<![CDATA[Kotaku: Blockbuster]]> http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: Blockbuster]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/blockbuster http://kotaku.com/tag/blockbuster <![CDATA[Blockbuster Is Up For Sale]]> Bankrupt movie and video game rental chain Blockbuster has put itself up for sale. Cost to you is just $290 million for the business. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5766682&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Rare Genesis Cartridge Gets A Private Reproduction Run]]> Blockbuster's second Video Game Championship contest, for SNES and Genesis, ran nationwide in 1995. Stores had to destroy the cartridges after the contest. Someone made 100 reproductions to help completionists fill a gap in their collect. About 40 are left. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5647566&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Blockbuster Files For Bankruptcy]]> As we were all expecting, rental chain Blockbuster has this morning filed for bankruptcy. You win this round, Netflix. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5645772&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Blockbuster Filing For Bankruptcy]]> Beleaguered rental chain Blockbuster's financial woes have gone from bad to really bad, with the LA Times reporting that the company will next month file for bankruptcy. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5623316&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Blockbuster Rolls Out Games-By-Mail Nationwide]]> After testing out the service in several regions over the past year and a half, Blockbuster adds free video game rentals to its Blockbuster By Mail service, giving the specter of death hovering over the company brief pause. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5609091&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Netflix Disses Games-By-Mail, Old Games]]> Blockbuster's been toying with games-by-mail in select markets for about a year now, but don't expect Netflix to join the fun. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5514186&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Blockbuster Closing Up To 960 Stores]]> Hope you don't rely too much on your local Blockbuster for game rentals, because the company have announced plans to close up to 960 stores by the end of next year, Cnet reports. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5361333&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Kiosk Chain Offering $2 Game Rentals]]> RedBox, the DVD rental kiosk company largely doing business in western U.S. supermarkets and McDonald's locations, has begun offering $2-a-night game rentals at its locations, with Reno, Nevada as a test market. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5338569&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[GameFly Pays First Class Postage For Second Class Treatment]]> GameFly, the enormously successful rent-video-games-by-mail service, filed an official complaint yesterday with the Postal Regulatory Commission over the treatment of the games it ships, saying its costing them a fortune in broken discs. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5226454&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Blockbuster May Be Going Bust]]> The folks at Blockbuster would really appreciate it if you'd pay your overdue late fees, renters. The company has warned it has "substantial doubt" about its ability to continue as a going concern. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5202360&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Blockbuster Adding Games To Total Access]]> Blockbuster Video's rent-by-mail program Total Access is set to become even more total later this year, with the addition of video game rentals to its expansive lineup of rental titles. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5151515&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[PlayStation Network Pre-paid Cards Hit Blockbuster]]> Pre-paid PlayStation Network cards have long been the white whale of North American PlayStation 3 owners who find themselves either credit card-less or expatrioted to some foreign land. Sure, retailer Meijer and the odd U.S. Army base have had them for a while, but widespread distribution of the cards have evaded many of us. (And they're rumored to not hit GameStops until next year.) More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5050260&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Some Politicians Can Have Fun With Video Games]]> Sometimes it seems the job description of a politician includes not having fun with things the kids like, because, well, think of the dignity of the office or something. P'shaw. Dallas' mayor must have been thinking of the coolness of the office when he kicked off a 24-hour Guitar Hero III fund-raising marathon on Friday. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5009551&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Blockbuster Not The Best Game Store So Far]]> So I ran out today to pick up Iron Man the video game, exciteable little fanboy that I am, and decided to purchase it at my local Blockbuster Video, to see how they were doing with the new retail push. They had one copy for the PlayStation 3 and one copy for the Xbox 360 available, and on a whim I chose the PS3 version, seeing as my poor system hadn't been getting much attention since Hot Shots Golf last month. Upon getting the game home I hastily unwrapped it, only to discover that my PS3, which I have long considered the best of the three current consoles when it comes to reliability, would no longer accept any Blu-ray media. PS2 games work fine, and DVD's, but PS3 games and blu-ray movies were a no go. I was completely crushed, and jonesin' for some Iron Man, so I took the game back to Blockbuster, hoping they would show pity on me for buying a game I couldn't play. They swapped out versions for free and I lived happily ever after! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=386815&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Incredible, Super, Magnificent, Blockbuster Exclusive GTA IV Preorder Picture Frame]]> Those who preordered their copy of Grand Theft Auto IV at Blockbuster received a more...domestic celebration of the world's most controversial game—a picture frame. We'd call it a GTA IV picture frame, but the only thing GTA IV about it is the print placed inside. The frame's exterior is a very standard, black-painted wooden design you'd see at any department store. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=385281&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Blockbuster Brings Video Games To Sacred New Release Area]]> Score one for games. With the release of GTA IV, Blockbuster will begin to feature video games in "new release" retail space formerly reserved exclusively for movies. I know, it doesn't sound like a big deal to rearrange some stuff on the shelf. But trust us, these retail guys get sweaty in the crotch just thinking about signage. As Blockbuster CEO Jim Keyes explains:
This is a big event for Blockbuster. The new release wall is sacred ground for us...We think that's going to attract a lot of people to our game offerings.
So the next time you're at Blockbuster, do them a favor. Walk in, point to the new release wall, cup your mouth in shock, drop to your knees and make the sign of the cross. Then and only then will Keyes know is efforts have not been in vain. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=384135&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Blockbuster Aiming At Game Preorder Exclusives]]> I got into a long conversation with the manager of a Blockbuster Video store I've frequented since before the DVD era began today, regarding the company's increased focus on gaming. You see, Blockbuster Video isn't doing so well in this age of Netflix and video downloads, so they are trying to modify the business to stay competitive...it's just the competitor's have changed. Said manager claimed that Blockbuster Video would soon begin getting preorder exclusives...games that cannot be preordered anywhere but Blockbuster. You'll still be able to buy them at other stores on release day, mind you...you just won't be able to reserve a copy anywhere but BB. The news was delivered via an alleged ex-GameStop executive at a managers' meeting, where it was explained to them that GS was actually having to cancel some preorders as they could no longer guarantee copies on release. The horror! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=374906&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Blockbuster Decides to Back Blu-ray]]> Blockbuster is going forward with the Blu-ray format over the HD DVD format in 1,450 of its stores nationally, though the chain will still carry HD DVDs online and in 250 of its stores. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=269692&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Blockbuster Rents Wii and PS3 Games]]>
Just got a call from my girlfriend who works for Blockbuster Video (yay free movies!), who wanted to let me know that they've received a big ol' box of PS3 and Wii titles in their regular Thursday shipment. Well okay, she originally called to tell me that they got in Spongebob Squarepants for the Wii, but I made her check the other boxes. She really does mean well. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=215378&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Blockbuster Manager Talks Trash to Gamer]]> When an unlucky TeamXbox forum member pre-ordered two Perfect Dark Zero games and Blockbuster was sold out, he wanted to exchange the preorder monies for a hard drive. Instead, he got called an idiot by the Blockbuster management - on his reciept (see image). Written evidence of customer disrespect, the TeamXbox forum user is taking matters up with Blockbuster's corporate offices. Wasn't Blockbuster's old slogan "Wow, what a difference, Blockbuster video?" Maybe this is a new kind of customer service? More »
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