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Administrator Deloitte has confirmed that all remaining Comet stores will close their doors tomorrow (December 18th). Many closed for good over the weekend. The move will result in the loss of some 6,600 jobs just days before Christmas. 2.1m in holiday and back pay will be paid to employees. It …
Read More »Digital vs Physical – the REAL Christmas No.1
Think this year’s Xmas No.1 in games will be Call of Duty or FIFA? It is more likely to be Angry Birds or Minecraft. Xbox Live, Steam, iOS, PSN and the rest are expecting a surge in downloads on December 25th, as gamers receive consoles, tablets, PCs and points cards …
Read More »Downloads4u announces 12-day Christmas sale
Game4u’s digital games service downloads4u is offering upto 70% off on select games through its ‘12 Days of Christmas’ promotion. Starting tomorrow – 14th December, a new PC or Mac game will go on sale each day for 12 days, culminating on Christmas day. While a complete list of games …
Read More »Indian retailers begin Grand Theft Auto 5 preorders
Preorders for Grand Theft Auto 5 had begun internationally a while back, and a few Indian retailers have now started accepting preorders too. Flipkart.com was the first to begin preorders, offering both the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions for Rs 2,799. Shortly after, Game4u also listed Rockstar’s upcoming open-world title …
Read More »Nextworld offers site-wide ‘End of the World’ sale
Online games retailer Nextworld doesn’t think we’re going to be around long enough to see Christmas, so it’s instead offering a sitewide ‘End of the World’sale. From now until 21st December, all products at Nextworld are being discounted anywhere from 6.66% to 15%. Simply use the EOW2112 promo code at …
Read More »HMV warns it may breach bank deals
HMV has warned it will probably breach its lender covenants in January. The firm reported a 36.1m loss for the 26 weeks ending October 27th. But says it is having ‘constructive discussions’ with its banks. This isn’t as severe as last year’s loss of 50.1m, and the firm says it …
Read More »Suppliers pledge £40m worth of support for HMV
Music labels and other entertainment suppliers are backing HMV with more than 40m of funding in the run-up to Christmas. That’s according toThe Telegraph, which reports that the financial boost is in addition to other measures secured last year between HMV and its suppliers in order to keep th retailer …
Read More »Asda Direct: ‘We need to stock more games’
Supermarket giant Asda wants to double the number of music, videos and games it sells online. The firm currently has around 6,000 films, CDs and games on its website, which according to stat tracker Hitwise is one of the fastest-growing sites in the UK. But that number is ‘nowhere near’ …
Read More »Industry picks: The best games of 2012
It’s December, and as is customary, every gaming website is rounding up the best the games industry has had to offer this year. We’re doing things a little differently though. Rather than picking our game of the year or having gamers pick theirs, we reached out to those within the …
Read More »Cyber Monday breaks online UK shopping records
Monday December 3rd 2012 was officially the busiest ever online shopping day in the UK. Retail Gazette reports that a total of 112m visits to retail websites were made on the day – a year-on-year increase of 32 per cent and the biggest ever single day number. eBay was the …
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