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Over 1,000 UK games retailers opened at midnight last night to herald the launch of Destiny. And Activision’s UK MD Roy Stackhouse says there is no better advert for the power of the High Street retailer. "UK retail has done an outstanding job," he told MCV last night. "There is …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Martyn Gibbs on being back in the GAME
GAME, at least the old GAME, used to be notoriously slow at launching things. We recall the days they would speak to us about updating their website or launching a new piece of tech. It would often take a good six months at least before we saw it in the …
Read More »Square Enix’s new cloud gaming service to stream Final Fantasy on mobile
Service launching in Japan next month
Read More »Square Enix to stream Final Fantasy VII and others to mobile
A new mobile game streaming service is coming to Japan courtesy of Square Enix. Kotaku reports that Dive In offers game streaming on iOS and Android and will launch with Final Fantasy VII International, Final Fantasy XIII and Season of Mystery: The Cherry Blossom Murders. 30 minute demos will be …
Read More »Resident Evil 5 and Dead Rising 2 moving from GFWL to Steamworks
Capcom is to remove Games for Windows Live from three more of its PC titles. Support for Microsoft’s unpopular service will be patched out of Resident Evil 5, Dead Rising 2 and Dead Rising 2: Off the Record, with all three moving over to Steamworks. With the global popularity of …
Read More »EA fixing The Sims 4 gay name block
An issue that prevents players of The Sims 4 from uploading characters with specific homosexual name references is being remedied by EA. A video by Why Stuff Is Great, seen below, shows that while players can create avatars with words such as ‘gay’, ‘queer’, ‘lesbian’ or ‘homosexual’ in their name …
Read More »PICTURES: Two launch events welcome Destiny to UK games retail
The long wait for Destiny is over, with Activision’s shooter officially launching this morning ahead of what could be a record-breaking game launch in the UK. Destiny is the most pre-ordered new IP in GAME’s history and looks set to eclipse the record set by Watch Dogs earlier this year. …
Read More »Amazon Fire Phone dated for the UK
Amazon’s Fire Phone will be released in the UK before the end of the month. The device will launch on September 30th and will, as reported yesterday, be an O2 exclusive. O2 won’t, however, be offering the handset contract-free, meaning that buyers will have to sign up to a 33 …
Read More »What will games retail look like in five years time?
Research specialists Juniper Research will reveal the future of buying and selling video games at next week’s Games Retail 2020. The firm’s Eva Hunyadi will look at the expected performance of console and PC games by 2019, the possibility of new consoles and that impact on the retail landscape. Games …
Read More »Super Smash Bros works with New 3DS c-stick but not Circle Pad Pro
Upcoming 3DS title Super Smash Bros will offer additional functionality on the ‘New 3DS’ and ‘New 3DS XL’. Joystiq reports that the game will support the additional c-stick found on the recently revealed hardware. However, it won’t work with the Circle Pad Pro expansion currently available for existing 3DS machines. …
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