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The most important new name in video game criticism could be yours with the help of Kmart. More »
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GameStop has increased their European presence to 1,077 stores after announcing the acquisition of France's leading video game retailer Micromania. The acquisition covers 332 stores in France, a country where GameStop previously had no presence whatsoever. Congratulations, France. More »
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European Union justice ministers are in talks today to discuss a standardized way of regulating the sale of "killer games" (they're like bees, you see) to children. The hope is to introduce a list of penalties against retailers in selling violent videogames to minors. However, it is up to each country of the Union to decide what is too violent for their own country: More »
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According to an article in The Ledger, the "mom and pop shops" that sell video games have to rely heavily on second-hand sales in order to keep up with their chain-store competitors. By focusing on the used games side of the business, retailers can control the pricing of their inventory, whereas with new games, the price is fixed and a retailer may only make $10 or less for one title. With the used games, buying low and selling high has allowed a lot of these stores to stay open. More »
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From the Euroweenie department comes this news: UK retailer Curry's has refused to stock Bully. Why? The usual jackassery: More »
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What can you, Joe or Jane Gamer, expect from the PS3 launch? Our guess: a Best Buy show floor slick with congealing human gore and still quivering gibs, a morass of humanity gnashing and wailing near the pyramid of PS3 boxes in the middle like a Hieronymous Bosch nightmare. Expect machetes and eyeball gougings; skulls cracked open and gamers feasting on the goo inside to absorb the strength of their enemy. Shortages are going to be fierce... you'll need any edge you can get. More »
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GamersReports has a nugget up about the Miami PlayStation Conference at the end of February. The website for the event, which is expected to be a showing of Sony's PS3, has a bunch of music playing in the background so if you're at work, can the sound. We're not trying to get you in trouble here at Kotaku. More »
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