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UK grocer Tesco has announced it is "scaling back" on consumer electronics as it focuses more on food, clothing and health and beauty products. It’s also providing less space in stores to other non-food categories like toys, stationery and home products such as gardening, DIY and car accessory goods. "We’re …
Read More »Nintendo UK not pulling Wii U Basic in UK… but will retail pull the plug regardless?
Wii U is entering a perilous period at UK retail. It was reported this morning that GameStop is removing its Wii U Basic 8GB stock from shelves in the US and returning it to Nintendo. Neither Nintendo or GameStop has responded officially to the claims. Nintendo UK, however, has confirmed …
Read More »Game4u opens new store at Mumbai’s Khar Linking Road
Game4u has opened its latest store on Khar Linking Road, one of Mumbai’s busiest shopping areas. This is Game4u’s first store not to be located in a mall, and its prime, central location is sure to give the retailer far more visibility. With the opening of the new store, Game4u …
Read More »Milestone expands internationally with offices in Singapore, Dubai
Milestone Interactive has set up its first overseas presensce, with new offices in Singapore and Dubai. Milestone is one of India’s leading game distributors, partnering with publishers such as Sony, EA and Capcom. Its Game4u retail brand has a physical presence in several Indian cities, as well as online through …
Read More »Intel’s retail Haswell chips unable to match pre-production performance
This week saw the arrival of Intel’s new breed of CPU, Haswell – and already the design has been dogged with controversy. PC Pro has word from British PC manufacturers that the retail versions of the Haswell chips are unable to match the overclocked speeds shown by the pre-production units …
Read More »Rumour: Wii U basic to be pulled from stores
8GB model of Nintendo's new console won't be available after the 18th of June
Read More »Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition launches at US retail
Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition is out today at US retail, with the disc version arriving in additional territories throughout the rest of the month. The physical offering arrives at stateside shops following a five-week delay from its original April 30th release date. The title hits shelves in Japan, Australia and …
Read More »Wikipad US launch set for next week
Following an eight month delay, the Wikipad is ready for retail. The completely revamped Android-powered gaming tablet will land on US shelves next Tuesday, June 11th – which just so happens to be the first official day of E3. It will be available at launch at Best Buy, Walmart and …
Read More »OPINION: Xbox ‘backlash’ will boost Microsoft
I recently labelled a specific element of Xbox One a PR gaffe. Certainly, to not answer the biggest questions some have had about the new Xbox since the start of the year is a mistake. Reacting with silence – or rubbishing reports as ‘inaccurate and incomplete’, as Microsoft did to …
Read More »OPINION: Farewell to His Master’s Voice
These days it’s not the done thing for a journalist to praise a PR. But it would be remiss to ignore the departure of HMV’s head of PR Gennaro Castaldo, who bids farewell to the retailer this week after almost 30 years. Those who haven’t worked with Gennaro will have …
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