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GAMEfest is cancelled... but retailer hints at 2013 return
Retailer GAME has officially confirmed the cancellation of GAMEfest 2012.
Activision thinks Bungie deal may outlive boxed games
Boxed retail may not survive beyond 2019 and perhaps end as early as 2013, Activision believes.
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Simply Games sales soar by 200 per cent
Software sales at internet retailer Simply Games have trebled during the past 12 months.
Aussie retailer opens up on import sales
Retailer JB HiFi has officially admitted that it is selling imported stock in its Australian High Street stores.
Win £1,500 with Gem and Max Payne 3
Gem is giving retailers the chance to win a pile of Max Payne goodness in their latest Best Dressed Store contest.
What's Out Today? w/e May 18th, 2012
Rockstar's popular shooter series returns to shelves today with the release of Max Payne 3.
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CeX expansion inspires indies
Computer Exchange has opened its sixth store in 2012, taking its global tally to 171.
GameStop posts 12.5% like-for-like Q1 decline
That it “outperformed the market” will likely not completely appease GameStop’s shareholders after the company reported a 12.5 per cent decline in like-for-like sales for its fiscal Q1.
OPINION: It's May, and already Q4 is hurting retail
Sometimes the games industry can get too caught up in willy waving with other forms of entertainment.
Q4 focus could kill off specialist retail
Where are OUR summer blockbusters? That's the question being asked by games retail bosses this week as the UK games market slumped to a new low.
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Blockbuster offers extra credit for Max Payne 3 buyers
Rockstar’s Max Payne 3 is out this Friday (May 18th) and retailer Blockbuster has announced a new trade-in deal for the game.
In pictures: The Diablo III launch
Blizzard’s RPG Diablo III finally hit shelves last night and MCV was at the UK launch event to bring you over 50 images.
GAME begins digital trade-ins, offers Diablo III for 99p
The blending of the High Street and digital market continues with news that GAME is offering specific trade-in deals on a number of digital products.
Diablo III launches in 8,000 stores worldwide
Diablo III hit shelves at midnight at more than 8,000 stores across the world, including HMV’s Oxford Street branch.
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Blizzard moves to help disappointed GAME customers Down Under
As the world this morning wakes up to Diablo III, gamers in Australia have been saved from disappointment by Blizzard.
Diablo III stocked at some GAME Australia stores only
GAME's administration has cast a blemish on what should've been one of the most exciting days of the year for Aussie PC gamers.
Retailers praise 'refreshing' new Call of Duty
UK games stores have applauded Activision’s ‘risky’ new direction for Call of Duty.
GAME Oxford Street could close its doors
While Game Retail Limited, the new owner of retailer GAME, appears in good health, the future looks less certain for its flagship Oxford Street Store in London.
"A number of parties" looking at GAME Australia
Administrator PriceWaterhouseCooper has said that it is already talking to a “number of parties” about a possible acquisition of GAME’s Australian arm.
GAME Australia can't refund Diablo III pre-orders
Customers who have paid a deposit for Diablo III at GAME Australia have been left out of pocket.
GAME Australia enters administration
After a lengthy battle to secure additional backers to keep it afloat, GAME Australia has gone into administration through PwC today.
GameStop sales fall but chain 'outperforms market'
Same-store sales at US retailer GameStop dropped 12.5 per cent year-on-year.
Dixons reports 3% like-for-like sales dip
Dixons Retail says its like-for-like sales fell three per cent for the 52 weeks ending April 28th, while overall sales remained flat.
