Entries in 'high street' (49)
Five top High Street games stores
MCV and Koch Media round off Independent Retail Month with our final special feature focusing on the sector. This week, we look at five of the UK’s top stores.
Rumour: GameStop to start selling Steam vouchers
Claims emerging from the US suggest that retailer GameStop is to start selling gift vouchers for Valve’s digital PC games portal Steam.
Minecraft makes High Street debut
The five-million selling PC download sensation Minecraft will make its retail debut in GAME next month.
Choices UK enters administration
There’s more bad news on the High Street today with conformation that Choices UK owner The Webb Group has been entered into administration.
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FEATURE: Can we stop 'suicidal' games prices?
“There's no margin to be made on new releases anymore.” MCV hears this more and more from specialist stores every week.
New releases KO'd on tough UK High Street
Sales of triple-A video games have reached an all-time low.
INTERVIEW: Do video games have a future at HMV?
Yes, says CEO Simon Fox, but there will be sacrifices. Christopher Dring visits HMV’s offices to find out how its attitude towards gaming has changed.
Blockbuster: 'We want more exclusive DLC'
Rental giant Blockbuster has called for more publishers to give it exclusive DLC.
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Amazon 'in process' of opening High Street store
Online retailer Amazon is preparing to open its very first bricks and mortar outlet in Seattle, reports suggest.
OPINION: Is Britain still great for games?
Our lead stories this week are on face value about very contrasting companies. But together they spell out a dismal message about what the UK market is offering British games firms.
Retail enjoys "dazzling" December
It might not feel like it on the High Street right now, but the British Retail Consortium has said UK retail enjoyed a “dazzling” December.
ANALYSIS: How do we rescue our High Streets?
Games retailers say the rescue plan laid out by TV retail expert Mary Portas to revive UK High Streets “doesn’t go far enough”.
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Ad vans reach over 30,000 gamers
A fleet of vans with exterior screens have promoted games to tens of thousands of consumers across UK cities.
2011 REVIEW: High Street Horror Story
There’s no hiding from the fact that 2011 has been a year to forget for retailers.
UK retail sells 3m games last week
UK games retailers took a whopping £73.9m last week from game sales alone.
HMV suffers difficult first half, may sell Live division
Entertainment giant HMV has posted challenging first half results, and admits it may have to sell its Live music division.
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Portas Review: The Recommendations In Full
Retail expert and "Queen of Shops" Mary Portas has devised 28 recommendations for the government to rescue struggling High Streets.
Portas Review: We can turn High Street decline around
Celebrity retail expert Mary Portas – also known as the Queen of Shops – has released her Government-commissioned review into the future of the High Street.
Halo hits the High Street early
Microsoft has teamed up with GAME to allow fans to play Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary weeks before its November 15th release date.
Rovio to open Angry Birds stores in China
The mobile game phenomenon Angry Birds will get its own line of retail stores, developer Rovio has announced.
Blizzard: We rely on retail
PC giant Blizzard insists it needs traditional retail to help turn its games into global hits.
EA top of the league with 1m FIFA sales
Electronic Arts has netted 1m UK sales of FIFA in record time.
FEATURE: Digital thriving on the High Street
Ask an industry exec what retailers can do to survive in today’s increasingly digital marketplace, and they’ll tell you: ‘Retail needs to evolve.’
Sonic Generations Collector's Edition confirmed
Sega has announced a limited edition Sonic Generations game will come packed with a plethora of Sonic goodies when it arrives later this year.
Battlefield 3 tops 1.25m pre-orders
Around 1.25m consumers have put down pre-orders for EA’s upcoming FPS Battlefield 3, says CFO Eric Brown.
