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Several online retailers have listed the upcoming Nintendo DSi XL for a price point of around 150. Leading e-tailers are already taking pre-orders for the handheld with GAME and Amazon charging 149.99. HMV and Play.com have both undercut the competition with prices of 149.94 and 195.95 respectively. The consensus seems …
Read More »Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY edition revealed
A Game Of The Year edition of Eidos’ Batman: Arkham Asylum is currently in production. The title’s existence was revealed by a BBFC listing, which classifies Batman: Arkham Asylum – Game Of The Year edition for release in the UK. According to the listing, the game was passed with no …
Read More »RETAIL BIZ: Aliens Vs Predator
MCV’s vital weekly retail digest RetailBiz is now available to view online and download now. Click here to access the RetailBiz Previews section for an in-depth guide to some of the hottest games approaching the High Street in the next few weeks. This week, we take a look Sega’s Aliens …
Read More »Boxed PC games market ‘gone by 2011’
1C’s international publishing director Darryl Still has accused retail of failing to support boxed PC games. The industry veteran says that by refusing to stock certain games and moving PC titles to the back of the store, retail is forcing publishers to head towards digital distribution. And that PC games …
Read More »Pokémon HeartGold, SoulSilver dated
Nintendo has announced Pokmon HeartGold and SoulSilver will be released in the UK on March 26th. The platform holder also revealed the DS games will be bundled with the Pokwalker, a pedometer accessory that was included with the Japanese versions. The Pokwalker translates gamers’ steps in experience points and currency …
Read More »Customers ‘recognise pre-owned’s value’, says GAME
While the UK’s leading games specialist retailer GAME today confirmed sales were down over Christmas, the chain has said its preowned offer continues to grow. Across all territories the firm operates in, it said second-hand sales presented year-on-year growth over Christmas. A year ago, the firm started reporting specific figures …
Read More »Sales dip, but GAME is resilient
GAME has issued its annual post-Christmas trading update this morning – and it looks like the UK retailer bore the brunt of the local market’s dip in sales. Sales for the five weeks ending January 9th were down by 12.1 per cent across the whole group, while group like-for-like sales …
Read More »Mad Catz unveils new Cyborg mice
Mad Catz has announced it will be releasing a new range of Cyborg gaming mice this year. The products were announced at this year’s Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas and are due to hit shelves in the spring. They will boast price points of between 34.99 and 99.99. Of …
Read More »Government plugs adult ratings loophole
The UK Government has closed a loophole in the 1984 Video Records Act, which meant retailers could not be prosecuted for selling adult movies and video games to children. The blunder was caused because a draft of the bill’s provisions had not been sent to the European Commission. This meant …
Read More »Koch to distribute S.T.A.L.K.E.R
Koch Media has announced it has picked up the distribution rights for S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Call of Pripyat. Under its new partnership with the game’s publisher bitComposer Games, Koch will handle the game in the UK, Nordic and Italian markets. After the distribution success we saw with S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Clear Sky, we are …
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