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The digital revolution is upon, but the speed at which the transition from retail to broadband will happen is certainly a matter of debate – and heavyweight industry figure Satoru Iwata reckons that we’re still some way off ditching retail. Most radical people even dare to say that retailers will …
Read More »GAME reveals exclusive Zelda LE
GAME has revealed it will be offering an exclusive limited edition of The Legend Of Zelda: Spirit Tracks. The set will be available to customers who pre-order the game and comes with an special artistic tin and figurines of Link and the Phantom knight players can possess in the game. …
Read More »Star Trek Online beams down in February
Atari has announced Star Trek Online will released for PC on February 5th in Europe. The new Cryptic-developer MMORPG is set in the famous sci-fi universe and will debut three days after it lands in the US. The game puts every players into the role of a Federation or Klingon …
Read More »RETAIL BIZ: New Super Mario Bros Wii
Click here to access the RETAIL BIZ Previews section for a definitive look at some of the most promising titles due to hit shelves in the next few weeks. This week, we take a look at Nintendo’s New Super Mario Bros Wii, which takes gaming’s foremost man of plumbing back …
Read More »Mass Effect 2 CE announced
Electronic Arts has lifted the lid on the Collector’s Edition of highly-anticipated BioWare RPG, Mass Effect 2. Featuring a copy of the game and a variety of extras in a premium tin case, the Collector’s Edition will be released alongside the standard version on January 29th. Purchasers will be given …
Read More »Splinter Cell: Conviction CE unveiled
Ubisoft has unveiled the contents of the Collector’s Edition for Splinter Cell: Conviction. The pack will arrive alongside the Xbox 360-exclusive stealth action game on February 23rd in the US and will retail for $79.99. Ubisoft has warned that the Collector’s Edition will have a limited run”. Along with a …
Read More »GameStop has faith in PSPgo
Despite a lukewarm reception from consumers, and reservations from UK retailers, US giant GameStop feels Sony’s PSPgo has a bright future. The retail firm told IndustryGamers that Sony’s small launch marketing campaign shows Sony is expecting PSPgo sales to build over time. "We clearly supported it in all of our …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed II pre-orders up 80%
Assassin’s Creed II has received 80 per cent more pre-orders than the original game. The figure was revealed by Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot during the publisher’s financial call to investors. This exceeds previous estimate from Janco analyst Mike Hikey, who claimed pre-orders for the sequel were 10 to 20 per …
Read More »HMV unveils vision of retail’s future
Those who enthusiastically condemned the High Street to history at London Games Conference were wide of the mark: Because entertainment retailers aren’t actually reliant on boxed product to survive. That was the view from HMV this week, as the retail firm unveiled a revolutionary strategy to ensure it is still …
Read More »More Big Fish for retail
Casual games giant Big Fish has teamed up with Focus Multimedia to launch eight new PC titles at retail this Christmas. Games already released include Drawn: The Painted Tower, The Serpent of Isis, Flux Family Secrets: The Ripple Effect, Strange Cases: The Tarot Card Mystery, Lost in the City and …
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