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Over 300 branches of GAME will be open at midnight this Thursday night (September 25th) for the launch of FIFA 15. A number of players will be making an appearance in stores, too. England and Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson will be at GAME’s Liverpool Lord Street store on September 25th …
Read More »Digital version of Minecraft: Xbox One Edition is exclusive to GAME on the High Street
GAME has been revealed as the exclusive High Street supplier of the digital version of Minecraft: Xbox One Edition. Buyers can buy a code to download the game for 13.59. Furthermore, it’s also being offered for free with purchases of the Xbox One console for 329.99. The retailer is also …
Read More »Amazon announces new Fire tablet and Kindle range
Leading retailer and growing platform holder Amazon has announced a complete refresh of its Fire tablet and Kindle ereader range. Leading the charge is its iPad Air rivalling Fire HDX 8.9 tablet, which offers a super hi-def 2560×1600 pixel display – that’s 1m more pixels on screen than can be …
Read More »Phones4u staff warned that they may not get full wages
Staff at UK retailer Phones 4u have been told that their wages are likely to be curtailed as hope for the troubled company begins to fade. The Independent reports that an internal document sent to the chain’s 5,596 staff says that while they will still be paid as administrators PwC …
Read More »Minecraft PS4 heads to retail next month
Sony has announced the PlayStation 4 edition of Minecraft will receive a retail release in Europe and North America. Both Europe and US PlayStation Blogs have posted details on the physical release, with the game hitting shops on October 3rd in Europe and October 7th stateside. A day-one patch is …
Read More »PC code stripping: ‘Asian market is rotten to the core’
Asia is another major territory selling cheap PC codes to games retailers in Europe, an MCV investigation can reveal. The news follows MCV’s study last month, which found that widespread PC code stripping is hurting retail margins and misleading publishers. PC codes are being taken out of boxed PC games …
Read More »Chart-Track predicts UK boxed market to hit £2bn in 2016
The UK games boxed market will be worth 1.98bn by 2016, Chart-Track says. The firm expects significant growth from boxed games and hardware over the next two years due to the launch of Xbox One and PS4. These are just conservative figures,” Chart-Track director Dorian Bloch said during the Games …
Read More »GAME acquires GameStop’s Spanish stores
UK-based retailer GAME has acquired some of the Spanish store portfolio of High Street rival GameStop. GameStop will close the remaining stores in what it describes as its exit” from the Spanish market, a decision it arrived at after a careful review of the market’s financial performance and future opportunities, …
Read More »Phones 4u enters administration, closes all 550 stores
High street mobile phone retailer Phones 4u has entered administration and made the surprise decision to immediately close all of its stores. The chain employs 5,596 people and operates 500 stores in the UK, all of which have ceased trading this morning while administrators PwC assess the business’s ongoing viability. …
Read More »The Walking Dead hits PS4 and Xbox One in October
Telltale’s hit licensed adventure game The Walking Dead will debut on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One next month. The studio announced the news earlier today on its Twitter account, adding that retail versions of the game’s second season will arrive in October for PS3, PS Vita and Xbox 360. As …
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