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A new app claims to finally achieve the dream of every child of the 1990s: make the world of Pokmon a reality. Of course, having an electric mouse and psychic ghosts run around the streets of London is a little outside the realm of possibility, but free mobile game Pokmon …
Read More »GameStop could yet hit UK High Street
Retail giant GameStop could still make a bricks and mortar UK move – with a range of merchandise shops. It acquired US website ThinkGeek in June for 92m, and is opening the first ThinkGeek physical shop in Florida this month. It also operates Zing Pop Culture, a range of Australian …
Read More »Read about the new breed of games journalism in this week’s MCV
As consumers turn to an ever-growing number of sources for their games knowledge, the traditional games media has had to change how it reports on the medium. MCV speaks to a number of outlets including Kotaku UK and Videogamer about how games journalism is evolving. We also speak to Turn …
Read More »Two years after its presumed death, pre-owned is thriving
Boxed game sales are falling and the dearth of digital data means the true state of the market remains largely a mystery. But one tried and tested retail sector is certainly in rude health. As recently as 2013, retail feared that next-gen consoles might mark the end for pre-owned games. …
Read More »iOS 9 hits next week
iOS 9 is set to release next week, along with Apple Watch’s latest operating system. During Apple’s event today in San Francisco, the company confirmed both iOS 9 and watchOS 2 will launch next Wednesday, September 16th. The upcoming OS for iPhone and iPad devices packs three new frameworks designed …
Read More »Apple unveils new iPhone 6S and iPad models
Apple has revealed the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus, along with two new iPad models. The firm announced at its event today in San Francisco the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus will introduce 3D Touch, which Apple states can recognize force and is touting as the next generation of multi-touch.” …
Read More »New Apple TV arrives next month, adds gaming functionality
Apple has officially unveiled its newest iteration of the Apple TV, which will bring gaming into the fold for the digital media player. At an event earlier today in San Francisco, the company confirmed recent speculation that the next version of the hardware will introduce gaming functionality when it launches …
Read More »New Apple TV features motion control and touch play for games
Developers can access beta for tvOS SDK from today; Apple TV available from late October
Read More »Bethesda announces $30 Fallout 4 Season Pass… but no content
A Season Pass has been announced for Fallout 4, even though Bethesda does not yet know what DLC it will make for the game. We’ve always done a lot of DLC for our games. We love making them and you always ask us for more,” the company said. To reward …
Read More »The Witcher 3 cost £53,000,000 to make
Developer CD Projekt Red has confirmed the investment needed to create RPG hit The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. GameSpot reports that a recently translated financial briefing pegged the cost of development at 306million z?oty – that’s around 53m/$81m. A total of 240 in-house developers spent 3.5 years making the title, …
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