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| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 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. |
