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UK retailer GAME is going to stop selling pre-owned video game software soon
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BELONG arenas and competitive gaming events grow for GAME
GAME’s initiative to install gaming arenas in some of its stores looks to be going well based on recent figures. GAME just announced that the arenas clocked up 155,000 hours of play in the 23 weeks leading up to the 6th of January. That’s a utilisation level of 28.2 per …
Read More »GAME’s UK Christmas takings up 2.9% thanks to Switch, VR and Xbox One X
Christmas 2017 was undoubtedly a happier period than last year. GAME today reported that its GTV figure (Gross Transaction Value) over the peak trading period (1st November to 6th of January) was up by 2.9 per cent. Something it attributed to a stronger hardware lineup and superior games. Martyn Gibbs, …
Read More »A GAME of two halves – we talk to CEO Martyn Gibbs about its full year results
We’re coming to the end of the financial results season. It’s not as glitzy as awards season, but then it’s hard to organise a big party without a bag of cash. As far as the UK games industry goes, GAME’s full year results are key, as the health of the …
Read More »GAME CEO talks Call of Duty, Red Dead Redemption 2, and the trailing triple-A pack
Read our full interview with GAME CEO Martyn Gibbs. Although well aware of the need to diversify, UK games retail remains highly reliant upon the success of just a handful of the biggest franchises. And while last year’s big releases let down retailers, things are looking a bit rosier in …
Read More »GAME CEO: Nintendo Switch in ‘constant supply’ but we’re yet to hit Christmas peak
Read our full interview with GAME CEO Martyn Gibbs. Speaking to MCV today, following on from GAME’s full-year results, CEO Martyn Gibbs commented on the stock situation of Switch this Christmas, something that will have a direct impact on the bottom-line not only for many big publishers but also for …
Read More »GAME’s Belong arenas now available for private hire
GAME’s Belong gaming arenas are now available for private hire, the retailer has announced, with special packages available for birthdays, corporate parties as well as stag and hen do’s. As part of the package, groups will get a dedicated area inside the arena (which may vary, depending on the size …
Read More »GAME talks up 2017 – Black Friday, Switch, Scorpio and its play for PC
GAME recently published its financial results for the six months up to January 28th, including the key Christmas period. We all know that last year was tough for retail, as a number of key titles failed to chart over the key November release period, and more recently Ukie reported that …
Read More »GAME interim figures: A predictably tough 2016 but upbeat about 2017
GAME has published its financial results for the six months up to January 28th, including the key Christmas period, and what have we learnt? Well, very little in fact. The figures largely tie with those we had from GAME back in January, when it updated us before its AGM. In …
Read More »GAME growth held back by low margin hardware
GAME’s annual general meeting today came with an update on trading from the back-end of last year. The headlines are huge growth in its Events, eSports and Digital categories, but overall transactions were down, due to reduced margins on hardware. For the 23 weeks up to January 7th, the group …
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