Retail

DS stock seems to be a festive issue in North America – GameStop has launched a program allowing consumers to reserve a Nintendo DS and have it delivered to them within a month. Reservations must be made in person at any US GameStop store. Consumers must make pay the full …

Global credit giant Visa has claimed that tomorrow, Saturday December 20th, will be the busiest day on the UK High Street this Christmas. The firm expects to process over 15 million transactions throughout the day, totalling around 750 million. To be even more specific, Visa says the busiest five minutes …

GameStop will be relying on core gamers to help it through this difficult Christmas period, as the economic recession causes the usual customer shift to be less predicatable than in previous years. The retailer has cut its earnings targets for its fiscal fourth quarter – but the company’s chief executive …

It’s that time of year – and retailers need to know the last dates they can get in touch with the UK’s leading distributors. Here, MCV presents the full list of Christmas opening times for Centresoft, Gem, Trilogy and more. Centresoft: Sat, Dec 20th: 9am – 1pmMon, Dec 22nd: 9am …

EUK administrator Deloitte has refused to confirm the amount of money that Zavvi owes the distributor – but has said that it will actively chase up” the entertainment retailer’s debt. EUK and Woolworths joint administrator at Deloitte Neville Kahn said: Zavvi is one of the major customers that owes money …

The death knell has rung for Woolworths – with administrators Deloitte confirming that all 807 remaining stores will be closed down by January 5th. The first stores will close on December 27th – and in more sad news for the firm, all 27,000 permanent and temporary staff will lose their …

Konami will finally release Silent Hill Homecoming, the latest iteration in the company’s long-running survival horror series, on February 27th next year. The eagerly anticipated game is the sixth in the series and will be released on both PS3 and Xbox 360, marking the franchise’s first appearance on current generation …

Proving that its finger is still on the topical pulse, Glasgow-based Flash games developer T-Enterprise has launched a game based on the shoe-throwing exploits of Iraqi journalist Muntadar al-Zaidi. To read the full story, and find out where you can play the game, click here to head over to CasualGaming.biz.

Grand Theft Auto developer and publisher Rockstar has announced that its debut DS outing for the series, entitled GTA: Chinatown Wars, will be released in Europe on March 20th. The game is set to arrive at North American retail slightly earlier – March 17th. Rockstar had previously hinted that the …

Following news reports earlier today that EUK administrator Deloitte has called in Zavvi’s debt to the distributor, the UK entertainment retailer has clarified its position to MCV. Zavvi has refuted claims that it will be forced into administration by Deloitte, whilst also offering its condolensces to those who lost jobs …