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Wishaw’s Argos store has announced a midnight opening for the highly anticipated launch of computer game EA FC26. ‌

Attendees will be among the very first to get a physical copy of the game as soon as it’s officially released. ‌

Midnight launches, once a staple of the British high street for big releases, have seen a decline since the rise of downloadable content. ‌

However, Argos is looking to revive the moment, as Google Trends data showing that searches for ‘midnight launch’ spiked on March 30 with the Nintendo Switch 2 release, the highest search since 2020.

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