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Adventurous publisher Rising Star Games has announced a third Cave shooter for the European market – Akai Katana. The game was originally released on Xbox 360 in Japan in May of this year, though the game was region locked meaning all but the most ardent importers were prevented from playing …
Read More »Angry Birds to hit the Olympics?
Today’s most iconic games franchise is about to gate crash the London 2012 Olympics, MCV understands. Rovio’s Angry Birds crowd game is being pitched for next year’s Games. The title debuted at V Fest and at the Singapore GP. It features an Angry Birds level on a big screen, with …
Read More »GMA 2011: Colin Campbell named Games Media Legend
Colin Campbell was named Games Media Legend at last night’s Games Media Awards. An epic preamble from other Games Media Legend Patrick Garratt heralded Campbell’s appearance on stage – and rightly so: Campbell was Garratt’s first boss. Campbell’s career began 25 years ago as a staff writer on CTW, before …
Read More »Games Media Awards 2011 – The winners are revealed
IGN, Edge, Eurogamer, The Guardian and Shortlist were amongst the key winners at this year’s Games Media Awards. Taking place at Vinopolis near Borough Market last night, the event saw some 17 print publications, 20 websites, podcasts and blogs, plus 26 individual writers, compete for the top honours. 300 media …
Read More »John Lewis offers free wi-fi to all UK customers
Multi-channel retailer John Lewis has announced intentions to offer free in-store wi-fi courtesy of BT Openzone in all of its UK stores. Saying that 60 per cent of its customers research a product online before heading to a store to make a purchase. Now John Lewis wants to encourage such …
Read More »Batman: Arkham City – where’s cheapest?
There’s no let-up this week as the triple-A new releases continue to come thick and fast, and this time it’s the turn of Batman: Arkham City to get the trade-in discount treatment. And once again it’s HMV that has delivered the most appetising offer. The retailer will sell consumers a …
Read More »Could time nearly be up on Best Buy’s UK ambitions?
Having launched in the UK in 2010, giant US electronics retailer Best Buy UK may be considering pulling out of the region. That’s according to ‘retail sources’ cited in the Sunday Times??The retailer currently has 11 megastores scattered across the country, which would all close if the rumours are true. …
Read More »Mojang wins Bethesda injunction in Scrolls case
Mojang Specifications has won an interim injunction in its court battle with Bethesda over its upcoming title Scrolls. We won the interim injunction! We can keep using the name ‘Scrolls’,” said Markus ‘notch’ Persson on twitter.ZeniMax/Bethesda can still appeal the ruling, but I’m very happy.” The court’s overall assessment does …
Read More »10 reasons why you can’t afford to miss LGC 2011
Going to the London Games Conference?You are? Excellent. You’re not? Well here are 10 reasons why you should definitely change your mind 1. IT’S THE LONDON GAMES CONFERENCE November 10th marks the third outing for LGC, which debuted in 2009. In just a short space of time it has become …
Read More »Release date set for Street Fighter X Tekken
Publisher Capcom has announced that its IP-blending quasi-3D fighter Street Fighter X Tekken will be released in the UK on March 9th 2012. It will be available for both PS3 and Xbox 360. The US release date is March 6th. A new character for the title has also been confirmed …
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