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The value of the UK games software market fell in March by seven per cent year-on-year. But it was still a great month of major releases, while EA and Square Enix both saw big gains. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 was the runaway success story of the month with most copies …
Read More »No UK delay for Metroid: Other M
Nintendo has stated that the delays suffered to both Metroid: Other M and Sin & Punishment 2 in the US will not affect the games’ planned release in Europe. Reports emerged late last week that Metroid: Other M had moved from a June 27th release to simply TBD and Treasure …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Splinter Cell still top
Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction has been named the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Number One for the second week in a row. The game gives Ubisoft its sixth week at the top of the UK listings in 2010, and with fellow sales-star Just Dance at number two it’s …
Read More »Kojima spearheads UK Peace Walker campaign
Konami will hold a series of events featuring development legend Hideo Kojima to promote Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, the firm has told MCV. The Japanese publisher claims the upcoming release is ‘the most anticipated PSP title of all time’, and will back it with an online and print marketing …
Read More »Sony dates ModNation Racers
ModNation Racers will be released for the PS3 in the UK on May 21st, Sony has confirmed. Speaking to VG247, a spokesperson added that there’s still no date for the PSP version of the game, which combines Mario Kart-style racing with LittleBigPlanet-style customisation. The UK will get the game ahead …
Read More »GameStation not under threat
GAME Group’s decision to expand upon its previously announced store closure programme does not, as some have feared, mean the end of the Gamestation brand. That’s the claim of interim CEO Christopher Bell, who when asked by MCV if the Gamestation brand still has a future gave the following blank …
Read More »GAME plans more store closures
Only 550 GAME and Gamestation outlets will remain on the UK High Street by Christmas 2013, according to GAME Group chairman. Until recently GAME had 695 stores across the country, but in February it announced the closure of 18 additional outlets, as well as all 25 of its Debenhams concessions. …
Read More »Execs go as GAME profits fall
This morning’s news of wholesale changes at GAME Group have sent shockwaves through the industry and its share price tumbling. On a day when tough trading conditions have finally been brought into focus for the entire business, erstwhile chief executive Lisa Morgan has stepped down after 14 years of service. …
Read More »3DS hitting UK this October?
Nintendo will launch its DS successor the 3DS in the UK this October according to reports in the specialist press. The machine was only announced a little over a month ago. Nintendo has subsequently admitted that it had planned to release the first details a lot later, but that its …
Read More »Square Enix grows market share
Square Enix has laid out ambitious plans to become a Top Five European publisher over the next few years.The company also reckons it can turn up the heat on other entertainment mediums with its tentpole franchises such as Final Fantasy. Square Enix has already had two No.1 games this year …
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