believes the Group can be a major player online without being drawn into a price war. The firm’s major online rivals – including new arrivals Asda and GameStop – have been aggressive on price in a bid to win market share. But Shepherd believes that GAME …
Read More »GAME: ‘It’s foolhardy to fear digital’
GAME insists it has nothing to fear from digital retailers after backing Xbox Live, PSN and streamingservice OnLive. CEO Ian Shepherd dismissed the notion that he was giving away customers to these digital rivals by promoting them, and reiterated the firm’s strategy to become more than just a retailer. We’re …
Read More »Software Sales Monitor: Market soars to £53.8m
The market value leaped 94 per cent week-on-week to 53.8m following FIFA 12’s release – the biggest week for games retail so far this year. Units are up 73 per cent to over 1.5m. FIFA 12 beat FIFA 11’s launch week with 18 per cent more games sold. And retail …
Read More »New Call of Duty trailer gets UK premiere
The next trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 airs tonight during the England vs Montenegro European championship qualifier. The new video is a single player gameplay trailer and will air first in the UK before getting a global rollout. It is due to go out at 9pm during …
Read More »EA top of the league with 1m FIFA sales
Electronic Arts has netted 1m UK sales of FIFA in record time. MCV understands that the latest game in the hit franchise passed the 1m unit barrier earlier this week.It means that FIFA 12 has enjoyed the most successful launch for the series to date. According to Gfk Chart-Track, 18 …
Read More »Raving Rabbids TV series in-bound
Ubisoft has teamed up with Nickelodeon to launch a Raving Rabbids TV seri3w. Nickelodeon has global broadcast rights (outside of France) fir 78 seven-minute CG episodes that will be produced, in-house, at Ubisoft. These 78 episodes will air as 26 half-hour episodes. The Rabbids game series been a huge hit …
Read More »Xbox Live gets BBC, 4OD, LoveFilm and more
BBC content, Channel 4’s on demand service, Channel 5 and LoveFilm are amongst the biggest services now coming to Xbox 360. The services are due to be rolled out over the next three months and will take the number of TV and entertainment providers available on Xbox Live to over …
Read More »Games retailers turn to film for sales boost
UK games retailers are missing a trick by not stocking DVD and Blu-rays, Koch has told MCV. The firm’s words come as GAME and Gamestation announced that it will be selling Blu-ray movies alongside PS3 hardware in around 300 of its stores. DVDs are much more mass market than games, …
Read More »Virgin Gaming: Call of Duty Elite ‘not a threat’
The Battlefield 3 Worldwide Conquest Tournament helps EA compete with Call of Duty Elite, Activision’s social service which also includes a competitive gaming element with prizes up for grabs, according to Virgin Gaming. We don’t view Elite as a threat,” Virgin co-founder Zachary Zeldin told MCV. We view it as …
Read More »Games market steps up a Gear
Christmas came early for UK retail last week: physical game sales rose to its highest point since the first week of the year. UK stores generated 27.7m from game sales for the seven days ending September 24th, 136 per cent up over the week before. Renewed market momentum came thanks …
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