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New US online retailer EKGaming has made a remarkable pledge – to share ten per cent of its pre-owned revenues with publishers. It hopes to encourage what it describes as a circle of life” in retail that benefits all parts of the chain. It has also pledged to better the …
Read More »Heroes of Ruin becomes GAME exclusive in UK
The GAME is well and truly on. Having yesterday announced that it had secured an exclusive Assassin’s Creed III SKU, GAME has today gone one step further by nabbing exclusive UK rights to Heroes of Ruin. The Square Enix RPG is due out on 3DS in the UK on June …
Read More »GameStop expands PC offer
US retail giant GameStop has announced a fresh push into the digital PC space. As of yesterday the retailer claims to have upwards of 1,500 PC titles available at each of its 4,400 US stores. They are sold in the form of codes that can be redeemed against a PC …
Read More »GAME gets exclusive Assassins Creed III Edition
Ubisoft is not only back in bed with GAME, but it has handed an exclusive edition of Assassins Creed III to the retailer. Called the Assassin’s Creed 3 GAME Exclusive Edition, the SKU contains an additional single player mission called ‘A Dangerous Secret’ as well as an in-game weapon – …
Read More »MCV AWARDS 2012: Steam wins first Digital Retailer gong
Popular online PC game retail portal Steam became the first company to win the new Digital Retailer prize at last night’s MCV Awards 2012. The achievement acknowledges the market-leading position attained by Valve’s network, which has become the de facto choice for millions of PC gamers across the world. Five …
Read More »Segerstrale: Retail relationships are becoming less important
The senior vice president of EA’s digital division has claimed that the importance of the relationship between publishers and retail is eroding. Specifically, he believes that the rise of digital has allowed publishers to form a closer, more direct relationship with consumers that is far more important”. We’re clearly going …
Read More »Tesco posts first UK profit decline for 20 years
It may be the biggest and most important retailer in the UK, but supermarket giant Tesco has posted its first fall in UK profits for 20 years. Profits at its UK arm fell one per cent to 2.5bn for the year ending February 25th. UK sales fell 1.2 per cent …
Read More »FEATURE: App Toys
Smartphones are the industry’s fastest-growing gaming platform – but one that is off limits to video games retailers. The only way for the High Street to grab a slice of the 7m spent on Angry Birds Space, the millions of dollars invested in Smurfs Village’s Smurfberries or the countless other …
Read More »Familiar names plot Indian games push
The games industry’s biggest names are currently plotting a path into one of the fastest growing regions in the world of modern gaming. Key distributors in India include Milestone Interactive (who handlefirst party PlayStation games, EA, Namco Bandai and Capcom), E-Xpress Interactive (Ubisoft, Sega, THQ, Bethesda, Square-Enix, Warner Bros, Take-Two …
Read More »EA re-boards the GAME train
OpCapita’s new-look, slimmed-down GAME is back in bed with EA. Like most other publishers, EA had cut ties with GAME prior to administration after failing to agree to a reduced payment proposal put forward by the then troubled retailer. SSX was the last EA title to hit GAME shelves, meaning …
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