Tag Archives: GAME

The BBC believes it can revolutionise the games market with Doctor Who: The Adventure Games. The third-person action PC title is a downloadable free-to-play episodic adventure. But the broadcaster doesn’t believe that giving the game away for free will hurt the games sector, and instead could bring about change for …

Though Sony and, in particular, Microsoft are selling their upcoming motion sensing controllers as brand new console platforms, one analyst has said that the motion revolution will not get retail out of its current hole. Specifically, only a brand new generation of machines will be enough to reverse retail’s dwindling …

Video games retailers are currently facing up to the biggest ever challenge to their business models as supermarkets up their interest in the sector and the growth of digital distribution threatens their very foundation. Having recently met with senior executives from both GameStop and GAME, Klosters Trading analyst Lutz Muller …

Total lifetime sales of the Nintendo DS have now passed those enjoyed by its predecessor the Game Boy, cementing the twin-screened machine’s place in gaming history. DS sales now stand at 129m since its launch in 2004. The Game Boy, which was launched in 1989, has sold a total of …

North American video game retailer Game Crazy is to close, it has been confirmed. The decision comes after parent company Movie Gallery filed for bankruptcy in February of this year – the second time it has done so in the last three years. Over half of Game Crazy’s total of …

Best Buy’s arrival in the UK comes at an ideal moment. The UK’s market value is in the gutter – albeit temporarily – driven down by a mix of a weak release schedule, post-recession caution, a lack of new hardware and the distraction of an election. Games’ heartland UK retailer …

Just a month on from its official launch on Xbox Live, Microsoft’s retro arcade games service Game Room has seen an indefinite freeze put on the addition of new content. The latest batch of Game Room content has also been delayed until further notice,” Xbox Live European Editor Dan Maher …

From the first moment Wii was revealed it’s the game that we all envisioned – a motion sensitive lightsaber simulator where players could take on the likes of Darth Vader and Obi Wan Kenobi. There have been titles that have promised to fulfil the dream, but none – perhaps due …

Games publishers are getting behind Facebook as a major marketing tool, enabling them to interact with millions of consumers directly. The social network is becoming increasingly important to publishers’ marketing plans, from Nintendo directing traffic through a Monster Hunter Facebook hub to Ubisoft inviting fans to befriend the Prince of …

In its report of the recent turbulence at UK retailer GAME, one analyst has predicted that the chain has become an increasingly likely target for a takeover – though this in turn should help protect its share price in the near term. The real shock with the results was the …