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The commoditisation of consumers has been perfectly illustrated by disturbing news concerning the bankruptcy of RadioShack in the US. Bloomberg reports that up for auction are a number of the company’s assets – one of which is the names, emails, phone numbers, addresses and shopping habits of some 117m former …
Read More »GAME and 2K team up for in-store Borderlands competition
Four GAME customers will this Friday have the chance to win a remote control Claptrap and other Borderlands: The Handsome Collection related goodies. This Friday four GAME stores – Westfield Stratford, the Birmingham Bullring, Cardiff St David and Glasgow’s Braehead – will each have a loot locker in store on …
Read More »GAME CFO steps down as profits dip
The honeymoon period for the new GAME shows no sign of returning with a drop in profit and the news that the retailer’s CFO is stepping down. Group revenue for the 26 weeks ending January 24th fell 0.7 per cent to 586.4m, with gross profit down 1.6 per cent at …
Read More »Wolfenstein: The Old Blood will arrive over a week later on disc
Bethesda has chosen not to release the digital and physical versions of Wolfenstein: The Old Blood at the same time. The game, a stand-alone prequel to last year’s Wolfenstein: The New Order, was previously due out on PS4, Xbox One and PC on May 5th. It will still release digitally …
Read More »One retailer is already taking pre-orders for the Nintendo NX
Gamers in Australia are already able to pre-order Nintendo’s new NX console. EB Games has announced via Facebook that customers are able to lay down an unspecified amount of cash against the largely unspecified console in-stores right now. Note that the Nintendo NX is not only without a price or …
Read More »Steam will now refund purchases made in EU for 14 days
EU residents are now able to obtain refunds on their digital Steam purchases. The no questions asked policy has been introduced in an amendment to the Steam Subscriber Agreement document. If you are an EU subscriber [which in Valve’s terminology you become by installing the Steam client and completing registration] …
Read More »The GAME Marketplace has officially launched
Having soft launched it last month, GAME has now officially launched its new Marketplace initiative online. Marketplace allows third parties to sell assorted wares including games, merchandise, books, graphic novels, clothing and phones. GAME itself has collected some of the items into branded stores including Disney, Star Wars and Marvel. …
Read More »PS4 gamer gets their hands on early copy of Bloodborne
It’s not out until next week, but PS4 exclusive Bloodborne has already made it into the hands of one lucky console owner. A poster on the PlayStation Trophies forums managed to grab a physical copy of the game from Canadian classified ads community Kijiji. A number of pictures of the …
Read More »Boxed games prices reach new high in 2014
The average selling price of a game rose last year to over 31. That’s according to GfK Chart-Track and Entertainment Retailers Association, which said the average selling price of a game in 2014 was 31.40, a 6.7 per cent increase on 2013’s 29.43. This is due to the increase in …
Read More »GameStop will support Apple Pay
The US arm of games retailer GameStop is to begin accepting Apple Pay in its 4,200 stores later this month. Apple Pay, which was launched in the US last October, allows users to pay for items using their iPhones – providing stores have a compatible NFC device at the checkout. …
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