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Rumour has it US consumers will be able to buy an Xbox 360 and Kinect for as little as $99 this month. Microsoft is releasing a new bundle as early as next week that feature the a 4GB console, Kinect sensor and a two-year subscription priced at $15 per month, …

Gamefly was never planning to come to the UK. The US rental retailer – which this year celebrates its tenth anniversary – had ruled out going international. But that was before it bought Direct2Drive, and instantly owned one of the world’s most established digital retailers. The advantages for us in …

Nintendo boss defends plans to set price point of digital and retail boxed products at same level for Wii U

The Home Retail Group has suffered a 60 per cent year-on-year decline in profits after a poor performance from Argos. The Home Retail Group’s profits fell from 265.2m last year to 90.2m. The main culprit was Argos, whose sales declined seven per cent to 3.8bn. While the Group’s performance in …

The summer is almost upon and that means a drought for games retailers. With only a handful ofbig releases to keep us going until late August, sales are expectedto dry up. But many retailers, from supermarkets to online stores and general entertainment stores like HMV, have a bright summer ahead …

Hopes of a more permanent relaxation of Britain’s tough Sunday trading laws appear to have been dashed. The coalition Government had previously announced plans to relax Sunday trading regulations throughout the London Olympics. Some had hoped that the changes would be preserved permanently if proved successful. However, Retail Week quotes …

Indian specialist retailer Game4U has expanded its physical presence in north India with two new stores in the NCR (National Capital Region). The new stores at MGF Metropolis Mall and Ambience Mall in Gurgaon have bolstered Game4U’s north India presence, having opened stores in Ludhiana and Jalandhar earlier. Since opening …

Sniper Elite V2 can be had for as little as 99p on the High Street this Friday thanks to GAME’s latest trade-in offer. Customers can trade-in any two of the following games to be eligible for the price – Assassin’s Creed Revelations, Batman: Arkham City, Battlefield 3, Modern Warfare 3, …

Game Retail Limited is the UK’s new leading High Street video games retailer. It’s the new permanent name for the Baker Acquisitions Limited, the OpCapita owned company that acquired the UK assets of GAME Group’s UK operations on April 1st. GAME Group Limited remains in administration, with administrator PwC in …

Further to the news that Wii U will arrive with an aggressive new digital policy, Nintendo has also confirmed a brand new 3DS strategy. The headliner of this is that upcoming August release New Super Mario Bros 2 will be available to download on the same day that it is …