{"id":4719,"date":"2009-10-28T15:50:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-28T13:50:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"sterkinekor-distribution-halted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/4719-sterkinekor-distribution-halted","title":{"rendered":"SterKinekor distribution halted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Telkom <a href=\"http:\/\/gaming.do.co.za\/articles\/localnews\/ster-kinekor_gaming_lockdown.htm\" target=\"_blank\">DoGaming<\/a> has reported that local games distributor SterKinekor has temporarily stopped distributing its games due to a problem with its packaging company Replication Technology Group (RTG).<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, RTG has been forced into liquidation, and therefore can no longer fulfill its obligations to SterKinekor.&nbsp; As a result SterKinekor is reportedly unable to dispatch its games to retailers, meaning that a shortage of select titles may be imminent.<\/p>\n<p>According to a source at DoGaming, the following games may be affected; PES 2010, King of Fighters XII, Section 8, Red Faction: Guerilla (PC) and Marvel Super Hero Squad. It would seem that this problem may lead to some of these games being delayed, or difficult to find at retail.<\/p>\n<p>SterKinekor was not able to comment at the time of publication. An ex-RTG employee did confirm to MyGaming that the company has indeed been liquidated. He could not say to what extent the company&rsquo;s liquidation would affect SterKinekor, or the availability of its games.<\/p>\n<p>Another local distributor Megarom also used RTG, but a representative told MyGaming that none of its current big releases will be affected by the liquidation.&nbsp; <br \/>SterKinekor declined to give any official comment at this time, and it remains to be seen to what extent the closure of RTG will affect the availability of games.<\/p>\n<p>SterKinekor has just released Uncharted 2 and Pro Evolution Soccer 2010, two titles in particular that will be missed by fans if the shortages to materialize. The distributor is also responsible for a host of other big games, including Dawn of War II, Company of Heroes, Killzone 2, SingStar, Little Big Planet and UFC.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php?p=133971#post133971\" target=\"_self\">Discuss SterKinekor<\/a> in the forums<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local distributor faces logistical hiccup <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4719\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}