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www.mcvuk.com — game, game group, the game group GAME launches online rental service Christopher Dring Today, 9:49am Comments (1) Specialist retailer partners with SwapGame for LoveFilm-esque offer GAME has unveiled its first foray into the games rental space with its new online service GAME Rentals. The ...

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GAME Gears Rental Service
Edge Online - Interactive Entertainment Today — ... a maximum of two games at a time. Much like GAME s newfound business rival, LoveFilm, the service is said to not include late fees. Users can receive a new game as soon an old one is returned, with a selection of software available for all the expected TV and handheld platforms. We spent a lot of time talking to customers, to find out what services they want from us and how we can help them enjoy more games and get great value, GAME s online business managing director Alex Croft explained to MCV . Croft believes that the service is a great way to help customers try games ...

GAMES launches online rental service
GoNintendo — ... store. In terms of promotion for the service, we’re currently marketing GAME Rentals to the hundreds of thousands of people who visit GAME.co.uk each day. We are also running targeted email campaigns to drive awareness.” - GAME’s online business MD Alex Croft I’ve never dabbled in any online rental services, be it for movies or games. Once again, I am just proving how ‘behind the times’ I really am. I suspect that this service will end up being quite a big hit for GAME and SwapGame. Link This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 at 8:17 am and is filed under ...

GAME To Offer Rentals As Well As New Games [Retail]
Kotaku — ... new games. And sell used games. But soon, they'll be offering a third way of getting hold of a game. And that's rentals. Having recently partnered with rental group SwapGame, the retailer are to offer British customers the option of paying a monthly subscription fee that will allow them to rent two games at a time. The service will span across all major, recent consoles, including the three current generation machines, both handhelds and the Xbox and PS2. GAME launches online rental service [MCV] ...