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06/12/2004 GAME's team spirit and success applauded by judges
GAME was honoured to win two more high profile business awards in the last few days.
19/11/2004 GAME recruits 2,500 for festive season
Video games chain GAME is taking on over 2,500 new staff for the busy Christmas trading period.
10/11/2004 GAME opens at midnight for Halo 2
Over 120 GAME stores across the UK will be opening at midnight tonight as Microsoft’s massively anticipated video game Halo 2 goes on sale for the first time.
05/11/2004 Tony Hawk delights fans at GAME
Skate legend Tony Hawk launched his new video game Tony Hawk’s Underground 2, at an exclusive signing at video games store, GAME in Oxford Street.
28/10/2004 GAME opens at midnight for Grand Theft Auto launch
GAME, Europe’s favourite video games chain, will be opening over 140 of its stores at midnight on 29 October 2004 to launch the arrival of Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
15/10/2004 GAME's reward programme now instant redemption
One month after GAME stated that it had surpassed 5 million Reward Card members, the Group is re-launching its GAME Reward Card with hi-tech instant redemption and all new designs for cards and marketing materials.
05/10/2004 THE GAME GROUP PLC (“GAME”) - Interim Results announcement for the six months ended 31 July 2004
Accelerated store opening programme in the United Kingdom and Ireland with 400 stores planned to be trading for the key Christmas season
01/10/2004 Five million Brits hold a GAME Reward Card
Over five million people in the UK now hold a GAME Reward Card, the company announced today.
24/09/2004 GAME / Debenhams join in movies
GAME is to start ranging DVD films into 32 Debenhams stores.
20/09/2004 Hobbits win battle of video game film heroes
The characters from the Lord of the Rings movies have narrowly beaten James Bond, to become the most popular film action heroes in video games.
10/09/2004 First NVQ training programme for Games retailer
GAME, Europe’s favourite video games chain has launched a new training scheme in over 80 of its stores this June.
20/08/2004 GAME delight as console prices slashed
GAME, the UK’s largest video games retailer, today expressed delight at the news of manufacturer price cuts on Playstation 2 and Xbox.
13/08/2004 GAME sees reward with European loyalty
GAME, Europe’s favourite video games retailer, has just reached over 5 million Reward Card members in the schemes in the UK, Ireland and France.
16/07/2004 2nd issue of ‘The GAME Mag’ to be bigger and better
After the phenomenal success of the first issue of GAME’s own brand in-store magazine produced in partnership with Future Plus, the customer publishing and creative solutions arm of Future Publishing the retailer is sending the second edition of The GAME Mag to all 380+ stores, with more pages per issue and thousands more copies.
07/07/2004 Annual General Meeting: Trading Update to 3 July 2004
Peter Lewis, the Chairman of GAME, Europe's leading retailer of video games, has made the following statement in advance of the Annual General Meeting at 10.00am today.
18/06/2004 GAME pioneers first “finishing school” for staff
GAME has launched a tailored Deputy Manager “finishing school” for store based staff.
15/06/2004 New Property Director for GAME
With a chain of over 500 stores across the UK and Europe, GAME today announces the appointment of Nick Martel as its Property Director.
21/05/2004 Debut GAME Mag sells out
The debut edition of The GAME Mag has stormed the video games magazine market – becoming an instant top seller, officially selling out with sales over 59,000 copies, and becoming one of the UK’s top selling multi format titles.
14/05/2004 GAME boosts buying team with DVD specialist
Europe’s favourite games retailer, GAME, has recruited Bonita Lloyd to a newly created position of Group Product Manager, with a specific focus on its DVD category.
13/05/2004 "Most exciting store in Britain" unveiled in Nottingham
A revolutionary new “action” store designed for adrenaline junkies and wannabe heroes is unveiled in Listergate in Nottingham, as the new concept GAME store opens its doors on Thursday 13th May.
11/05/2004 GAME.net sees April sales surge
GAME’s first online “Bargain Idol” promotion, held during April was a great triumph, with many products selling out within the first hour on sale.
27/04/2004 THE GAME GROUP PLC - Preliminary results for the year ended 31 January 2004
THE GAME GROUP PLC, Europe’s leading retailer of computer and video games software, today announces preliminary full year results for the 52 weeks ended 31 January 2004 (comparatives are for the 53 weeks ended 31 January 2003).
26/04/2004 GAME surges past 500 stores
Europe’s favourite games retailer, GAME, is hailing its massive pre-Easter store opening programme as a “great success.”
02/04/2004 Ben Cohen exclusive signing at GAME
To celebrate the launch of the video game World Championship Rugby from Acclaim Entertainment, GAME is holding an exclusive signing event in its store on Oxford Street, on Thursday 8 April.
02/04/2004 Jonathan Thomas exclusive signing at GAME
To celebrate the launch of the video game World Championship Rugby from Acclaim Entertainment, GAME is holding an exclusive signing event in its store in the Quadrant Centre, Swansea, on Thursday 8 April.
01/04/2004 "Bargain Idol" debuts in UK
In a global first, Europe’s largest specialist video games retailer GAME is offering customers the opportunity to vote every day throughout April for a favourite special offer.
19/03/2004 New glossy consumer mag for gamers
GAME, Europe’s largest specialist games retailer, is delighted to announce a unique new consumer magazine for the UK’s rapidly growing army of mainstream gamers.
05/03/2004 City lifestyle migrates to seaside towns
Europe’s leading video games chain, GAME, is to start rapidly opening new stores in seaside locations around the UK.
13/02/2004 Lunson Mitchenall in Aggressive Store Acquisition for GAME
Lunson Mitchenall is looking to acquire up to 40 new UK stores for video games retailer GAME this year, to facilitate its rapid expansion programme.
13/02/2004 GAME Bolsters European Team
GAME has appointed a Managing Director for Europe to lead significant expansion of its operations on the Continent.
02/02/2004 The GAME Group Plc Services Agreement with Electronics Boutique Inc. of the USA (‘EBI’) terminated with immediate effect
The GAME Group plc (“GAME”), Europe’s largest retailer of video games, announces that it has agreed terms with EBI to terminate the 1995 Services Agreement between the two companies.
30/01/2004 The GAME Group Plc - Board Changes
The Board of The Game Group plc confirms that, as previously announced, the following Board changes will take effect from 31 January 2004.
23/01/2004 GAME Adds Some Fizz into E-Commerce in 2004
The first online instant redemption campaign is due to kick off on 27 January on www.game.uk.com, the online arm of GAME, the UK’s favourite games retailer.
15/01/2004 The GAME Group Plc - Appointment of Group Finance Director
The GAME Group Plc [GAME], Europe’s leading retailer of video games and computer software, is pleased to announce the appointment to the board of David Thomas as Group Finance Director.
09/01/2004 Christmas 2003 Trading Statement
Record Sales and Profits expected for the fourth consecutive year
02/01/2004 “I want to be a train driver” enjoys revival
It may sound like lunacy to the millions of reluctant travellers who cram themselves into a railway carriage every morning, but a growing army of Brits are recreating train travel in their living rooms.

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