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GAME Group will not be stocking any EA games past SSX, including Mass Effect 3, Eurogamer has discovered.

Eurogamer has corroborated this information with individual GAME Group stores. The last stocked EA game will be SSX, we were told.

If you have a pre-order, GAME will refund you via in-store credit, rather than with cash.

HMV told Eurogamer it couldn't comment on a competitor's situation, but confirmed it would be stocking Mass Effect 3 and the rest of EA's titles.

EA and GAME Group haven't responded to Eurogamer's request for comment.

dafuq? i wonder what happened...

edit: But givin' out Credit instead of their Money? i think thats monkeyballs, because, after all, Customers wont get the item they wanted.. oo

All those people who pre ordered ME:CE are going to be pissed.

*Obligatory Game Over reference*

This sounded like utter bullcrap, then I googled it and it came up on Metro website. Seriously, it will be one of the biggest selling games of the year and will make them money.

This seems an odd policy. EA publish a lot of games.

So if you preordered, you now won't get your preorder but also won't get back your money?

That doesn't sound right. The money does not belong to GAME if the customer never received the product they laid that money down for.


If this is somehow true then this company needs to go under and fast.

Eurogamer

GAME Group (GAME and Gamestation) will not be stocking Wii game Mario Party 9, Eurogamer has heard.

Nintendo has issued an official statement that points out every destination to buy Mario Party 9. GAME and Gamestation are absent from the comprehensive list.

"Available to buy on the high street via Argos, Asda, Tesco, Dixons Stores Group, GameStop, Sainsburys, Smyths Toys, Toys R Us, HMV, Blockbuster or online at Amazon, The Hut, Play.com, zavvi.co.uk, johnlewis.com and Littlewoods.com, as well as most good games retailers," announced Nintendo.

Mario Party 9 is due out this Friday, 2nd March.

Whether this will extend to all Nintendo and Nintendo-distributed games remains to be seen. However, GAME absentee The Last Story was published by Nintendo, and GAME absentee Tekken 3DS was distributed by Nintendo.

It doesn't bode well for Wii-exclusive JRPG Pandora's Tower, due 13th April.

Coupled with the news that GAME won't stock Mass Effect 3 or any EA games in March past SSX, and the writing appears to be on the wall.

This is it. Final few nails are being hammered into the coffin.

They don't appear to stock The Last Story either. It's looking very bad for the company. Especially if they cant get their hands on new releases.

If they lack the funds to buy from major publishers, they're definitely at death's door...