Posts Tagged ‘UK’

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Sniper Elite V2 shoots straight to top spot in UK

Sniper Elite V2 is naturally going to want a position at the top of Chart-Track’s UK charts… it’s the best vantage point. Thankfully, there wasn’t very much competition around, as evidenced by what is probably the shortest overview of last week’s sales activity by the stat tracking company in recent memory.The prior week’s top performer, [...]

Published by Alexander Sliwinski on May 8th, 2012 at 01:05 pm
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Prototype 2 successful on UK charts

Prototype 2 launched on Tuesday in the UK (instead of a Friday, per usual) last week and leapt to the top of the charts. Despite the strong premiere, Chart-Track notes the sequel couldn’t match the first week sales success of the original game. Chart-Track doesn’t share raw sales numbers, but it did point out that [...]

Published by Alexander Sliwinski on April 30th, 2012 at 02:04 pm
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Not Enough Love For Mario In The UK

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata is discouraged by the fact that Mario titles don’t seem to be selling as well in the UK as they do in the rest of the world. Iwata says Nintendo need to “greatly improve this situation” though he wouldn’t reveal exactly how Nintendo plans to do this. “Although there are six [...]

Published by sickr on April 28th, 2012 at 10:04 am
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Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy UK Release Date Confirmed

Square Enix has confirmed that Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy will be arriving in the UK on July 6th. Those of you that pre-order the game from Amazon will be entitled to a themed stylus that will come with 17 stickers that feature some of the most popular Final Fantasy characters ever. Filed under: 3DS Tagged: nintendo 3ds, [...]

Published by sickr on April 25th, 2012 at 03:04 pm
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Witcher 2 casts enhanced edition success spell on UK charts

Geralt of Rivia’s got swagger, walkin’ and witchin’ to the top of the UK charts for his debut on Xbox 360. The console launch The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings – Enhanced Edition took the crown last week, with Chart-Track noting 98 percent of sales for the game were cast toward the console version.The original [...]

Published by Alexander Sliwinski on April 23rd, 2012 at 01:04 pm
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Fatal Frame 2 remake and Spirit Camera land in Europe June 29

Fatal Frame spin-off, Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir, will land in Europe June 29 along with the Wii remake of Fatal Frame 2 the same day. Now going by the title Project Zero 2: Wii Edition, the Wii remake of Fatal Frame: Crimson Butterfly will have updated graphics, more endings, a more control over the [...]

Published by Stephany Nunneley on April 13th, 2012 at 07:04 pm
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Nintendo Returns To GAME With Pandora’s Tower Limited Edition

After a long absence Nintendo has finally returned to previously troubled UK retailer GAME. Nintendo has announced that GAME will be stocking the limited edition version of Pandora’s Tower which it claims is “very limited and the last print run”. GAME has priced the limited edition version of Pandora’s Tower at £50. Filed under: Nintendo, Wii [...]

Published by sickr on April 13th, 2012 at 11:04 am
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Reward Card And Gift Card Services Resume At GAME This Weekend

GAME and GameStation have announced that customers can once again use their reward cards and redeem gift vouchers at stores across the UK this weekend. Both stores had temporarily disabled reward cards and gift cards as the company entered administration. GAME and GameStation were bought out by investment firm OpCapita. “While our loyalty scheme and [...]

Published by sickr on April 6th, 2012 at 02:04 pm
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Get Yourselves Ready For The UK-Wide Nintendo 3DS Photography Competition

Today heralds the launch of a UK-wide 3D photography competition, which will see you put your creative camera skills to the test in a bid to become the UK’s Nintendo 3DS photography champion.  The competition has been launched in association with National Geographic Kids, famed for its exceptional wildlife photography, and the world’s oldest national [...]

Published by sickr on April 2nd, 2012 at 05:04 pm
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FIFA Street holds top UK spot for third week

FIFA Street sales may have dropped another 44 percent in sales last week around the UK, but that didn’t stop the footie franchise reboot from taking Chart-Track’s top spot for a third consecutive week.Mass Effect 3 chugged a krogan energy drink and received a 28 percent sales boost to find itself in second place, followed [...]

