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MCV looks at what the arrival of the toughest game, Namco Bandai’s Dark Souls, ever says about the market… Expanding the games industry has had the inevitable effect of ‘dumbing down’ the more challenging elements of interactive entertainment. New interfaces and new audiences mean that games have to be accessible, …
Read More »Transformers: Fall of Cybertron confirmed
A successor to the popular Transformers: War for Cybertron has been announced. As revealed by US mag GameInformer, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron has been built very much around fan feedback from the last title, with Activision saying that developer High Moon Studios has gone back to the drawing board” for …
Read More »Double Modern Warfare 3 XP for GAME buyers
GAME has announced what will no doubt be a very tempting offer for Call of Duty fans. Anyone who buys Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 from GAME or Gamestation following its release on November 8th will be rewarded with double XP for their first four hours of play. XP …
Read More »Xperia Play nabs Lara Croft exclusive
Sony Ericsson has signed a deal with Square Enix that will see Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light released as an Android exclusive on Xperia Play. The game, which is already available on the Apple App Store, Xbox Live, PSN and PC, will mark its arrival to the Android …
Read More »FIFA 12 ANZ price and deal roundup
With FIFA 12 kicking off today, MCV takes a look at the best deals, prices and bundles in Australia and New Zealand. JB HiFi takes the award for cheapest price on the standard edition, going out at AUD$79, next to GAME’s AUD$88 for PS3 or 360. GAME and EB Games, …
Read More »Jack Wilshere visiting GAME Oxford Street this Friday
This Friday’s official FIFA 12 launch event at GAME’s Oxford Street store in London is to have a very special guest – Arsenal and England midfielder Jack Wilshere. Jack appears alongside Wayne Rooney on the front of this year’s game, although he has just been side-lined for the rest of …
Read More »GAME: 40% of annual revenue to come from next 10 weeks
Nearly half of game retail’s annual revenues will come from just one fifth of the calendar year. That’s according to GAME Group CEO Ian Shepherd, who has told investors that he hopes a strong set of releases will make up for the rough retail climate that has defined the year …
Read More »Digital sales rocket at GAME
We’ve all raised our eyebrows at some of GAME’s digital initiatives, but the retailer has been proved very much correct with sales of digital products up over 40 per cent so far in 2011. The retailer has in recent months rolled out in-store offers for both digital Xbox Live Arcade …
Read More »GAME’s like-for-like sales drop by 9.9%
The UK’s leading games retailer GAME has reported a 9.9 per cent drop in like-for-like sales for the 26 weeks ending July 31st 2011. It’s a tough time for every retailer at the moment, and gaming is no exception. However, despite the challenges GAME succeeded in increasing its market share. …
Read More »GAME and Gamestation announce midnight openings for FIFA 12
A total of 243 GAME and 165 Gamestation stores will open their doors just before midnight on Thursday September 29th in anticipation of FIFA 12’s release. GAME’s Oxford Street store is hosting the UK’s official midnight launch, with the first customer to buy the game receiving a new LG 3D …
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