Play.com

Japanese e-tailer buys 100 per cent of online store's stock

Patrick Kelly, previously of Zavvi, takes over from Gian Luzio

Gian Luzio leaves the company after seven years to pursue "new challenges"

Online retailer expects game to smash previous sales records

Online specialists warn of shortages of highly-anticipated Rockstar title on launch day due to unprecedented demand

UK retailers are looking forward to continued growth in 2008, with GTA IV leading the way

UK retailers overwhelmingly agree that last year was a banner year for the videogames industry

Sony Europe will be backing Play.com Live, the consumer event to be held at Wembley this March, <i>GamesIndustry.biz</i> can reveal.

The PlayStation 3 was one of the big winners in the last quarter of 2007 for Play.com as the company reported a 24 per cent jump in sales over the previous year.

Play.com will put on a consumer games show next March at Wembley Stadium in London.

Enemydown has announced their arrangement with Midway and Play.com for a GBP 50,000 Unreal Tournament 3 play-off

Commodore Gaming and Play.com have entered into an agreement that will see the Jersey-based online retailer be the first to sell the CommodoreG gaming PC.

Retailers are beginning to cut a large chunk off the price of the Xbox 360 Core unit, with one online store knocking GBP 50 off the recommended retail price.

Online retailer Play.com is taking six times more pre-orders than it received for PlayStation 3 than Xbox 360 - and 15 times more than the Nintendo Wii.

Prominent retailer quotes a specific price and date, with a full game line-up, but Microsoft dismisses the new listing and suggested release date as "pure speculation".

Major UK online retailer Play.com has announced that it is suspending sales of imported US PlayStation Portables, pending discussions with SCEE, but imports of the console are believed to be reaching unprecedented levels.

Online retailer Play.com has reacted to forthcoming PS2 pricecuts on continental Europe (which will not apply to the UK) by cutting the price of the console to £129.99, £40 cheaper than the official RRP.