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A bumper Christmas that saw non-food sales grow at three times the rate as groceries has lead Sainsbury’s to declare that it is one of the fastest entertainment retailers”. The supermarket reported record Q3 sales for the three months ending January 14th 2011, with total year-on-year growth of six per …

The latest release in the Assassin’s Creed saga – which is doing brilliantly with critics – has sparked off yet another price war on the UK High Street. The headline price comes from HMV, which is selling the game for just 2.99 when customers trade-in a copy of last week’s …

Supermarket Sainsbury’s has cut 25 per cent off all Nintendo consoles. This means Wii machines will be sold for 119.99, while DSi handhelds will now set consumers back just 93.74. DSi XL has also been reduced to 108.74. However, the grocer’s offer will only run for the next 14 days. …

Sainsbury’s says it will launch a digital download service this year – but it won’t include games. The supermarket giant’s service will begin with music, DVD and early next year, eBooks. The news follows the launch of Sainsbury’s Enertainment website, which does stock physical copies of video games. It’s being …

Tesco has become the first retailer to show its hand and declare its day one price for Konami’s PES 2011, which is released in the UK tomorrow. The supermarket will sell the game for just 30, no strings attached. It’s a different strategy to that it adopted with FIFA 11 …

UK supermarket Asda will at midnight tonight begin selling FIFA 11 for just 97p. The price is available for anyone willing to trade-in one of either Halo reach, Dead Rising 2 or F1 2010 and applies to both the Xbox 360 and PS3 SKUs. In addition, the game will be …

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has established Sainsbury’s as a major player in games, claims the supermarket. The retailer celebrated the impact of the game’s launch during its 2010 Entertainment Conference, highlighting the event as one of its most successful ventures in the past twelve months – thanks to …

An MD of a major global publisher has told MCV of his dismay Sainsbury’s call for publisher’s to lower the price of games to better fit the discount expectations of consumers. Sainsbury’s non-food MD Luke Jensen told MCV earlier this month that: This is a journey we need to take …

Games will receive more floor space at Sainsbury’s over the next year after significantly driving both sales and footfall in 2009. The supermarket enjoyed its fifth consecutive year of like-for-like growth in the entertainment sector, as well as a 17.5 per cent rise in profit. Non-food MD Luke Jensen announced …

It’s surprising to think that maybe, just maybe, the supermarkets are under pressure to impress in games. Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons are the new giants in video games. All four have taken significant market share away from the specialists, and are even toying with pre-owned, digital distribution and specialist …