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Retailer Amazon has introduced its one-hour delivery service to three new cities. Having previously hit London, now shoppers in Birmingham, Manchester and Newcastle can pay for delivery of a selection of items within one hour. There is also a free two-hour delivery service for qualifying members. Amazon adds that one …
Read More »GAME’s share price crashes after troubled trading update
Over a third of the value of retailer GAME has been wiped this morning after it revealed the extent of its trading struggles. At the time of writing GAME’s stock value is down 39.25 per cent this morning, representing a loss of 80.75p per share. GAME shares currently trade at …
Read More »GAME revenues dip sharply in Xmas run-in, warns of ‘challenging’ trading conditions
Retailer GAME needs a big couple of days before Christmas to help reverse what has been a poor pre-Christmas spell for the company. It has reported a 6.7 per cent decline in gross transactional value to 466.8m across the group for the 21 weeks ending December 19th. UK gross transactional …
Read More »Publishers bemoan Black Friday bundle ‘lunacy’
Leading UK games publishers says the ‘obsession’ around PS4 and Xbox One bundles over Black Friday will harm game sales. According to GfK Chart-Track, around 70 per cent of consoles sold during the Black Friday week were ‘hard bundles’ (official bundles that feature games in the pack), and that figure …
Read More »Gran Turismo series exceeds 76m sales
The Gran Turismo franchise has surpassed 76m lifetime sales, developer Polyphony Digital has revealed. VG247 points to updated sales numbers published by the studio, which shows the series has sold just shy of 76.5m units life-to-date. Gran Turismo 6 accounts for 4.7m of that total – lower numbers than either …
Read More »Rocket League revenues nearing $50m
Developer Psyonix has revealed the staggering success of 2015 hit Rocket League. The game has since its launch in July raised almost $50m in revenue, The Wall Street Journal reports. It also now has over 8m registered players, up from the 6m reported in September. The studio also reiterated that …
Read More »Street talk: MCV’s 2015 Annual Retail Survey
It’s time for MCV’s Annual Retail Survey – what was the biggest challenge facing UK games retail? Who was their favourite publisher? What game sold the best for them? This year we spoke to over 130 games stores from across the UK – both independent outlets and the big chains …
Read More »John Lewis has started stocking a VR headset
Straight-laced, stiff upper-lipped, very-sensible middle class British High Street retailer John Lewis has got all modern, like, by adding a virtual reality headset to its shelves. It’s called the Freefly VR. It costs 49.95 and can be found on the fifth level of the store’s flagship Oxford Street outlet. The …
Read More »Valve’s HTC Vive VR won’t hit shelves until 2016
The virtual reality revolution has been delayed. With both PlayStation VR (formerly known as Project Morpheus) and Oculus Rift due out in the first half of 2016, Valve’s HTC-made Vive headset stood as the only of the big players scheduled for a limited release in 2015. With just days left …
Read More »1.8m games sold during Black Friday week
The numbers are finally in for what appears to have been a blockbuster Black Friday. 86 per cent of all consoles sold last week were PlayStation 4 and Xbox Ones, an increase the 75 per cent that were sold during the same period last year. Software for those platforms made …
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