Game Retailer Trials Xbox Live In-Store Buys

The Game Group has decided to bite the virtual bullet and us trialling sales of downloadable content and Xbox Live Arcade.

The trial, which will last for six months and which started yesterday, includes will reach into 40 GAME outlets throughout the UK.

GAME Group commercial strategy director Tricia Brennan told GamesIndustry.biz, "Our teams will be selling digital Xbox Live games alongside the consoles, packaged games and accessories that have been the foundation of our stores for the last 20 years.

"Last year we boosted our range with other digital cards including iTunes, Zynga and Facebook credits, and this year we look forward to giving customers even more to choose from."

Consumers will buy download codes for games and content and... you're trying to work out why you'd do this, right? Well, you can use cash and not stress out your credit card.

Games on offer are:

Alan Wake: The Signal - £4.76
Alan Wake: The Writer - £4.76
Braid - £6.80
Castle Crashers - £10.20
Catan - £6.80
Comic Jumper - £10.20
Crackdown 2: Premium Deluge Pack - £4.76
Crackdown 2: Premium Toy Box Pack - £4.76
Gears of War 2: All Fronts Collection - £6.80
Halo 3: Mythic II Map Pack - £6.80
Halo 3: Mythic Map Pack - £3.40
Halo Reach - Noble Map Pack - £6.80
Hydro Thunder Hurricane - £10.20
Hydrophobia - £10.20
Limbo - £10.20
Monday Night Combat - £10.20
Perfect Dark - £6.80
Portal: Still Alive - £10.20
Shadow Complex - £10.20
Spolsion Man - £6.80
Super Meat Boy - £10.20
The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai - £6.80
The Maw - £6.80
Toy Soldiers - £10.20
Trials HD - £10.20
Worms - £3.40
Worms 2: Armageddon - £6.80
Forza 3: World Class Car Pack - £3.40