Posts tagged retail 
Lego Batman 2 Wii U listed for May 21 launch at retail
While we knew Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes was due to hit Wii U this Spring, we didn't get word on the game's official release date until now. According to listings on Amazon, GameStop and Best Buy, the game will debut on the Nintendo home console on May 21. We called GameStop and verified its ...
Report: Wii U price drops not spurring UK sales, Wii Mini sees 'low interest'
The Wii U's recent unofficial price cuts in the UK market seem to have done little to increase the latest Nintendo console's struggling sales. Trade publication MCV has quotes from two different retail buyers, the first noting the natural sales bump has "resulted in a smaller than desired increase" ...
Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition strikes retail gold on April 30
Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition will arrive as a retail offering on April 30 in the United States for $20. Prepare thyself for the retail disc of the year-old Xbox 360 version of a 3-year-old PC game to outsell everything when the NPD data for April is released the following month. The disc-based game ...
Pre-order PlayStation 4 at GAME starting now
We may not know what it looks like or how much it costs or when it's launching, but if Sony's event yesterday convinced you of your need for a PlayStation 4 and you live in the UK, know that retailer GAME has already opened pre-orders – £20 will secure you a PS4 console when it launches ...
The Walking Dead retail version delayed to December 11
The Walking Dead retail version has been pushed back a week in North America, now scheduled to launch on December 11. The standard and collector's editions were originally slated to hit in physical form on December 4. We assume the undead don't shuffle as quickly as Telltale originally thought. The ...
Nintendo: Wii U to be in larger supply than Wii at launch, replenished more quickly
The Wii U will likely be hard to find this Sunday. "All I can say is that the response has been phenomenal," Nintendo EVP of sales and marketing Scott Moffitt told GamesIndustry.biz, "and we're getting, especially in the higher priced deluxe set, that one's selling out incredibly quickly." However, ...
Report: Some Black Ops 2 retail discs contain Mass Effect 2 info
Players who bought retail PC copies of Black Ops 2 – some of the same people who waited in line for hours on a cold November night during the midnight launch – popped in the second installation disc to find that it's for Mass Effect 2. Reports on Steam, Reddit, 4chan and the Black Ops 2 ...
Report: Major game sales knocking out the middle market
The more marketing a video game gets, the more likely it is to succeed at retail. This may be obvious, but the questions it raises of the industry are more subtle, as is the impact this trend has on the market as a whole. Namely, the disparity created by mega-huge games is systematically booting ...
Former EA, Activision exec Kathy Vrabeck joins GameStop board of directors
GameStop has announced that executive Kathy Vrabeck is joining its board of directors this week. Vrabeck is a former executive at both EA and Activision, served as the head of digital at Legendary Pictures, and currently serves as a partner at LA-based leadership consulting firm Heidrick and ...
60 GAME Australia stores to close
GAME Australia administrators announced plans to close 60 retail stores at the cost of 264 jobs, GamesIndustry International reported Friday. An additional 17 head office positions will be terminated at the company. In a media release, Kate Warwick of PricewaterhouseCoopers said, "this is a ...
