Play.com
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Rakuten acquires Play.com for £25 million
Japanese e-tailer buys 100 per cent of online store's stock
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Play.com names new head of games
Patrick Kelly, previously of Zavvi, takes over from Gian Luzio
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Play.com head of games steps down
Gian Luzio leaves the company after seven years to pursue "new challenges"
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Play.com "taking over 80 orders per minute" for GTA IV
Online retailer expects game to smash previous sales records
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Retail struggling to meet day one demand for GTA IV
Online specialists warn of shortages of highly-anticipated Rockstar title on launch day due to unprecedented demand
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UK retailers expect GTA IV to lead the way
UK retailers are looking forward to continued growth in 2008, with GTA IV leading the way
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UK retailers: 2007 was fantastic
UK retailers overwhelmingly agree that last year was a banner year for the videogames industry
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Sony backs Play.com Live event
Sony Europe will be backing Play.com Live, the consumer event to be held at Wembley this March, <i>GamesIndustry.biz</i> can reveal.
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Play.com enjoys "best Christmas ever"
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.
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Play.com announces Wembley show
Play.com will put on a consumer games show next March at Wembley Stadium in London.
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Enemydown announces UT3 cash play-off
Enemydown has announced their arrangement with Midway and Play.com for a GBP 50,000 Unreal Tournament 3 play-off
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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.
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Heavy discounting hits Xbox 360 Core unit
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.
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PS3 is "most pre-ordered console yet", says Play.com
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.
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Play.com prices Xbox 360 at £399
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".
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Play.com halts sales of US PSPs as imports soar
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.
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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.