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MCV has learnt that senior members of the GAME management teams have been told to brace for the possibility of administration. Senior staff were told at a meeting with CEO Ian Shepherd earlier this week that the chain has approximately two weeks to turn its fortunes around. However, hope remains …
Read More »FEATURE: Games distribution special
You’d think distribution would be a less exciting part of the games industry, but you’d be wrong. As its life is so deeply rooted with physical retail, the sector faces just as many ups and downs as the High Street. If it’s not the threat of new competitors emerging and …
Read More »GameStop in for GAME’s Iberian stores?
The deafening silence on GameStop’s intentions towards GAME continues, though one UK newspaper claims that an acquisition may be close. Specifically, The Independent believes that GameStop is readying a move for GAME’s 291 Spanish and Portuguese stores. It does not indicate that GAME’s 610 UK outlets would factor into the …
Read More »Don’t be too quick to write off GAME
Upon walking into a Hertfordshire Gamestation store this lunchtime, you’d be hard pressed to tell anything was afoot. Perhaps the emptiness was a surprise, though to be fair even Sainsbury’s was virtually deserted at one o’clock in the afternoon. Talk of barren shelves and suicidal staff is clearly unfounded. The …
Read More »GAME claims nearly 50% of Vita launch sales
Industry sources have told MCV that very nearly 50 per cent of all Vita hardware sold in the UK on launch week was purchased in a GAME or Gamestation store. That, of course, is despite the fact that the chains were not carrying Ubisoft’s Vita launch line-up of Rayman Origins, …
Read More »No more Marvel games coming from Sega
Marvel has confirmed that Captain America will be the last of its licenses to be published by Sega. No reason was given for the fact that there are no current plans for additional Marvel games to be published by Sega, though the critical maulings received by the likes of Captain …
Read More »Crytek’s next game? A puzzle title for smartphones
Crytek, the Frankfurt headquartered triple-A studio famous for its work on PC and console, has revealed its first dedicated smartphone title. The new project, called Fibble Flick ‘n’ Roll, is a physics-based puzzle title that is due for a Spring 2012 release. Crytek has not yet announced a smartphone edition …
Read More »Express: GAME directors might "pull the plug"
A report in yesterday’s edition of The Express has claimed that the directors of struggling retailer GAME are considering pulling the plug” on the entire business. This is because many at the highest levels of the chain now fear that insolvency has become inevitable” as it continues to negotiate deals …
Read More »INTERVIEW: The UK Vita launch at GAME
It’s a cold February evening but a modest crowd has braved the elements to queue up outside GAME’s flagship Oxford Street branch. Journalists mutter in huddled groups that the turnout doesn’t match that of midnight openings for Call of Duty or Skyrim, and they’re not wrong. As the first major …
Read More »PS3 BioShock Infinite includes original game
US consumers who buy a PS3 copy of BioShock Infinite will receive the original 2007 BioShock game for free. However, it has not yet been confirmed whether the UK PS3 version of BioShock Infinite will include a copy of the original game. The third instalment in 2K’s popular shooter series …
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