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Asda is selling more day one stock of PS4 and Xbox One. And the supermarket giant says since the products went up yesterday, they’ve been inundated with orders. It’s the fastest selling products on the site in its history. Both consoles are guaranteed for delivery on launch day (November 22nd …
Read More »Microsoft: Why start-ups love London
The platform holder's Anand Krishnan tells Develop why the UK is the ideal base for this new talent
Read More »Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes gets exclusive PlayStation content
An exclusive mission will be included with the PS4 and PS3 versions of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes. Konami says the mission, entitled MGS1 Deja-Vu, references key events from the original PSOne classic Metal Gear Solid” and celebrates the series’ heritage across the PlayStation range”. Added the release: The …
Read More »Warner is bundling all three Batman Arkham games
As of next week UK gamers will be able to get their hands on all three Batman games in a single SKU. It’s called the Batman: Arkham Collection Edition and includes, as you would expect, 2009’s Arkham Asylum, 2011’s Arkham City and the recently released Arkham Origins. It will be …
Read More »Tesco wants to be the first destination for Call of Duty fans
Supermarket behemoth Tesco wants to be seen as the ‘destination’ for Call of Duty launches. The chain has released a TV ad which features gamers playing Call of Duty: Ghosts and cooking food. It is the third time the firm has put together an advertising campaign for Activision’s blockbuster shooter. …
Read More »Triple-A game sales will recover when next-gen launches, says EA
Publisher EA has dismissed concerns over falling sales of this year’s biggest games. Battlefield 4, Assassin’s Creed IV, Call of Duty: Ghosts and, to a lesser extent, FIFA 14, have all suffered steep declines in sales over their predecessors. But EA Studios EVP Patrick Soderlund says the difficult few weeks …
Read More »Games With Gold coming to Xbox One
Microsoft has confirmed that its Games With Gold scheme will indeed be coming to Xbox One. Games With Gold grants paying Xbox Live subscribers to access to one or two free games every month. It’s effectively a counter to Sony’s popular Instant Games Collection, which allows free access to a …
Read More »Sony: Launch PS4s have 0.4% fail rate, within expectations
As few as 0.4 per cent of launch PS4 consoles are experiencing technical problems, Sony has stated. It was revealed yesterday that a handful of consumers – as well as websites IGN and Kotaku – had experienced technical problems with their launch PS4s. Sony, however, has claimed that failure rates …
Read More »Candy Crush Saga tops 500m downloads
Candy Crush Saga today celebrates its first anniversary with an impressive milestone. The sickly sweet title debuted last February on Facebook and launched on mobile devices shortly after. Despite its short life span, the title has already been downloaded to over 500m devices. Developer King didn’t reveal how many active …
Read More »Minecraft tops One Direction as top selling annual
Publisher Egmont has announced that Minecraft has knocked One Direction off the top spot as the best selling annual in the UK. The annual based on Mojang’s hugely popular construction game is now the third best selling children’s title while companion book – The Beginner’s Handbook – is the fourth. …
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