It’s been announced that GAME will be shutting down the Gamestation website on October 29th as part of their plan to shut down the entire Gamestation brand and merge it with GAME.

“First and foremost, your account details are completely safe. Both GAME and Gamestation were sister brands under Game Retail Ltd,” says a Gamestation statement, “so your details are still being held securely as before. You will simply access your account through a different website from 29th October.”

Your Gamestation Elite Points will be transferred to GAME, and will become part of the Reward Card scheme.

“We’d like to thank you for being a great customer over the years, and we’ve truly enjoyed delivering the best in gaming to each and every one of you,” Gamestation’s statement concluded. “Happy gaming!”

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To mark one of the biggest games of the year, Gears of Wars 3, 258 GAME and 170 gamestation stores across the UK will be opening their doors on midnight on 20^th September, giving Gears of War fanatics the chance to buy the game first and get playing hours ahead of everyone else.

GAME’s flagship store on Oxford Street will be hosting the official UK midnight launch, where gamers will be treated to exclusive meet and greets with Gears of War veteran: Carlos Ferro (voice of the super-badass Dom Santiago).

Limited edition Gears of War 3 posters signed by the game’s developers, Gears of War t-shirts alongside other fantastic gaming goodies and Gears of War memorabilia will also be given to fans on a first come first served basis. Customers will also have the a chance to win one of five Samsung 40” D5520 Smart LED TVs that will be given away on the night.

Neil Ashurst, head of UK PR at GAME said: “With over 400 stores opening at midnight to celebrate the launch of Gears of Wars 3, we’re ‘gearing’ up for what is set to be one of our most explosive nights of gaming yet. Gears of Wars has proven to be a blockbuster series for fans and we’re excited to be giving them the earliest chance to pick up a copy.’’

Stay tuned for more info. You can participate in our Gears 3 goodies giveaway here.

GAME and Gamestation stores will no longer sell used Xbox 360s, though they still will accept trade-ins. Customers like to buy the new SKUs rather than old used models, a GAME spokesperson told Eurogamer.

He also said older models have “high failure rate” and they won’t be selling them because of the “difficulty and cost of repairing them”. Pre-owned Xbox 360 Core models, Arcades and 20GB non HDMIs will be sold no longer.

“As of Saturday 3rd September we will not be selling Pre-owned Xbox 360 Cores, Arcades and 20GB non HDMIs,” the spokesperson said. “This is due to the high failure rate of the console and the difficulty and cost of repairing them.

“We will continue to trade these consoles in but they will need to be sent back to the DC as a regular faulty return where they will exit the business.”

Warner Bros DC Entertainment today confirmed that Robin will be a fully playable character in the challenge mode in Batman: Arkham City.  The Tim Drake Robin pack is currently available exclusively to those who pre-order the game from GAME and gamestation stores.

Robin will come complete with his own unique gadgets and special moves, and will be playable in all challenge maps in the game, as well as two additional challenge maps that are included with the pack – Black Mask Hideout and Freight Train Escape.  The pack will also contain a bonus Red Robin character skin.

Game releases in October for the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3. A Wii U release is also planned.

The full Achievements list for Arkham City was revealed earlier today.

Well don’t have a Wii yet? GAME and gamestation have you covered. GAME and gamestation, have today announced that the Nintendo Wii with Mario Kart or Wii Sports Resort will be available for just £99.99.  This offer will be in all GAME and gamestation stores as well as on GAME.co.uk and gamestation.co.uk.

Neil Ashurst, Head of UK PR for GAME and gamestation said: “The opportunity to buy the Nintendo Wii for under £100 is a fantastic chance for those who previously haven’t experienced the Wii. We are delighted to offer this deal to our customers.”

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