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Club Nintendo has officially shut down in North America, with plans to discontinue Nintendo’s rewards program later this year in Europe, Japan and Australia. The Club Nintendo website has been updated with an image of a Mario, hat in hand and head bowed in recognition of the closure. "Club Nintendo …
Read More »GameStop hasn’t given up on pre-owned digital games
The idea of pre-owned digital games has been flying around for a while, and retailer GameStop still hopes to one day get the idea off the ground. "It’s still an opportunity that’s out there," GameStop merchandising director Eric Bright told GameSpot during a meeting at E3 last month. "I think …
Read More »Fan strolls into Digital Extremes HQ, unearths new game Keystone
A Canadian gamer spent the day posing as a developer in the offices of Warframe developer Digital Extremes – and discovered details about an unannounced title in the process. Kotaku has verified the legitimacy of claims made on Reddit (which have since been deleted) in which a user named UndercoverLegend …
Read More »PowaBand wants to reward physical activity with IAPs
Want to unlock some virtual currency in that smartphone game you’ve been playing? Are you willing to charge about the garden for half an hour to do it? That’s idea behind a new startup called PowaBand. It’s a fitness tracker designed for kids aged 6-16. The device (which houses a …
Read More »Indiependence Day anti-sale hopes to help squeezed indie developers
A number of indie games developers intend to celebrate American Independence day tomorrow by not putting their games on sale. With the intensifying race to the bottom threatening the bottom line for many smaller (and some not so small) developers, the promotion hopes not only to highlight the situation but …
Read More »There’s a Dragon Ball Z 3DS hardware bundle on the way
Bandai Namco has revealed a Dragon Ball Z hardware bundle for Nintendo’s New 3DS for the upcoming Extreme Butoden title. The package provides consumers with a black New 3DS, a copy of the game and a code for a downloadable version of the SNES title Dragon Ball Z: Super Butoden …
Read More »r/gaming and other Reddits taken down by protest
Reddit is in the midst of a rebellion after the mod in charge of the site’s popular AMAs was allegedly fired. Victoria, known by the name ‘chooter’ on the site, is said to have been booted by management after an AMA (which stands for ‘Ask Me Anything’ – these are …
Read More »Fallout 4 Pip-Boy Edition pre-orders bring GAME website to a standstill
Gamers trying to get their hands on GAME’s fresh batch of Fallout 4 Pip-Boy Edition have had a frustrating morning. A fresh allocation of the SKU – which includes a Pip-Boy smartphone accessory and is exclusive to GAME in the UK – was supposed to go live at 9am this …
Read More »Moore: Ballmer saved Xbox with $1.15bn RROD recovery program
There would have been no Xbox One had Microsoft not greenlit the $1.15bn scheme to fix and replace broken Xbox 360s hit be the Red Ring of Death. In a detailed interview with IGN, as transcribed by Eurogamer, former Xbox man and current EA exec Peter Moore recalled the tough …
Read More »Project X Zone 2 Western launch pushed to 2016
3DS Japanese fighting/RPG crossover title Project X Zone 2 has been delayed until 2016. The delay only applies to the European and American launches; the title will still be hitting its 2015 release date in Japan. In the West it is penciled in for an ‘early 2016’ release. Project X …
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