Game Group said that current trading has remained strong after it posted soaring full-year profits and sales.

The computer entertainment specialist said that group like-for-like sales jumped 20.1 per cent in the 13 weeks to April 26, despite the Playstation 3 having launched in the comparative period last year.

For the year to January 31, group sales rocketed 81 per cent to£1.49 billion. In the UK and Ireland, total sales increased 88 per cent and like-for-like sales were up 42.5 per cent. Group pre-tax profit more than doubled to£68.4 million.

Game chairman Peter Lewis said: “This is a record set of results and clearly demonstrates that we’ve taken the right steps to expand the scale and geographic reach of our specialist offer to benefit from the broadening appeal of PC and video games products.

“This performance marks a transformational year, with a significant improvement in a number of core business operations, further enhanced by the acquisition of Gamestation in the UK.”

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