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Nintendo of America has said it will continues to offer Wii U Basic at retail, and it is not being recalled.

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Battlefield 4 pre-order customers at GameStop will receive a significant boost to the Battlefield 3′s air vehicle set if they’re also members of the retailer’s ‘Power-Up’ scheme.

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Rumour has it GameStop will no longer sell the Wii U Basic – the white console with an 8GB HDD – from mid-June. However, the console is still available for the foreseeable future in the UK.

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Front the cash for Madden NFL 25 at GameStop before release date and you’ll receive three classic 49ers players for Connected Franchise and Ultimate Team mode – former owner Eddie DeBartolo Jr, former coach Bill Walsh and four-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Joe Montana, according to Joystiq. Madden 25 celebrates the franchise’s anniversary, and hits PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in late August. A special Anniversary Edition is available.

Share in GameStop have been up and down most of the week, with many attributing the decline in share price to Microsoft’s rather unclear stance on used game sales.

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Xbox One has already caused a deal of confusion surrounding the use of pre-owned games, and on top of having to pay a fee to play used games, it seems that Microsoft and publishers will get a cut of each used sale at retail too.

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GameStop president Tony Bartel has confirmed that both PS4 and Xbox One games can be re-sold at its stores, following confusion of how the re-sale of games on both formats will work.

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Another nail has thumped into the PlayStation 2′s coffin as the one-time king of consoles gradually fades into nostalgic memory.

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GameStop pre-orders of Shin Megami Tensei 4 will score a bonus downloadable costume. Siliconera reports the offer is valid in North America, and nets you a red-and-gold oriental motif outfit. As detailed in yesterday’s Nintendo Direct, the 3DS exclusive Shin Megami Tensei 4 releases on July 16 as a Limited Edition Box Set including a strategy and art book, soundtrack CD, and deluxe slipcase.

Battlefield 4 could see the return of Battlefield 2′s Commander Mode, according to a piece of GameStop pre-order art for DICE’s shooter.

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GameStop has acknowledged that mobile and online gaming are a threat to its business, and it plans on taking steps in order to compete and jump on the bandwagon.

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Microsoft’s next console does some “really cool stuff”, according to GameStop executive J Paul Raines.

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Retail chain giant GameStop is confident the PlayStation 4 will be in stores world-wide before the end of the year.

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Well, they explained the premise in a more clinical manner. Says company president Tony Bartel about the prospects of the PlayStation 4 on a conference call, as reported by GamesIndustry International: “We do believe demand will far outpace supply within the launch window, although we have been given no official numbers by Sony,”

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For the fiscal year that for some strange reason ended on February 2, GameStop pulled in revenue adding up to $8.89 billion, which is a loss of $269.7 million, apparently. Also, that total is down seven percent year over year.

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Pick up God of War: Ascension from a US GameStop outlet before March 24, and you’ll score a pretty sweet bonus – the God of War Saga, bundling all five previous games together. That’s a lot of game for the price of one new release, and pretty handy if you’ve never checked out Kratos’s adventures. The PlayStation 3-exclusive Ascension is a prequel, so you can even play them in order.

Thanks, Joystiq.

GameStop has already received 600,000 registrations for its “First to Know” PlayStation 4 mailing list.

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GameStop president Tony Bartel has told Forbes that sales of Wii U have been “slower than expected” now that the Christmas boom has passed; however, the executive feels titles in the current pipeline will help renew interest.

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Ex-GameStop VP of corporate communications and public affairs Frank Christopher Olivera has been charged with fraud in US federal court, after funnelling over over $1.7 million from the retailer. He faces 51 months in prison.

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GameStop president Tony Bartel had some words for Forbes about why the rumored always-online-never-play-used-games next Xbox might be a bad idea. “Console manufacturers understand that recent surveys indicate 60+ percent of video game consumers would be less likely to purchase a new console that did not play pre-owned games.”
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