No EA Games in stock from March- including Mass Effect 3- says GAME

Your eyes do not deceive you- according to European gaming new site Eurogamer, games retailer GAME issued a statement to them today informing them that GAME Group (i.e. GAME and it's sister store Gamestation) will not be stocking any games released by American games giant Electronic Arts (EA) this March once the rebooted SSX hits the shelves on the 2nd.


This of course has serious ramifications for anyone wanting to pick up one of this year's most anticipated games- Mass Effect 3- as GAME Group have decided against stocking it based on a "supply issue".

The statement from GAME informed Eurogamer, "We currently have a supply issue with regards to Mass Effect 3, which means that GAME and Gamestation will not be able to fulfil orders for Mass Effect 3 at this time."


This includes no longer being able to fulfil any pre-orders of Mass Effect 3.Instead, GAME and Gamestation will be giving customers who pre-ordered £5 worth of reward points or a £5 online voucher (depending on whether you pre-ordered in-store or online), including refunding any deposits made on in-store pre-orders.


Eurogamer contacted serveral GAME and Gamestation outlets and confirmed GAME Group's decision to no longer stock EA games other than SSX from March.


For the full Eurogamer story, click here.

My opinion: This has got to be a bad idea, right? EA develop and publish some of today's biggest game franchises such as Battlefield, Command & Conquer, The Sims and of course Mass Effect- not to mention their highly popular sports titles such as FIFA and Madden. 


I don't know why GAME Group have decided this is a good idea- clearly something I don't know, have missed or don't understand, but.. what are they thinking?




And this guy thinks he has something to worry about.