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An ambitious online games retailer believes it will be able to steal considerable” market share from Amazon, Play.com and ShopTo.net this Christmas after a major investment in its site. GameGears.co.uk is eyeing a 2 million turnover for the next calendar year, after striking deals with publishers such as Activision for …
Read More »GAME lists COD:MW2 events
The UK’s leading video game retailer GAME is to open around 300 of its stores at midnight on the morning of Tuesday November 10th to usher in the release of the year’s most hyped game – Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Each store will open for around …
Read More »GAME plots further exclusives
GAME Group has pledged that it will keep securing exclusive products, after grabbing the rights to the limited edition Modern Warfare 2 Xbox 360. The console joins a raft of GAME-exclusives this Christmas, which includes the special edition of Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time, the Assassin’s Creed II …
Read More »NPD: Gaming finally on the up
After what seems like a prolonged period of decline in the North American video games market, the latest numbers from sales tracker NPD show that the sector enjoyed year-on-year growth in September. In fact, September 2009 was the second biggest September the NPD has ever recorded, beaten only by September …
Read More »P2 readies for Tracy Beaker release
P2 Games has teamed up with publisher Random House and supermarket chain Morrisons for its upcoming Tracy Beaker video game. The title will be advertised in 100,000 Tracy Beaker reprints, as well as in the Tracy Beaker Fan Club newsletter and on relevant websites. Meanwhile, the title is backed by …
Read More »UK CHARTS: FIFA scores a hat-trick
It’s three weeks at the top of EA’s FIFA 10 in the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 this week, despite a strong challenge from Sony’s chart debutant Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Naughty Dog’s PS3 exclusive manages to grab second place in its first week of release, knocking Codemasters’ realistic …
Read More »Key release: Torque 3D
The leading prosumer game engine returns
Read More »Dragon Age CE is GAME exclusive
Leading High Street games retailer GAME has secured the exclusive rights to sell EA’s upcoming Xbox 360, PS3 and PC RPG in the UK. Included are three pieces of in-game content – Bergens Honour, Grimoire of the Frozen Wastes and Final Reason. Also included is the in-game Blood Dragon Armour …
Read More »WRC team taking on Dirt 2
Publisher Black Bean plans to revamp the World Rally Championship licence into a new annual games franchise, MCV can reveal. And the firm has set its sights on challenging Codemasters’ recent success with fellow racer Dirt 2. Black Bean has signed up the licence on an initial three year deal, …
Read More »Ratchet and Clank special edition revealed
Sony has revealed its Ratchet and Clank: A Crack In Time special edition. The set is available exclusively in Europe, while UK gamers will have to pick up their copy from GAME. The Collector’s Edition comes with a 3D lenticular cover, an artbook and a PSN voucher that allows gamers …
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