Tag Archives: GAME

GAME sales up nearly 7% year-on-year

Retailer GAME just published its financial results for the year period ending July 29th 2017 and has seen some growth following the positive impact of the Switch launch, the report said. Sales at the High Street retailer in the UK were up 6.8 per cent year-on-year and 8.8 per cent …

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Physical game sales fell by 20% last quarter, says Kantar

Physical game sales have fallen 20 per cent year-on-year, according to Kantar Worldpanel’s latest quarterly entertainment barometer report, with the limited number of new releases also affecting GAME’s share of the overall physical entertainment market. GAME’s market share fell by 2.5 per cent year-on-year, according to Kantar’s figures, which is …

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Craig Fletcher, Multiplay’s founder, on how the company is upping its GAME

Craig Fletcher is a UK esports veteran, having clocked up 20 years in the industry. He is now working for GAME as ‘Multiplay founder & SVP esports and competitive gaming strategy at GAME’ – phew.  Multiplay’s impact on GAME has been obvious, with the company expanding rapidly into competitive gaming …

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What GAME is Ashley playing?

There’s no bigger character on the UK high street than Mike Ashley. His acquisition of a significant holding of GAME shares today is the biggest story for UK games retail in years. Does it show the sector’s key retailer is simply undervalued or is this the beginning of a long-running …

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Sports Direct acquires a quarter of GAME

UK sporting retailer Sports Direct has acquired 44m shares in GAME Digital. This means that the company, headed by controversial UK businessman Mike Ashley, now owns over a quarter of the struggling video games specialist. The move has seen GAME’s share price recover a little. It had fallen to as …

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Consumer demand for Switch has ‘surpassed’ Nintendo’s worldwide estimates

This morning, GAME cited "lower than expected" supply of the Nintendo Switch as a key contributor toward its revised sales outlook, but Nintendo has reassured MCV that the platform holder will continue to ramp up production as it enters the second half of the year. GAME said today that it …

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GAME issues fresh profit warning

Retailer GAME has told investors that its full year profits will be substantially below previous expectations”. It is blaming the performance on what it has for a long time described as market challenges”, but also specifically this time on the Nintendo Switch stock situation. Consumer demand for Nintendo Switch has …

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GAME Belong’s Arena Clash tournaments return for second season

GAME has announced a second season for its Belong centres’ Arena Clash tournaments. Taking place in stores nationwide this summer, gamers will compete for a range of prizes in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Overwatch and League of Legends. Registrations for the second round of Arena Clash open this Friday, …

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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 …

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