GAME have announced that reward cards are usable again effective immediately… but ONLY for redemtion against the purchase of pre-owned games. You will be able to collect points on any purchase. Whilst this is clearly a lot better than no reward scheme, and a big relief to many, it’s certainly still not ideal, having said [...]
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Thu, March 29 2012 » Gaming News » No Comments
According to a Reuters article today the management team at GAME have told investors that; “It is uncertain whether any of the solutions currently being explored by the board will be successful or will result in any value being attributed to the shares of the company.” That is to say that shares in the former [...]
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Mon, March 12 2012 » Gaming News » 3 Comments
It has emerged, today, that one of the leading game retailers in the UK, GAME, has had it’s credit insurance with a number of agencies withdrawn. This follows a series of store closures in recent years and well document instability in high-street game sales generally. The immediate impact of this is that when the next [...]
Tags: Game Stores, Game UK, Rax, retail, Richard Burley, UK
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Wed, February 1 2012 » Gaming News » 5 Comments
On the one hand, games gross more than films, and have done for a few years, but on the other hand developers & publishing houses cry foul at everything from second hand game sales to piracy and the cost of providing online play. These factors combine with the ever increasing availability of pure digital content, [...]
Tags: money, MP3, Music, PC, physical media, Playstation 3, Playstation Network, PSN, Rax, rentals, retail, Richard Burley, The Future of Game Ownership, virtual console, Wii, Wii VC, xbla, XBox 360, Xbox Live Arcade
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Thu, August 19 2010 » Opinion Pieces » 1 Comment