Entries in 'trade' (53)
Christmas sales climb 10% at GameStop
GameStop has defied the odds by posting an impressive increase in sales of new games for the Christmas period – showing up retailers in the UK who failed to do ...
Can anyone beat Ubisoft?
Xbox and MCV will hold this year's final networking night for retail and media on Thursday December 1st.
OPINION: Diablo III auctions a smart move against gold farmers
By introducing real money auctions for virtual items in Diablo III Blizzard has upped its game in the fight against illegal 'gold farmers'.
Play&Trade deal returns at GAME
Retailer GAME is returning to its Play&Trade offer that allows gamers to buy one of a selection of titles and trade it back at a guaranteed rate.
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Polish trading site UK bound
Yet another online games trading portal is to attempt an assault on the UK market.
Gadget Show Live Pro opens doors
The Gadget Show Live Pro opens its doors today, ahead of the main consumer event tomorrow.
The show is entirely focussed on the trade for the day, with thousands ...
OPINION: Two's a crowd
So it transpires that GAME’s new consumer show has upset more than just team Eurogamer.
Gamescom press conference next week
Bosses of industry event Gamescom will be holding a press conference at London’s Zetter Hotel next week.
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Showdown – GAME and Eurogamer
GAME wants to trump Eurogamer’s popular Expo by encouraging publishers to debut new games at its own Birmingham show first.
3DS: The Trade Launch Guide
You know you’re writing about something important when almost everyone you contact wants to have their say.
Gamescom wants more international visitors
The minds behind European trade show Gamescom want to branch out and make the event even more appealing to international firms.
Tiga: We do not see the value of a merger
It has emerged this afternoon that despite repeated calls for a union between the UK's two video games trade bodies, developer organisation Tiga has outright abandoned any chance of the ...
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OPINION: We all win if trade bodies merge
Only the other day I joked to one of the leaders of our two trade associations that we were due the yearly, previously silly, ‘Why don’t you guys merge?’ questioning ...
ToyNews retains circulation lead
According to latest ABC figures, ToyNews published an average of 6,043 copies every month between July 1st 2009 and June 30th 2010.
Registration goes live for Develop Football Challenge
Online registration for the Develop Football Challenge has now gone live.
New trade-in-site emerges
A new UK games trade site has launched, which offers consumers three ways to buy and sell titles.
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Green Man Gaming finally goes live
Gamers can now for the first time trade in their digitally downloaded titles with the official, albeit slightly delayed, launch of Green Man Gaming’s ecommerce portal.
DRM could become legally enforceable
The European Commission has revealed details of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), which is designed to help combat piracy.
Best Buy UK will sell pre-owned games
Best Buy is the latest UK retailer to enter the used games market.
Sony announces scrappage scheme
Consumers could get up to £150 the asking price of a new Sony HDTV thanks to a brand new ‘scrappage scheme’ that has been announced by the tech giant and ...
Pre-owned website buying unsold stock
New website tradeyourgames.co.uk, which buys and sells pre-owned titles, will roll out a business-to-business service so that independent video game retailers can sell excess stock.
Argos trials trade-in at 27 stores
As predicted by MCV last week, Argos has begun to trial a pre-owned games service across select stores.
INTERVIEW: Green Man Gaming
It hasn’t even gone live yet, but Green Man Gaming has already got the games industry talking.
Games RRP increase on the cards?
Gamers could face an unwelcome price hike at some stage this year as the price of procuring polycarbonate – a key material in the disc manufacturing process – continues to ...
Trade faces 'premium' DSi XL price
The DSi XL will carry a slightly higher trade price than its predecessor DSi, MCV understands.
