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• EB Games Australia will now honor refunds for Fallout 76

  It took a while, but EB Games customers in Australia can now get a refund on Fallout 76.

  4 weeks ago

• NPD April 2020: Final Fantasy 7: Remake tops software, hardware sales up 163%

  NPD April 2020 sales figures for the US finds hardware making a huge year-over-year jump, and Final Fantasy 7: Remake topping the software chart.

  1 month ago

• Scam store selling sold-out tech goods tops Google

  A supposed scam store specializing in offering difficult-to-find tech items at heavily-discounted prices recently managed to top Google Search results for a variety of in-demand products – and even had an official “By Google” tag.

  2 months ago

• GAME to close 40 stores throughout the UK

  GAME has today confirmed today it intends to close 40 stores throughout the UK.

  6 months ago

• Switch has its single-best sales week ever over Thanksgiving with over 830,000 units sold

  Nintendo Switch had the single-best week in sales history over the Thanksgiving week in the US.

  7 months ago

• Xbox One was the best-selling console in the UK during Black Friday

  Xbox One was the best-selling console in the UK over Black Friday weekend.

  7 months ago

• GAME has a shot at relevancy with the Christmas Tinner, cursed festive food in a can

  Remember GAME – that shop we used to buy video games from?

  7 months ago

• Target Black Friday offers include over 100 games for $15 each

  Target is the latest to go live with its Black Friday ad, and there are plenty of savings to be had on select games.

  8 months ago

• Apple now selling Xbox One controllers through its online store

  Apple is now selling Xbox One controllers.

  9 months ago

• Walmart ditches advertising for violent games, but guns are still in stock

  Finally, children won’t have to look at bloody or brutal games on the way to picking up their assault rifles. Thank god. We’re safe.

  11 months ago

• More Game stores could close if latest Sports Direct bid successful

  British high street fixture Sports Direct has made a bid for Game, the UK’s brick-and-mortar videogames retailer. If it succeeds, it’ll look into closing or consolidating some of Game’s existing stores.

  1 year ago

• CD Projekt RED online store opens for business with a cool Geralt Ronin statute

  CD Projekt RED has opened up an online store where you can purchase all sorts of fun things, like this Geralt Ronin statute.

  1 year ago

• Sony will no longer sell full-game download codes at retail

  Sony has confirmed that you’ll no longer be able to purchase full-game PSN codes at various retailers.

  1 year ago

• Video game spending reached $9.1 billion in the US during third quarter - NPD

  Folks are spending plenty of money on games.

  2 years ago

• Black Ops 4, Fortnite, Red Dead Redemption 2, helped push digital spending to $4B over Black Friday

  Folks spent quite a bit of money on digital games and in-game purchases during the Thanksgiving holiday period.

  2 years ago

• GameStop Black Friday 2018 deals: get discounts on PS4, Xbox One, tons of games, and more

  GameStop is kicking the Black Friday 2018 savings off early with up to 50% or more off on consoles, games, and accessories.

  2 years ago

• Best Buy Black Friday 2018 deals: get discounts on PS4, Switch, Xbox One, and more

  Best Buy is another one of the biggest Black Friday retailers and we’ve gathered up a few highlights for you.

  2 years ago

• Toys R Us won't be going away after all - lenders cancel auction, plan to open new stores

  There’s hope yet for Toys R Us.

  2 years ago

• Walmart Canada loses its mind, posts store listings for Splinter Cell, Borderlands 3, Rage 2, Gears of War 5, others

  Walmart Canada has just posted a huge update to their website that adds a bunch of as-yet unannounced games to their pre-order listings.

  2 years ago