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GAME’s 341 UK stores will offer free Wi-Fi access for their customers in time for Christmas. Telcoms company BT has today been named as the official provider for the service. Customers will be encouraged to access digital information via the free GAME app and in-store QR codes. The introduction of …
Read More »Amazon Appstore finally arrives in the UK
Almost a year and a half after its launch in the US, the Amazon Appstore has finally launched in key European territories. It’s now available in the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain on Android powered smartphones and tablets. It offers a typical selection of apps but differentiates itself through …
Read More »UK games store count plummets
There are 300 fewer games specialists on the High Street in 2012. MCV?research has shown the combined number of GAME, HMV and Blockbuster outlets has plummeted from 1,465 to just 1,144. GAME took the biggest hit, with hundreds of branches closed when the chain went into administration in March. Conversely, …
Read More »UK to get its first Microsoft Store
Microsoft will launch its first own-brand retail outlet in the UK in March of next year, a new report claims. The Verge says that it learnt of the plan through sources familiar with the company” and that the High Street arrival will be preceded by the launch of an online …
Read More »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. Over 1,000 fans queued outside HMV Oxford Street before the game went on sale at 11pm. Press were invited to a pre-event gathering nearby before being led …
Read More »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. The Telegraph reports that the outlet could be forced to close its doors after the landlord, Lazari GP, won a court order last …
Read More »Journey breaks PSN sales records
Developer thatgamecompany has announced that its recent PS3 release Journey has become the most successful game ever to be released on PSN. Journey has officially broken PlayStation Network and PlayStation Store sales records, surpassing all games ever released on the PlayStation Network to become the fastest-selling game ever released in …
Read More »LISTED: GAME/Gamestation closures and remaining stores in detail
The first GAME and Gamestation stores to be shut after the chain’s entry into administration have closed their doors. It is estimated that around 300 of the UK’s 609 GAME and Gamestation outlets will cease trading immediately, with the possibility of more to follow if a buyer is not found …
Read More »277 GAME and Gamestation stores close, 40% of workforce axed
Administrator PwC has today closed the doors on 277 of The GAME Group’s 609 UK and Ireland stores, MCV understands. The result is that by the end of the day around 2,104 GAME employees will have lost their jobs – 40 per cent of its UK workforce. 15 of these …
Read More »GAME CEO Ian Shepherd steps down, confirms store closures
Ian Shepherd, the CEO of retailer GAME, has resigned from his role. I’ve said a number of times that the administrator, once appointed, takes charge of the business,” an internal GAME memo reads. Having two people try to do that is both confusing and a waste of money. With that …
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