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Capcom has confirmed that its upcoming Resident Evil remakes RE4 and Code Veronica X will get a retail release alongside their digital releases. Furthermore, both games have now been given a North American release date, with RE4 arriving on September 20th and Code Veronica landing on September 27th. The pair …
Read More »7sixty goes digital with SouthPeak
SouthPeak Interactive has teamed up with a new publishing label to drive its digital business forward. Publisher 7sixty has been established today which will focus on downloadable and boxed console, PC, smartphone and tablet games. It is based in Texas but has also opened an office in the UK in …
Read More »Pre-owned and digital games catching new boxed releases
NPD’s Games Industry: Total Consumer Spend report has revealed that the US games market is quickly approaching the point where new, boxed video games sales are no longer the primary sector. In Q1 2011 US consumers spent $2.03bn on boxed console and PC release. In the same period, however, they …
Read More »Super Meat Boy hits retail next month
Cult download hit Super Meat Boy will arrive in the form of two UK retail special editions on August 26th. Fans will be able to pick up the Ultra Edition for 19.99 or an Ultra Rare Edition for 24.99. Both include a soundtrack, comic, sketch book and poster, while the …
Read More »Portal 2 passes 3m sales
Valve’s recent release and critical hit Portal 2 has now sold in excess of 3m copies. The number comes from Gabe Newell himself and was revealed at the Games for Change event at New York yesterday, according to Joystiq. It’s understood that it covers both boxed retail and digital sales …
Read More »Jurassic Park to go up against Q4 blockbusters
Prehistoric monsters will be competing with some of the biggest names in games this Q4. Telltale Games – which specialises in episodic digital downloads – confirmed to MCV that it is planning to release a retail version of its upcoming Jurassic Park title and Back To The Future: The Game. …
Read More »GAME selling Portal 2 today
UK retailer GAME has put the PC version of EA-published Valve title Portal 2 on sale today, a day ahead of its official release. The game was released digitally via Steam yesterday, though the official release date for the boxed versions is tomorrow. "We had a conversation with EA yesterday …
Read More »German Monkey business bodes well for UK
The boxed edition of Tales of Monkey Island has taken Germany by storm, and publisher Lace Mamba Global hopes to repeat the success in the UK. The game has become the top-selling adventure title on Amazon.de for more than eight weeks in a row. It reaches UK shelves on April …
Read More »Only triple-A NGP games will appear on High Street
Sony’s pursuit of high-end handheld gaming content will keep retail in the mix – but not every game made for NGP will make it to the High Street. SCEE President Andrew House told MCV that the blockbuster NGP games, such as Uncharted and Call of Duty, will be released on …
Read More »GAME: Boxed and digital are not separate
"It’s misleading to think of boxed product and digital sales as separate." That’s the claim of GAME Group CEO Ian Shpeherd who today highlighted the retailer’s intention to further leverage the growth of digital as part of its overall product offer. "Boxed product has been challenging, and will continue to …
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