Entries in 'gamestop' (236)
Games retail safe for ‘10-20 years’
Despite the growing popularity of digital games retail – and the clear desire of platform holders to sell their games direct to consumers – US analyst Michael Pachter thinks traditional ...
GameStop thinks Kinect will trump Move
Leading global games retail GameStop has predicted that Kinect will emerge as the winner in the fight of the next-gen motion controllers.
LGC 2010: Retail ‘not the lot’ for GameStop
The world’s biggest games retailer last night offered a forewarning that the digital market must be embraced by the old guard of bricks and mortar outlets.
LGC 2010: ‘PSN/XBLA shops as crowded as App Store'
App Store devs routinely claim that Apple’s great games ocean is difficult to be discovered in, yet a GameStop exec believes the PlayStation and Xbox’s digital platforms provide the same ...
Advertisement
GameStop publishes iPhone game
Global video games retailer GameStop has published its first ever video game – iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch platformer Buck and the Coins of Destiny.
SCVNGR teams up with GameStop
SCVNGR has announced it has signed a new partnership with US retail giant GameStop.
Black Ops claims record pre-orders
Retailer GameStop has confirmed that it has received a record number of pre-orders for Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops, which releases worldwide on November 9th.
Big names headline London Games Conference
Luminaries from some of the most innovative and important companies in the games market have been confirmed for the London Games Conference on Thursday, November 4th.
Advertisement
US military bans Medal of Honor
Though Medal of Honor appears to have successfully ridden the turbulent waters of controversy in the UK, the game has suffered one retail ban in America.
Q2 sales up at GameStop
Video games retailer GameStop has reported a 3.4 per cent increase in overall sales to $1.08bn for the quarter ending June 30th 2010.
Games for free? No problem, says GameStop
The general manager of GameStop’s digital ventures group has insisted that there’s no conflict of interest in his company’s promotion of free-to-play online games as the High Street continues to ...
GameStop WILL expand UK presence
For years, MCV has asked: Just when will global games giant GameStop finally, properly expand its chain into the UK?
Advertisement
GameStop 'follows' its users online
US games retail giant GameStop wants to exploit the crossover between ‘core’ gamers at retail and ‘casual’ gamers playing online.
How much did GameStop pay for Kongregate?
Though the price GameStop paid for casual games portal giant Kongregate wasn’t divulged as part of the surprise announcement of the acquisition earlier today, one analyst has had a ...
GameStop swoops for Kongregate
In what can only be described as a hugely significant move, video games retailer GameStop has acquired leading online Flash games portal Kongregate.
GameStop dismisses pre-owned competition
Having been caught up in a minor controversy surrounding its pre-owned intentions last week, GameStop CEO Paul Raines has asserted the chain’s commitment to the pre-owned model – and issued ...
Advertisement
GameStop: We don’t like pre-owned
UPDATE: An official spokesperson from the US GameStop office has contacted MCV with the following statement: “These comments from an unnamed and unknown person claiming to be a GameStop employee ...
Best Buy commits to pre-owned
Big box retail specialist Best Buy is to take the commitment it has shown to pre-owned games in the UK and roll-out a second hand games offer to all of ...
Raines becomes GameStop CEO
Video games retailer GameStop has confirmed details of an executive reshuffle that has seen it replace its current CEO.
GameStop: Pre-owned will live on
As the number of publishers choosing to lock out content from players buying pre-owned games continues to swell, retailer GameStop has insisted that second hand games still have a ...
GameStop reports earnings growth
In the face of one of the most hostile times in the history of games retail, global games retailer GameStop has reported net earnings of $75.2m for its fiscal Q1 ...
The contrasting strategies of GAME and GameStop
Video games retailers are currently facing up to the biggest ever challenge to their business models as supermarkets up their interest in the sector and the growth of digital distribution ...
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood revealed
A new Assassin’s Creed game – titled Brotherhood – has been announced by Ubisoft following a leaked image of the game’s retail placeholder art appearing online.
Nintendo’s share down at GameStop
GameStop has revealed that 23 per cent of it’s new games revenues in the year ending January 31st 2010 came from the sale of Nintendo products.
GameStop sued over EA DLC
GameStop has been accused of “deceptively misleading” a customer into believing that a pre-owned copy of Dragon Age: Origins came with all the DLC extras advertised on the box.
