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Read More »No Battlefield 3 for Steam, says GameStop
The splintered relationship between Electronic Arts and Valve appears to have worsened, with Gamestop now claiming that Battlefield 3 will be blocked from Steam. The upcoming EA DICE shooter will be available digitally on other platforms, including Gamestop’s, an unnamed executive at retailer also said. Financial research firm Baird recently …
Read More »GameStop sales to hit $1.5bn in 2014
US games retail giant GameStop is expected to reach revenues of $1.5bn in 2014 due to an increased digital push. Financial research firm Baird predicts sales volume from GameStop properties will grow from $500m this year, with a growth rate of 50 per cent each year going forwards. It came …
Read More »Shane Kim joins GameStop board
Shane Kim, one of the key executives behind Microsoft’s Xbox push, has been appointed to the board of directors at global games retailer GameStop. Kim retired from Microsoft in 2009 when he was at the time serving as the corporate VP of strategy and business development at the Interactive Entertainment …
Read More »E3 2011: MW3 pre-orders ahead of Black Ops
The number of customers pre-ordering copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is outpacing that of Black Ops. Retailer GameStop says it is seeing a higher early demand for the upcoming Call of Duty than it did for last year’s biggest-selling game, Call of Duty: Black Ops. Last year, …
Read More »Development stars set for London Games Conference
November 10th; New venue and innovative audience interaction; GameStop keynote; Molyneux & Livingstone joint address
Read More »London Games Conference returns
The London Games Conference will return on November 10th at a new venue – and with a unique audience participation element. Taking place at the Royal Society of Medicine, the event already has three big-name speakers on board. GameStop’s EVP of international, Mike Mauler, will present a keynote on the …
Read More »Hardware drives GameStop sales
GameStop has reported a 9.5 per cent increase in profits to $2.28bn for the first quarter of 2011. Net earnings jumped 6.9 per cent to $80.4m. Total store sales climbed 5.3 per cent with pre-owned product sales jumping 9.5 per cent. Digital sales soared by 53 per cent year-on-year. HD …
Read More »GameStop launches Facebook store
It’s time to stand up and face up to that elephant in the corner of the room. Retailer GameStop has officially launched a digital games store on Facebook. It claims to be "he first multichannel gaming company to launch a storefront on Facebook and provide true social commerce to more …
Read More »GameStop could launch own games tablet
GameStop plans to enter the fast-growing tablet computer market – and may even build its own games-oriented one. The word from the retailer comes a week after it bought two games download technology firms – Spawn Labs and Stardock’s Impulse – in a bid to grow its stake in the …
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