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Charizard Is Going To Be Mega Hot At GAME UK This Summer

Pokémon lovers can now head to participating GAME stores to get a fiery Charizard for their Pokémon X or Pokémon Y game via Nintendo Zone.

This Charizard holds the Pokémon that enables it to Mega Evolve during battle, becoming even more powerful than ever before! Pokémon X players will get a Charizard holding a Charizardite Y Mega Stone. The Charizard that Pokémon Y players get will be holding a Charizardite X.

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The_Hero3576d ago

Pokemon; the ongoing gimmick to buy twice the same game to catch them all DLC pokemon.
Then people complain when Gamestop is paying for DLC and side missions.

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Game UK Will Have More Stock of Playstation 5 for Pre-order Tomorrow

The first batch of PS5 pre-orders came without notice, leaving many fans disappointed at not being able to secure one. Fortunately, those who missed out will get another opportunity as Game has been sending out emails to its users.

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aaronaton1309d ago

You can't even login to check your details without being out into a 1hr queuing system, I've got no chance tomorrow morning.

asweplay1309d ago

Not to mention their "late morning" is super vague as well, which will make it harder for you to know when to queue!

All the best dude!

Unspoken1309d ago (Edited 1309d ago )

Guys check this for a chuckle...

https://youtu.be/FeXQm2OMHg...

Father__Merrin1309d ago

ive just checked there a damn queue to even log into game. unless you want to stay up all night its going to be difficult to get one.

UnSelf1309d ago

i just got an invite from Playstation to pre-order on friday. Anyone else get this?

danny8181309d ago (Edited 1309d ago )

Game stop just announced this in NA aswell so get your fingers ready yall

Bigman4k1309d ago (Edited 1309d ago )

For what because everybody gonna be trying to do the samething so thats gonna hard to get one online

danny8181309d ago

It’s gonna be hard regardless man. Everyone is staying home. Home entertainment or video games are in crazy demand

Bigman4k1309d ago (Edited 1309d ago )

Yup ima try again tomorrow to get one but im not getting my hopes up because i already know its a 50/50 chance

vfl5231309d ago

Sony is also sending out direct preorder emails again. I just got mine!

Challengerscatpack1309d ago (Edited 1309d ago )

May the odds be ever in your favor. 🤞

I just learned yesterday I accidentally bought 3 Xbox Series X’s to go with my PS5 from target. Websites were so broken it would just crash and I didn’t realize I got anything until I saw my emails. Thankfully I have friends that wanted them, free flyer miles.

asweplay1309d ago

I lucked out with my Xbox, as a retailer no one was expecting stocked them the next day due to issues, and was actually courteous enough to send emails with the exact time of pre-order, so I went in and quickly snatched one! No breaking or anything.

Seriously considering them for future purchases from now on.

Challengerscatpack1309d ago

Nice, that is good luck! These console launches are a nightmare! Pre-ordering my PS4 was easy, I went straight to Amazon the second they announced it and I bought one up in seconds.

isarai1309d ago (Edited 1309d ago )

Does this ACTUALLY mean tomorrow and not tonight? Lol

No but seriously just give an exact time please

Challengerscatpack1309d ago

Do you not have Twitter guys in the UK following this? I know in America I followed wario? Or whatever and he had like to the minute updates and I was able to snag the Xbox and PS5. It was never not frustrating but without him I would have never got the PS5 the first day.

isarai1309d ago

Im in the US, Link me bro!

Challengerscatpack1309d ago

https://twitter.com/wario64...

Him, Geoff Keighley or IGN deals were all awesome for me. He seemed to be the first and the others seemed to follow though.

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You Had To Queue Longer Than an Hour to Get an Xbox Series X in the UK

GAME UK is just about to go live with its UK pre-orders for the next generation of Xbox at the time of this article. However, if like me you have decided to login to GAME this morning, you will notice that there is currently a huge queue before you can login. You might even notice the site not loading as well due to the demand.

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2cents1312d ago

Nailed mine on Amazon UK. Didnt show till 8.10am. Then the link kept crashing the site. Finally worked at 8.15 placed the order then the page crashed. Got confirmation by email. Page won't load now. Also tried xbox store, added to cart, on checkout it crashed and then it said I had reached my maximum order number and couldn't add it to my basket after that. So glad I got the email from Amazon confirming the order, Phew! Now the wait begins...

asweplay1312d ago

Congrats! Planning to pick up any certain games at launch?

We are still in the queue for 50 more minutes!

