Tag: Gamestation
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Microsoft & Activision Stop Supplying GAME Stores During Fire Sale
If GAME wasn’t in enough trouble as it is – a “leaked memo” has been leaked to a website revealing that both Activision and Microsoft have joined the growing list of games publishers to deny stock being shipped to the struggling high street retailer currently facing administration. With 10,000 jobs threatened the news couldn’t come…
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UPDATE: GAME and Gamestation Stores Set for Administration?
It’s looking like sad news is coming for GAME and Gamestation staff in the coming weeks, as the high street video game retailers are looking set to face the administrators in the coming months unless a last minute sale can save the day. More than 10,000 jobs may be lost as the UK’s biggest game…
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Gaming Weekly – Mass Effect 3 Sales, Games of the Year and Lots of DLC
It’s been a while since we at Gadget Helpline have done one of our classic Gaming Weeklies, but fear not, as with a new writer in tow, the Gaming Weekly is back. Who Wins, YOU DECIDE! It’s just a few days away from the 2012 Game British Academy Video Games Awards, which is the biggest…
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Game Will Not Be Stocking Mass Effect 3
In what might be the final nail in the coffin of embattled computer game retailer Game Group, news has leaked that they will not be stocking any EA games past this week’s SSX. This means that the intergalatic RPG Mass Effect 3 will not be on sale at any of Game Groups’ Game stores or…
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GAME no longer selling pre-owned first edition Xbox 360
UK retailer GAME is stopping sales of previously owned first edition Xbox 360 consoles due to the Microsoft gaming platform’s large rate of fail. The official word to GAME employees is that interest in the first-gen console is falling and that “as of Saturday 3rd September we will not be selling Pre-owned Xbox 360 Cores,…
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Gaming Weekly – Batman Arkham City Pre-order Bonuses, Red Dead Free DLC and Resident Evil’s new Google ads
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Batman Arkham City: UK Pre-Order Bonuses Explained Pre-order bonuses are awesome. Free stuff is awesome. But it’s also confusing. This year’s blockbuster AAA all-action super hero title, Batman Arkham City features a myriad of pre order bonuses, ranging from maps, to alternate Batman costumes to the inclusion of enduring sidekick Robin. There are a whole…
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PS3 price cuts see console sales increase 65% over weekend
You may have heard that Sony has announced worldwide price slashes to the Playstation 3 Slim console at the annual GamesCom event, and in terms of units sold it’s really paid off – with a massive 65% increase in sales since promotion launched mid-last week. A 160GB PS3 console previously costing £249 can now…