Super Mario 3D Land is now fully available in most specialist retailers in Australia, ahead of its official release date this Thursday — a direct result of Gametraders’ decision to grey import European copies of the game. Yesterday Mark Langford, the Managing Director of Gametraders claimed that decision was made after stores were unable to purchase Limited Editions of the upcoming Nintendo title The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Today, Nintendo sent us a response to those claims. More »
Mark Langford sounds a little tired, and you can’t blame him.
As Managing Director of Gametraders, Langford’s company is at the forefront of another street date drama. After Gametraders grey imported copies of Super Mario 3D Land — selling ahead of Australia’s official release date — both EB and JB Hifi are reportedly selling official Australian copies ahead of Thursday. But according to Mark Langford, his company is just defending itself.
“If Nintendo would just do the right thing,” he says, “we wouldn’t break street date. More »
According to all official statements from Nintendo, Ocarina of Time on the 3DS is on sale today – but most of us have been playing the game since last Friday. It was the strangest, most covert street break in Australian history – a street break that threatens to transform the way games are sold in this country. We spoke to all the major retailers, and Nintendo itself, to try and uncover precisely what happened, and why. More »
We’ve spoken to the Managing Director of Gametraders before, in our extensive pre-owned feature, but we were surprised to see him comment yesterday on our Gametraders Selling Ocarina Of Time Early, informing us of his reasons for buying video game stock overseas and selling Ocarina of Time before its scheduled release date. More »
Gametraders are offering free t-shirts for anyone preordering two of this year’s biggest games. More »
Those in the market for a new console this Christmas might want to make a note of these bundles at Gametraders during November. More »
Mirror’s Edge was never a great game; it’s trial and error patterns were frustrating and the inclusion of firearms somewhat misguided. But it was interesting and very much worth checking out. More »