2cents1312d ago

Thanks dude!
Damn, I hope you get it!
I'll be going for Yakuza like a Dragon, then Scorn, The Medium & Cyberpunk when they launch in the following weeks /months. Also lots of gamepass stuff I've been waiting to try... come on Nov 10th!!! :D

2cents1312d ago

Agros still showing availability just now! Just got an email from them, maybe check it out?

asweplay1312d ago

@2cents
Thanks for that, sadly that page isn't working either. We just finished our Game queue and the site basically crashed! :D

asweplay1312d ago (Edited 1312d ago )

Update: Site crashed after the game queue finished :D

EasilyTheBest1312d ago

Game site crashed at 10am after n hour of waiting...

asweplay1311d ago

We got a brief glimmer of hope later in the afternoon when it came back up, but we were put in another queue and it sold out in 10 minutes!

Neonridr1311d ago

good to see there is positive demand this time for the Xbox systems.

Battlestar231311d ago

Goof for Xbox but Sony will best them again for the 4th generation in a row. I'm glad Microsoft is putting up a good fight by buying studios just means Sony will up their game with their studios in the end gamers will win the true winners.

asweplay1311d ago

Definitely glad to see Xbox selling out like this! Same with Playstation makes me relieved that there is still a good demand for traditional consoles, as much as the pundits keep saying these won't last. More consoles out there is generally good for gamers, as it means more great games!

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averagejoe261310d ago (Edited 1310d ago )

They sold out last gen at launch too. Every new console does. Still sold horribly overall though when the gen came to a close.

Neonridr1310d ago

ok, so that automatically makes it true this gen?

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GoodGuy091311d ago

If I was getting next gen this year, I wouldve stood in line at least 4hrs considering the huge demand.

elazz1311d ago

An hour? That doesn't seem too long to be honest compared to some other things.

Especially when you compare the times of camping in front of stores for midnight ps3 launch :o those were the days :p

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UK retailer GAME ‘plans to close 40 stores’

UK retailer GAME says it plans to close 40 stores following a review of its property portfolio, unless it can convince landlords to reduce rents.

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lnfiniteLoop1568d ago (Edited 1568d ago )

why should landlords reduce GAME property rent... there a risk for starters, already gone bust, and started up again...

time2die1568d ago (Edited 1568d ago )

Game ruined the retail game industry with there greed and destruction of other places such as Gamestation which they bought and shut down just a few years later.

I only use them when i want to trade in games....Period, there prices are £10 to £15 more for a lot of games i buy online from other retailers such as shopto.

Such a shame they are only real stores left on the retail side that have the games on the day of release, yes i know supermarkets ,argos and others do games, but you try going to that store on the release of a game and try getting it, they come in weeks later and not always, the only games they tend to have are games such as call of duty.

And you think of basically who owns most of Game 85%, sports direct ,that says it all ?

The Wood1568d ago

With the higher adoption rate of digital purchases, non gaming retailers selling games and the yoy rent increases I'ts no surprise. Their prices were high but that's the retail vs online battle all shops face

sprinterboy1567d ago

That's the exact reason I don't use GAME, they take the piss.
I recommend you go CEX they offer £10 more than GAME every day.
I traded in @cex after I checked GAME trade in prices on spiderman, gow, Res2 etc all vastly more at cex. Once I completed DS I got £32 from cex yet GAME offered £22 same as res2 etc and spiderman.

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Toiletsteak1568d ago

I would say it sucks for those who are losing their jobs but fukk GAME, the one by me has the worst staff I've ever seen.

xTonyMontana1567d ago

Not going to try and justify them as staff can be assholes but they do have it rough. Most are passionate gamers too yet most of their dealings with gamers are negative because they get called out on their ripoff prices. Must be rough though when you think about it when you're literally made to try and sell crap nobody wants and repeat the line about trade ins despite the fact literally ever gamer in this country is aware of and avoids GAME's shitty trade in prices.

CDbiggen1567d ago (Edited 1567d ago )

Years ago, game was alright, It's where I bought a lot of classic games, but over the years they became somewhere for me to completely avoid. For starters they immediately would clear out the pre-owned old games and consoles the second the next gen ones would come out. You could argue space was an issue, but they still would waste space on shit merch.
Gamestation would keep the retro games, but what happened? Game took over them and shut it down.
Then, the prices went up - £10 more than supermarkets or online. "Well they're a smaller chain, they can't take that much off the RRP", maybe so, but £10? Nah, greed. Next, sometimes they wouldn't stock a game which should've been popular enough to be in a game store, but not a supermarket - Out of touch.
Game should've died a long time ago.

moriarty18891567d ago

Is Frys still around or did they close down? I remember hearing of them alot at one time for games.

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