06 Jul 2005
| by James Quilter
HMV has developed a video games loyalty scheme as it seeks to establish itself as the number one...from specialists such as Game.
Head of e-commerce Gideon Lask said HMV expected the market for video games and consoles to be worth £3bn in 2007, taking it beyond DVDs and music.
Game is the only ...
proposition as music and DVDs.
The retailer is looking to hold regular events for video game launches ...
03 Sep 2001
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - BSkyB has signed a deal with a video games publisher that will see digital TV subscribers...Subscribers already have access to a games service through Sky Digital, but the deal with Rage Software, a UK-based computer games publisher and developer, is the first of its kind between a games publisher and digital TV provider.
Sky Digital's 5.3m subscribers will have access to a new game ...
07 Dec 2004
| by Ben Carter,
from retailers that they do not expect to receive sufficient supplies of its slimline PS2 console...to launch the console, promote specific games and broaden brand awareness using its "Fun anyone?" line.
Several retailers have said they have almost no stocks of the consoles in-store. Ongoing supply issues forced Sony to airlift consoles into the UK this week, after a ship carrying stock became stuck ...
12 Mar 2004
| by Claire Billings
Gamestation, the Blockbuster-owned video and computer-games console retailer, is looking...The review comes two years after the retailer was bought by the Viacom-owned video rental chain ...
from rival games retailers such as HMV and Game.
It is not yet clear whether it will look to forge closer ties with the Blockbuster brand, which is the UK's largest video-rental store chain with 700 ...
01 Sep 2005
Video-games retailer Game, which is rebranding and expanding, has appointed HHCL/Red Cell to handle...The retailer's brand campaign, piggy-backing this week's launch of the
Sony PSP, is designed to attract consumers who are returning to the
video-games market because of new-generation consoles. Game ...
. Last month it acquired
88-store French retailer Addon for £4m. A Game spokesman confirmed it would ...
24 Nov 2010
| by Kim Benjamin
major console releases and technology innovations.
As Paine outlines, the video-games industry ...
revolutionised the video-gaming industry in 2006 with the launch of Wii, which, for the first time, allowed ...
in the games console market, it has also appealed to Paine's competitive streak.
An avid gamer (although ...
25 Sep 2003
and targets people who buy games as Christmas gifts with incentives to pre-order.
Win is supported by a number of games publishers, including Electronic Arts, Sega, Vivendi and Sony, which will provide free gift incentives matched to each game.
Microsoft has also hired Future Plus to produce a series ...
17 Aug 2007
| by Jacquie Bowser
and distributing video games linked to its entertainment properties around the world over the next two years....audiences; and console and handheld games for kids, young adults and men. But Michael Pachter, analyst ...
are crazy trying to bring video-game development in house. They act like anyone can do this. The fact ...
The company said gaming is the focal point of its entertainment strategy but analysts say ...
04 Jun 1998
| by DANNY ROGERS
Blockbuster is extending its Blockbuster Promise to games for the
first time. The rental giant...Blockbuster is extending its Blockbuster Promise to games for the
first time. The rental giant guarantees that if any store is out of
stock of any title, the consumer can rent it for free on their next
visit. The chain has also developed a special vending machine for videos
that will be sited ...
24 Oct 2002
Video games retailers are missing a trick in not targeting mothers with advice at the point