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UK retailers saw a year-on-year decline in sales as excessive rain deterred shoppers from venturing to the High Street. Like-for-like sales across all sectors fell by 3.3 per cent when compared to the same period last year, according to data from the British Retail Consortium. The BBC reports that the …
Read More »E-Xpress offers iPad as preorder incentive for upcoming games
Indian game distributor E-Xpress Interactive has kicked off a preorder campaign for games releasing over the next three months. The games in this promotion include Max Payne 3, Spec Ops: The Line, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Lollipop Chainsaw, LEGO Batman 2: DC Superheroes, London 2012, and Darksiders II. Aside from …
Read More »Blockbuster unveils VIP Gamer reward scheme
Yet another retailer has made a new move for video games market share – Blockbuster. Called Blockbuster VIP Gamer, the retailer boldly claims its new loyalty program will provide gamers with the most rewarding experience in the gaming market”. Unlike other schemes this new offer doesn’t just reward consumers for …
Read More »INTERNATIONAL FACTFILE: India
According to the FICCI-KPMG Indian Media and Entertainment Industry Report 2012, the Indian games business was valued at 13bn Rupees ($259m) in 2011 – up 30 per cent. The market is expected to grow by 38 per cent to 18bn Rupees ($359m) in 2012 and to a staggering 46bn Rupees …
Read More »GAME exec joins ShopTo
MCV Awards winner ShopTo has recruited Alison Fraser as its new senior buyer. Fraser is a GAME and Gamestation exec of ten years, and she most recently held the position of key account manager, handling publishers such as Ubisoft, Take-Two, Warner Bros, Sega and THQ. The new appointment comes as …
Read More »E-Xpress expands low-price PC games catalogue
Indian games distributor E-Xpress Interactive has expanded its E-play range of low priced PC games to over 120 titles. The E-play catalogue contains games priced between Rs 199 ($4) and Rs 299 ($6) from publishers such as Ubisoft, Square Enix, THQ, Sega and Take-Two. While console gaming remains the highest …
Read More »UK games retail generated £10.45m last week
The launch of Prototype 2 helped the boxed market rise slightly over the prior week, with overall unit sales up five per cent to 441,401 games sold. It’s Activision’s first No.1 of the year. UK games retail generated 10.45m overall from sales last week – an increase of eight per …
Read More »What’s Out Today? w/e May 4th, 2012
505 Games kicks off May with its WWII shooter Sniper Elite V2. The Xbox 360, PS3 and PC title puts players behind the scope of a sniper rifle and tasks them with taking down key Nazi targets – including, if you buy the DLC, Hitler himself. Meanwhile Black Bean Games …
Read More »HMV poised to return to profitability
Sales at entertainment retailer HMV fell 19.4 per cent year-on-year for the 52 week ending April 28th. Like-for-like sales fell 11.7 per cent during the period. For the 17 weeks ending April 28th total sales fell 19.2 per cent and like-for-like sales fell 12.9 per cent. Profits are expected to …
Read More »Indian retailer Game4U introduces rewards program
Indian specialist games retailer Game4U has introduced a military-themed customer loyalty and rewards program called Team Elite. A purchase worth Rs 450 or more at one of Game4U’s eight stores across India or its online store qualifies the customer for Team Elite membership. The membership kit includes a personalised membership …
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