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Retail can continue to happily sell disc-based physical video games for at least another 20 years, according to one leading analyst. GameStop CEO Paul Raines said earlier that he believes physical games retail will never go away, although the comments were dismissed as delusional, self-serving load of tosh” by former …
Read More »DieselStormers forced to change name after legal loss
Clothing brand Diesel has prevailed in its legal tussle with the makers of DieselStormers. It was revealed in July of last year that the Italian fashion label had taken action against developer Black Forest Games as its brand trademark covered it for assorted non-fashion uses, including video games. As a …
Read More »Nvidia’s Shield Android TV box arrives in the UK tomorrow
Two versions of Nvidia’s Shield Android TV box will go on sale in the UK tomorrow. The 16GB SKU will retail for 149.99 while the 500GB SKU will cost 219.99. Also available are the Shield Remote (39.99) and stand (24.99), while additional gamepads will cost 49.99. Also included in the …
Read More »Full Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 IS on the disc, Activision confirms
Activision has said that the physical disc of new release Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 does, despite speculation, contain the full game. Following its US launch yesterday early buyers of the skating sequel were alarmed to find a mandatory 7.7GB day one patch – which is bigger than the vanilla …
Read More »GAME is taking pre-orders on a £49.99 Merge VR headset
A cut-price virtual reality headset will go on sale exclusively at GAME next month. The Merge VR headset works with iOS and Android smartphones. It will retail for 49.99 and currently has a release date of October 30th. The tech will also be available to try in some GAME stores …
Read More »New Chromecast improves game-streaming function
Users can now stream Android and iOS titles to their TV
Read More »200 jobs under threat at Sega
Sega is set to offer 200 employees ‘voluntary retirement’ as it aims to improve profitability. The publisher expects to make a loss of 9.85m for the second quarter of the 2015 financial year. It has put much of this down to the delay of the release of its newpachislot and …
Read More »GameStop: Disc-based games will be around forever
Digital is here, and digital is growing, but there is no scenario where disc-based video games will disappear from the market, according to GameStop. Disc-based games will be around forever,” CEO Paul Raines told Forbes. The market has seen physical music sales down 50 per cent from its peak and …
Read More »The next game from Stanley Parable dev is out tomorrow
Surprise! There’s another game on the way from one of the creators of The Stanley Parable. And it’s arriving very, very shortly. It’s called The Beginner’s Guide and is the first solo project from Davey Wreden. What is it and how will it play? We don’t know for the moment, …
Read More »Unreal Diaries: A Boy and His Kite
Animated short film ‘A Boy and His Kite’ honoured at SIGGRAPH with Best Real-Time Graphics and Interactivity Award
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