Business Wire (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
EDISON, N.J., Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Majesco Entertainment Company (Nasdaq: ), an innovative provider of video games for the mass market, today announced that Jillian Michaels' Fitness Ultimatum 2009 has gone gold and is scheduled to ship on October 21st for Wii(TM). The game is the first of its kind to integrate a celebrity fitness trainer --- Jillian Michaels, the strength trainer and life...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
JEAN-NOEL Labroue became the latest victim of the retail slowdown as Kesa Electricals yesterday announced its long-time chief executive was stepping down.
D'log :: blogging no (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
New figures on the UK videogames market, from today’s ELSPA/Game Group press release… “The installed base of consoles in the UK has doubled from 8.8 million in September 2007 to 17.3 million in September 2008, and by the end of the year the figures are estimated to rise to 21 million. [...] From September 2007 to [...]
Times Online (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Kesa Electricals, the owner of Comet, has appointed a new chief executive less than a month after warning investors that it expected Britain's second biggest electrical goods retailer to fall into the red.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Car parts and bike retailer Halfords Group said it was confident its half-year results would be in line with expectations, despite like-for-like sales falling in the second quarter.
the INQUIRER (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Emma Hughes the Inquirer , Wednesday 1 October 2008. 20:00:00 Cheaper than real life WONDERS never cease, as Game Group announced yesterday that the current economic downturn would not affect the ever-strong consumer demand for computer games. The retailer reckons that although computer games still cost money, they do offer hours of entertainment – which is ultimately cheaper than other leisure activities....
Product Reviews Net (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
According to Game Group, they say that there are many families hooked on playing our beloved console games, and playing these games during the dreaded credit crunch as not affected the gaming industry, in fact it as made its pre-tax profits to soar 25-fold to £33.3m for the six months to 31 July. Now we have [...]
Next Generation (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Ron Curry, head of the Interactive Entertainment Association of Australia, has ripped into his country's strict censors, in the wake of a ban on Konami's Silent Hill; Homecoming. Curry said: "With the average age of gamers being 28, it makes no sense to censor games to a point where they are only appropriate for a 15 year old. Such censorship would not be acceptable on television, at the cinema or...
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Game Group emerged as the star performer on the UK high street after reporting a 26-fold jump in interim profits and raising its guidance for the full year. The...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Game Group bucked the gloomy trend on the high street yesterday as it upgraded sales forecasts and reported strong consumer demand for computer games. The retailer said games such as Tomb Raider, Grand Theft Auto and Wii Fit were remaining popular despite the economic downturn as an "affordable alternative" to other leisure activities. Chairman Peter Lewis said the company, which has more than 1,200...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Game Group said families hooked on playing console games during the credit crunch helped its pre-tax profits to soar 25-fold to £33.3m for the six months to 31 July. Despite the retail slowdown, the boom in sales of games for use on Nintendo's Wii console, right, Sony's PlayStation 3 and Microsoft's Xbox has kept Game Group's sales powering ahead.
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
Retailer emerges as UK high street's star performer after announcing halfway profits up from £1.3m to £33.4m and raising its full-year guidance
Next Generation (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
New UK sales data from GfK Chart-Track has revealed that the installed base of current generation consoles has more than doubled in the space of a year. According to the data, which comes from Game Group financial presentation materials, the current UK installed hardware base shared by the Wii, Xbox 360, PS3, DS and PSP totals 17.3 million units, up from 8.8 million last September. read more
BBC News (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
UK video games retailer Game Group reports record first half profits and raised its full-year sales forecast.
