Irish Film Board will initially be provided for rental and sale solely through their network of stores. In August 2009, Blockbuster sold off its Irish operations to Birchhall Investments. In May 2011 the company went into examinership but successfully exited in August. 2009 Halo 3 Tournament On October 20, 2009, as a promotion for the upcoming release of Halo 3: ODST, Xtra-vision ran a Halo 3 tournament, in which they held 2 categories, Teams and Doubles, Teams being a 4 player team and Doubles being a 2 player team, in which they would compete in an all Ireland tournament, the winners receiving a free copy of Halo 3: ODST. The campaign turned out a great success, boosting publicity for Xtra-vision and the release of Halo 3: ODST. The winners of the Teams being "Team Axios", a Halo team from County Mayo, and the winner of the Doubles being Dan Vaughan and Marcus Conaghey. Receivership and sale to Hilco On 29 April 2013, the company announced that it was to enter receivership with Luke Charleton and Colin Farquharson, of Ernst & Young. On 7 May 2013, the receivers announced that 20 stores will close throughout Ireland with a loss of up to 120 jobs. These stores were closed due to trading losses because of fall in revenue. Xtra-vision was sold to Hilco Capital Ireland in June 2013 for an undisclosed sum. On 30 August 2013, Hilco announced that 26 Xtra-vision stores would be dual-branded with HMV). In January 2016, the high court appointed a provisional liquidator to Xtra-vision after the company became insolvent and unable to pay their debts, most of the 580 jobs expected to be lost. The company now operates as an online business, selling Movies, Video Games and Electronics. Xtra-Vision also operates many vending machines across SuperValu, petrol stations and shopping centres. Xbox One release controversy When the Xbox One was released in November 2013, Xtra-vision gained negative media attention due to their policy of forcing customers who had pre-ordered the console to purchase an additional game in order to get their console. After media attention and backlash on social media websites, Ireland's National Consumer Agency launched an investigation into Xtra-vision's practices. Xtra-vision reversed this policy, and announced that refunds were available for those who had purchased an additional game with their pre-ordered console. Xtra-Vision Xpress Xtra-Vision operates many vending machines across the Republic of Ireland in SuperValu