GameStop CEO Dan DeMatteo has responded to the launch of internet mega-retailer Amazon's used game trade-in program. In an interview with Edge Online, DeMatteo placed the probability of Amazon's success with the program squarely at zero.
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 4, 2009
According to MTV Multiplayer, GameStop is currently passing out flyers that show a June 2 release date for "StarCraft II." Now, when it comes to providing rock-solid video game release dates, GameStop doesn't exactly have a perfect track record. Call it occupational hazard -- games have bugs that need to be ironed out, and marketers have [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 3, 2009
It would appear international toy store chain Toys R Us wants a piece of GameStop's billion-dollar used game action. In a recent trip to his local Toys R Us, Cheap Ass Gamer user phear3d snapped pics of a new in-store promotion offering to purchase used games in exchange for store credit. Following up on the [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 19, 2009
Despite a global recession that is seeing the shuttering of multiple developers and massive layoffs throughout the industry, video games retailer GameStop reported a 24% increase in sales for 2008 and forecasts continued growth in its future. Bringing in $3.5 billion in the 2008 fourth quarter alone, GameStop reached $8.8 billion in total sales last [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 18, 2009
So now that you've got your shiny new copy of Capcom's "Street Fighter IV," unboxed it and discovered how infuriatingly useless the default Xbox 360 controller is for throwing a decent Dragon Punch, it might occur to you to pick up one of the lovely new Mad Catz FightSticks -- or FightPads -- that have [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 19, 2009
On Feb. 20, American gamers will be able to purchase "Mass Effect: Two-Disc Edition" for the Xbox 360. Newly listed on GameStop.com, the two-disc special edition of "Mass Effect" will include the game on disc one, and a documentary, trailers, music, design galleries, and the "Bring Down the Sky" DLC on disc two.
Continue reading...Thursday, January 8, 2009
Sure, we all know you can get rid of used games at GameStop—but we also know that doing so is usually an awful deal resulting in far less than the game is worth, save for the occasional "4 for an extra 40%!" type deals. Forbes has a new article (via Lifehacker) on the three best [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 5, 2009
With an U.S. install base of over 25 million, it's perhaps no surprise that the original Xbox still logs more playtime, on average, than the Sony PlayStation 3. But if a rumor making the rounds today is true, that won't save Microsoft's black box from extinction. Citing an internal GameStop memo and several anonymous GameStop managers, [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, January 3, 2009
If you’re one of the many looking forward to Killzone 2, starting next week at GameStop people who pre-order the game will be given codes to access the demo. In-store pre-orders will begin receiving cards with demo download codes on January 5th, while online pre-orders will have their codes emailed out on February 3rd. Why the [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 10, 2008
In recent months, we've heard a great deal about how the game industry is using DRM -- for good or for ill -- to fight against PC piracy. Arguments for and against DRM have been bandied about the blogosphere, to the point that companies like Crytek and Stardock have come out publicly on either side. But [...]
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