Gamertell

With the holiday season upon us, residents of Meadowhall, Sheffield,  with friends and family who enjoy the occasional match of Team Fortress 2 or 6-hour World of Warcraft marathon — that is to say, the gaming-inclined — will be pleased to hear that Gamestation is about to open a new store in their vicinity.

The store hallmark is scheduled to open to to the public at 9 a.m. on Friday (November 28, 2008), with a special launch weekend set to follow. Local radio station Hallam FM will be on hand to offer prizes to lucky shoppers taking part in the Blender drinking contest, which will feature cocktails aplenty.

The world’s most famous plumber and blue hedgehog (as in Mario and Sonic) will also be joining the celebrations on launch day, offering the store’s first fifty customer a special goodie bag. If you miss them, though, you can still enter a prize draw for a chance to win £100 worth of vouchers.

Gamestation chief executive Martyn Gibbs — who will be joining a team of head office members and store managers at a private Thursday night tour of the store — is quoted in a recent press release as calling Gamestation the UK’s “fastest growing games retailer,” an accomplishment the company hopes to build in on in the coming year.

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