Published by Alexander Sliwinski on April 2nd, 2012 at 03:04 pm
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GAME Is Saved

Troubled UK retailer GAME which recently went into administration causing multiple store closures has been saved. The video game retailer has been purchased by investment group Opcapita who run electronics store Comet. The deal will keep open 333 stores and save 3,100 jobs. Filed under: Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony Tagged: comet, game, jobs, news, retailer, uk Read More…

Published by sickr on April 1st, 2012 at 11:04 am
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FIFA Street holds off Resident Evil: ORC from taking first in UK

Capcom broke EA’s monopoly of the top four titles in the UK last week with Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, which debuted in second on the charts. The top spot belonged to EA’s FIFA Street for a second week in a row, with the publisher grabbing third through fifth with Mass Effect 3, FIFA 12 [...]

Published by Alexander Sliwinski on March 26th, 2012 at 02:03 pm
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GAME Is Officially In Administration

The inevitable has happened and GAME has finally entered administration this morning. PwC is now in charge of the administration of the company. PwC has yet to confirm store closure plans, nor how many jobs it expects to cut. Here’s the entire statement: Mike Jervis and Stuart Maddison of PwC were appointed joint administrators of the [...]

Published by sickr on March 26th, 2012 at 10:03 am
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Kid Icarus Uprising AR Cards Available Now On UK Club Nintendo

You can now trade in your hard-earned stars on Club Nintendo for a batch of twelve Kid Icarus: Uprising augmented reality cards if you visit Club Nintendo’s Stars Catalogue. The AR cards will set to you back 250 stars for two packs of six cards. You’ll get twelve random AR cards, and there are apparently hundreds of them for you to collect. [...]

Published by sickr on March 22nd, 2012 at 12:03 pm
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GAME Finally Files For Administration

High street retail chain GAME has finally announced that it has filed for administration, but the company says it will continue to trade for the time being. MCV reported yesterday that GAME were going to close its GameStation stores and start a new company, but GAME told the publication that this wasn’t true. Time to [...]

Published by sickr on March 21st, 2012 at 01:03 pm
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FIFA Street reboot kicks it in UK top spot

It’s good to be EA in the UK right now, as the publisher holds the top four spots on the all formats sales chart. The company’s latest addition, FIFA Street, debuted at the top of the charts, pushing Mass Effect 3 and SSX into second and third, respectively. Fourth is held by stalwart footster FIFA [...]

Published by Alexander Sliwinski on March 19th, 2012 at 01:03 pm
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GAME Has Just One Week To Raise £180m Or It’s Game Over

The Sunday Times is reporting that UK video game retailer GAME has to cough up £180 million to pay creditors or it will face administration. The publication says that GAME has a £21m rent payment due on Sunday, a £12m wage bill due soon afterwards, and that the company owes more than £10m in deferred VAT and [...]

Published by sickr on March 18th, 2012 at 10:03 pm
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Here’s The Nintendo 3DS’ Newest Rival And It Costs £500

The rumoured NeoGeo X handheld that was revealed by Famitsu back in January is coming to the United Kingdom and is going to cost a whopping £500. The developer SNK has stuck a deal with Blaze to launch the system in the United Kingdom sometime during the second quarter of 2012. The device plays 20 pre-installed games and has [...]

Published by sickr on March 16th, 2012 at 12:03 am
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GAME Is Up For Sale

GAME, the popular but troubled UK retailer, has put itself up for sale in an effort to avoid administration. GAME has put itself up for sale, as it desperately tries to raise cash to pay a quarterly rent bill which is due in a fortnight, according to the Sunday Times. As I reported earlier in the week [...]

Published by sickr on March 11th, 2012 at 07:03 pm
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GAME Management Is Told To Brace The Possibility Of Administration

Troubled UK retail firm GAME has told its senior staff to brace for the possibility of administration by CEO Ian Shepherd. GAME is currently running what is described as a Fire Sale to get rid of stock. Several people have reported that they’ve managed to get hold of some bargains, so it could be worth your while [...]

Published by sickr on March 9th, 2012 at 05:03 pm
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