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Take-Two has reported new milestones for Red Dead Redemption and Grand Theft Auto. In a Shareholder Outreach document spotted byVG247, the publisher states Grand Theft Auto as a series has surpassed 220m copies sold-in. Take-Two announced GTA V hadshipped over 52mback in May, which indicates the series has moved another …
Read More »Police thwart potential gun massacre at Pokemon World Championship
Two men who seemed intent on a shooting spree at the 12th Pokemon World Championships in Boston have been arrested. The Daily Beast Reports that 27-year-old James Austin Stumbo and 18-year-old Kevin Norton, who had been invited to play at the tournament, were stopped when trying to enter the Hynes …
Read More »Pokémon fighting game Pokkén Tournament is coming to Wii U next Spring
It’s happening: Pokkn Tournament is headed to home consoles around the world in early 2016. As its name suggests, the title is a combination of The Pokmon Company’s iconic creature-catching franchise and Bandai Namco’s series of brawlers, Tekken. Pokkn adopts the 3D fighting game style of the latter games, allowing …
Read More »Nintendo’s Quality of Life plans under threat, report claims
It had been sold as one of Nintendo’s major business pillars for the future, but could Nintendo’s Quality of Life adventure be over before it has begun? Fortune reports that following the death of CEO and president Satoru Iwata last month, several analysts have speculated that the company may not …
Read More »Nintendo cuts 2DS price in US
The 3DS is now $30 cheaper in North America. Nintendo has cut the price of the handheld to $99.99, which equates to around 63.50 in real, Queen’s money. That price includes a copy of Mario Kart 7. In the UK Nintendo doesn’t officially set RRPs, but generally you’re looking at …
Read More »Amiiqo allows for Amiibo data piracy (for want of a better description)
A new device shipping later this week will allow Amiibo owners to upload character data from other users onto their figures. The Amiiqo is primarily being sold as a backup device for Amiibos. This is potentially useful as each figure is only able to hold the data for one game …
Read More »US Xbox One sales up 44 per cent year-on-year in July
PlayStation 4 was the best-selling console in America in July, but Xbox One sales climbed 44 per cent compared with July 2014. Sales of video game hardware rose two per cent year-on-year to $202.1m. Incidentally,PS4 and Xbox One sales are 50 per cent higher than PS3 and 360 sales were …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV to get simultaneous 2016 worldwide launch
The next iteration in Square Enix’s Final Fantasy series – XV – is going to be launching globally next year. That’s according to GameSpot who spoke to Final Fantasy XV’s director, Hajime Tabata. Tabata confirmed that the game is going to be released before 2017, pointing towards a 2016 launch …
Read More »Konami to shut down PES 2014 servers this November
The final whistle is about to blow for those still playing PES 2014 online. Konami has announced that it will pull online support from the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 football game on November 17th, just more than two years after its initial release. The move is part of an …
Read More »Sony opens PlayStation Plus Vote to Play scheme tomorrow
PlayStation Plus members will be able to vote to see what titles will appear in Instant Game Collection later this week. That’s according to a post on the PlayStation Blog which says that the first vote opens tomorrow (Thursday August 13th) at 4:30pm, and will run until Monday August 24th …
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