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Ahead of its cinema release this week, Marvel has revealed that Guardians of the Galaxy will be making a big splash in a number of its games. Polygon reports that the Guardians will be making an appearance in MMO outing Marvel Heroes as well as Facebook title Marvel: Avengers Alliance …
Read More »Mojang and LEGO to expand Minecraft range
LEGO and Mojang are extended their partnership to bring a full range of LEGO Minecraft sets to market. The Danish toymaker already teamed with the popular videogame franchise to release four Minecraft sets following the success of a fan suggested play-set on LEGO Ideas (then Cuusoo) in 2011. However, the …
Read More »GOG accidentally gives away loads of games for free
Digital distribution platform GOG has admitted that a temporary glitch in its system accidentally saw titles given away for free for a short period. One user claimed to have received copies of Long Live The Queen, Kentucky Route Zero, Darwinia, Sir You Are Being Hunted, Flatout 2, Surgeon Simulator and …
Read More »Wii version of Skylanders: Trap Team includes download code for Wii U release
Activision’s upcoming toys-to-life release will effectively offer a cross-buy option between Wii and Wii U. The publisher tweeted at the weekend to say that the Wii version of Skylanders: Trap Team will include a code to download the title on Wii U – and it’s all the more notable considering …
Read More »Sony site lists Journey and The Unfinished Swan for PS4
Two additional PS3 titles look as if they may be getting a release on PS4. NeoGaf spotted a (now altered) list of titles on Sony’s official Gamescom site detailing the games that will be playable at next month’s show. Included in the PS4 list are Journey, The Unfinished Swan and …
Read More »Games market continues summer decline; Watch Dogs still No.1
The market took another dive this week thanks to the current heat wave, a lack of new releases and the start of the summer holidays. Overall the market fell three per cent this week. The amount of revenue made this week was the lowest it has been this year so …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: July 20-26
Divinity: Original Sin continued its Steam chart dominance in the month of July, finishing in the top spot on Valve’s top sellers list for the third consecutive week. Last week’s runner-up DayZ slippped to fourth this week – making room for Dark Souls II’s season pass offering and Skyrim’s Legendary …
Read More »GameStop: Only 40 per cent of our customers know about game trade program
Less than half of GameStop customers are aware of the store’s trade-in program, president Tony Bartel has claimed. In an interview with Games Beat, Bartel explained six out of ten individuals that step foot into the retailer’s shops don’t know they can trade in games for cash or store credit. …
Read More »Read about twenty years of Koch Media in this week’s MCV
This week MCV celebrates two decades of Koch Media. Menno Van Der Bil, Craig McNicol, Paul Nicholls and Jamie Brewer tell MCV about Koch Media – past, present and future. We speak to PlayStation boss Andrew House about how he turned the firm’s console around. In our Insight section this …
Read More »New line of Skylanders premium toys to launch this Autumn
Activison has announced that a new range of premium Skylanders toys will be coming to the UK later this year. The limited edition Eon’s Elite set will introduce eight new versions of existing Skylanders characters, with Spyro and Chop Chop the first two ‘fan-favourite’ figures to see a re-release. The …
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