May 16, 2013
by Leo Worsdale
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Videogame retailers across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) are facing financial difficulties thanks to continuing price wars in the UK.
Low prices across Britain have led to increased imports in foreign countries, which has damaged local sales throughout EMEA regions. This is having a further knock-on effect as foreign independent stores are buying stock in bulk from the UK in order to undercut the larger stores.
May 15, 2013
by Danny Lilley
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Sony paid tribute to the Gran Turismo series this Wednesday as it celebrated 15 years since the ground breaking release of the original PlayStation hit. Sony marked the occasion at Silverstone, celebrating the series success with the announcement of the next iteration in the prolific racing simulator — Gran Turismo 6.
May 14, 2013
by Robert Burgess
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Dead Island: Riptide (-55%) takes a heavy drop in sales but remains on top of the UK chart for a third week.
Price drops allow Call of Duty: Black Ops II to leap to second from sixth with a 60% gain in sales. Tomb Raider (-17%) sticks to third for a second week ahead of Injustice: Gods Among Us (-36%) at fourth. FIFA 13 (-19%) stays in the top five as the football season draws to a close.
Bioshock Infinite (-10%) is the only other title to hold top spot for three consecutive weeks, and it now lies at sixth. Now a cut-price title, Assassin’s Creed III (+20%) takes four places to strike at seventh. Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins (-24%) maintains eighth for a third week. The award winning The Walking Dead from Telltale Games launches on disc at ninth after a successful digital release.
Luigi’s Mansion 2 (-12%) drops one place to tenth ahead of new entry Persona 4 Arena at eleventh.
May 12, 2013
by Leo Worsdale
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Almost a year after coming out of administration, videogame retailer GAME is forecasting £20 million in earnings.
GAME Chief Executive Officer Martyn Gibbs expects the chain to make the earnings over a twelve month period ending on 31st July 2013. Continue Reading →
May 12, 2013
by Leo Worsdale
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Scotland-based independent retailer Games Centre is looking to expand its business by adding three more stores over the next twelve months.
The MCV award-winning chain plans to increase its stores from seven to ten, with more stores planned should the expansion prove successful. Continue Reading →
May 8, 2013
by Chris Brandrick
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Electronic Arts announced Wednesday an extension to its licensing agreement with FIFA, securing the rights to all future FIFA games until the end of 2022.
So yes, get ready for FIFA 14, FIFA 15, FIFA 16 and, well, you get the idea. Continue Reading →
May 7, 2013
by Robert Burgess
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Dead Island: Riptide (-32%) holds top position in the UK chart for the second week running.
Injustice: Gods Among Us (-40%) similarly remains at second as Tomb Raider trades places with Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen (-41%) at third and fifth respectively. FIFA 13 (+13%) is up three places as the football season nears its end for another year.
Call of Duty: Black Ops II (+34%) accepts a sales push to leap five places to sixth, dropping Bioshock: Infinite (-17%) to seventh. Two 3DS titles occupy eighth and ninth in the shape of Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins (+7%) and Luigi’s Mansion 2 (-5%).
Finally, Star Trek (-52%) remains in the top ten as Into Darkness hits cinemas this week.
The only new release this week is Soul Sacrifice on the PS Vita at twenty-sixth.
April 30, 2013
by Robert Burgess
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Dead Island: Riptide, the sequel to Dead Island from Polish developer Techland, charges to the top of the UK Chart. It meets its predecessors’ success in the first week by taking the top honour, with only half the sales, 71% of those on Xbox 360.
Last weeks number one, Injustice: Gods Among Us, drops to second, ahead of another newcomer Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen, which includes the original that also managed third at its launch.
The game running alongside the incoming movie, Star Trek becomes the best selling launch of the franchise at fourth. Tomb Raider completes the top five this week.
Bioshock: Infinite falls four places and lands ahead of FIFA 13, with the latter at seventh. The prequel to the recently released WiiU title Lego City Undercover, Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins takes eighth solely on the 3DS.
Defiance drops four places to land at ninth, ahead of Luigi’s Mansion 2 as it completes the top ten.
Other new releases this week are found near the bottom of the Top 40, with Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut on the PS3 finishing at thirty-eighth.
April 23, 2013
by Robert Burgess
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Injustice: Gods Among Us topples Bioshock Infinite (-43%) at the top of the UK Chart. Developer Netherrealm, of Mortal Kombat reboot fame, land their first UK number one with another fighting game. The last time we saw the genre at the top was in early 2012 with UFC Undisputed 3.
Fire Emblem: Awakening hits at third along with the new 3DS XL Blue, the latter takes 31% of 3DS XL sales with a 49% overall increase over last week. Tomb Raider and Defiance drop two and one place respectively to complete the top five this week.
FIFA 13 falls down the pecking order as it drops three places ahead of Call of Duty: Black Ops II at seventh. Luigi’s Mansion 2 also drops three places and stops the drive of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 during The Masters. Far Cry 3 is the only title to remain unchanged as it rounds off the top ten.
April 22, 2013
by Chris Brandrick
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Remember Curiosity? Well, it’s about to get a little tougher. Peter Molyneux’s experimental mobile game will now let players pay real cash to add cubes back into the game. Continue Reading →
April 18, 2013
by Danny Lilley
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At the beginning of this year we picked out 13 games to look out for in 2013, among these was Media Molecules latest outing Tearaway. The developers have now revealed the release date for their upcoming Vita adventure title with the UK seeing it in stores on 25th October. Continue Reading →
April 16, 2013
by Robert Burgess
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Blockbuster, recently bought out by Gordon Brothers Europe, which saved the company, its stores and staff from administration, is seeking further growth in the retail space.
Going against the rental model which gave it past success, Managing Director Gary Warren has pledged a retail push for games as part of its core business citing geographic advantage over the likes of GAME and HMV. Blockbuster stores can certainly be found in rather obscure places, with 264 outlets across the country.
Blockbuster hope to target the life-cycle of the new Xbox and PlayStation 4 specifically in order to gain a foothold, and Warren has already arranged meetings with suppliers to that end.
Warren added,
“We have an ambition to be much more of a partner to the games industry in the UK and less passive. We want more voice. We want the games industry to know us and to be key to plans. We want our suppliers to feel we have channels that are available to them which they can’t get from our rivals. We are serious about games at Blockbuster.”
Via MCV