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UPDATE: Argos is offering the same 289.99 deal as GAME. Sony has seemingly reacted to the recent Xbox One price cut by reducing the PS4’s UK price yet further. As spotted by GameSpot, a number of retailers are currently offering the machine for under 290. Tesco, Amazon and Argos are …
Read More »‘Absolute madness’: retail bemoans shooter pile-up
The three biggest games of the year will all come out within weeks of one another. Last week at the Star Wars Celebration in California, EA announced that Star Wars: Battlefront will launch on November 20th. The game will compete with Halo 5: Guardians (out October 27th) and Call of …
Read More »GameStop offering $100k worth of scholarships to US employees
US retailer GameStop has unveiled a program to help some of its employees obtain academic qualifications. The Power to the Scholars program is open to eligible staff and their families, with 40 scholarships of $2,500 each up for grabs. In total $100k worth of university aid will be distributed. To …
Read More »Tesco reports £6.4bn pre-tax loss
The nation’s largest retailer Tesco has reported one of the largest annual losses in UK corporate history. The company says that for the year ending February it endured a pre-tax loss of 6.4bn. That compares to a pre-tax profit of 2.26bn the year before. It’s by far the worst annual …
Read More »Another PC game skips physical release in the UK
Another one of this year’s big PC games releases will not be available physically, it has emerged. ShopTo has revealed that the standard edition of Ubisoft’s upcoming shooter Rainbox Six Siege will not be released on disc in the UK. The Collector’s Edition, which comes complete with a guide book, …
Read More »US gets Splatoon Wii U bundle, exclusive to Best Buy
Nintendo of America has revealed a Wii U hardware bundle for upcoming shooter Splatoon. Destructoid reports that the SKU, which costs $299.99, includes the Deluxe 32GB black version of the console, a download code for the game and Nintendo land pre-installed on the system. Furthermore, the bundle will be exclusive …
Read More »Supermarket’s GTA V market share dipped sharply for next-gen release
Grand Theft Auto V’s jump from last-gen to next-gen appears to have brought with it a shift in the buying habits of UK gamers. Kantar Wordpanel’s Q1 UK retail report says that while the supermarkets claimed a 53.3 per cent share of GTA V’s physical sales when it was originally …
Read More »Codemasters launches its own digital store
UK publisher Codemasters has become the latest publisher to begin selling its titles directly to consumers. As spotted by PCGamesN, the store doesn’t currently titles from any other publishers – in contrast to the likes of EA and Ubisoft who are happy to sell titles from rivals on Origin and …
Read More »UK retail expects toys-to-life growth as LEGO enters the fray
Leading UK games retailers expect the toys-to-life genre to get even bigger this year with the arrival of LEGO Dimensions. Warner Bros’ game will unite LEGO characters such as Gandalf and Batman, and is coming to Xbox One, PS4, Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii U on September 29th. The title …
Read More »Journey, Flower and Flow being bundled onto a PS4 Blu-ray
Thatgamecompany’s popular digital PlayStation trio will this summer get a physical release on PS4. GameSpot reports that the release will be accompanied by the digital release of Journey on PS4 for the first time. Journey will be on the disc joined by Flow and Flower, both of which are already …
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