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Earlier this week, we revealed the Top Five biggest games brands of all time using Chart-Track’s CUBE?data warehouse solution. This week we reveal the full Top Ten, taking into account all games sold from 1996 to the present day. Only three brands within the all-time Top Ten are from outside …
Read More »SteelBook sales up 500%
The boxed games retail market may be down year-on-year but SteelBook SKUs are booming. The game packaging is increasingly used for special editions, and manufacturer Scanavo says it has seen sales increase 500 per cent in the past year. It claims more and more triple-A titles use SteelBook today than …
Read More »GUIDE: How to become an independent retailer
Former employees of the 277 closed GAME stores are interested in opening their own independent games shop. Game Guide and Complete EPOS chief Chris Ratcliff explains how they can do it… Suddenly there’s a gap in the market and the indies are making hay while the sun shines and enquiries …
Read More »277 lost GAME shops could cost market £158m
The UK games market could be as much as 158m worse off due to the closure of 277 GAME stores. However, that number will be reduced if neighbouring GAME shops and other rival stores step in to attract impulse buyers. The 158m figure was reached by looking at Kantar Worldpanel …
Read More »ANALYSIS: UK Games Market’s Top 5 Brands
In this new regular segment with insight from leading stat-trackers, Chart-Track director Dorian Bloch reveals the TopFive best-selling video games brands in the UK… Chart-Track is proud to announce the development of Brand Analysis as part of our CUBE data warehouse solution. We’ve looked at all games sold from 1996 …
Read More »Tesco slashes game prices as it continues market assault
Having declared itself as The Home of Gaming” last week, Tesco has revealed a new promotion that offers a number of new games for rock-bottom prices. Both Mass Effect 3 and SSX can now be had for just 24.91. Titles slashed to just 21.91 include Street Fighter X Tekken and …
Read More »UKIE expresses relief at GAME acquisition
Games industry trade body UKIE has unsurprisingly welcomed the news that GAME has been saved from administration by retail turnaround specialist OpCapita. Baker Acquisitions’ purchase of UKIE member, Game’s UK assets is a very positive move for the UK games industry,” UKIE CEO Dr Jo Twist stated. Not having a …
Read More »Blockbuster reveals £4.99 deal for Tiger Woods and Ridge Racer
Retailer Blockbuster is continuing its revitalised push into the games space with another 4.99 offer on new releases. Customers can today buy either EA’s Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 or Namco Bandai’s Ridge Racer Unbounded for just 4.99. All they have to do is hand over a copy of one …
Read More »FEATURE: TalkSport’s gaming plan
TalkSPORT and Sport’s sales director Kurt Edwards explains why the radio station and magazine are interested in the games industry… Like anymarket, our success depends on meeting consumer demand and building loyalty from our customers. Recent surveys with our audiences have suggested that video games, alongside sport, features highly as …
Read More »Phew, Britannia – tax break boost welcomed
Oour specialist retail chain is in dire straits, and Britsoft publishers are extinct. But the Coalition Government’s games tax break will re-establish British talent on the global stage, Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has told MCV. He said the Government chose a wider subsidy to attract big firms to make more …
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