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The increasing importance of tracking digital sales has been highlighted once again by multiplayer heist shooter Payday 2. Its developer Starbreeze told investors last night, via a note translated by Eurogamer, that its game has to date sold a total of 1.58m copies. Perhaps more interestingly, however, it added that …
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Read More »Grand Theft Auto is the UK’s fourth biggest video games brand
There’s reason to be excited ahead of next week’s Grand Theft Auto V launch. GfK Chart-Track has told MCV that GTA is the fourth biggest revenue-generating brand in the UK games industry. The stat tracker revealed a number of GTA facts ahead of the blockbuster arrival of GTA V. The …
Read More »Get Grand Theft Auto V for free with Blockbuster trade-in deal
Blockbuster has revealed its own Grand Theft Auto V trade-in offer. Customers can trade-in any two games from a list of titles (that can be seen below) and get the game for nothing. The deal is limited to Xbox 360 and PS3 only. It also confirmed that 248 of its …
Read More »Dishonored: Game of the Year Edition out in October
Bethesda has confirmed a Game of the Year Edition for stealth hit Dishonored. It will be released on October 11th and cost 29.99 on both Xbox 360 and PS3 and 24.99 on PC. As well as the main game it also chucks in all the post-release DLC – Dunwall City …
Read More »Veteran game designer Gregg Barnett to speak at NGDC 2013
Gregg Barnett, creator of Commodore 64 classic VS fighting game The Way of the Exploding Fists, will speak at this year’s NASSCOM Game Developer Conference. Barnett was a key figure at Beam Software, which was later known as Melbourne House, before being acquired by Krome Studios. He is currently creative …
Read More »Even WH Smith is feeling the Grand Theft Auto V love
High Street stalwart WH Smith may have long since abandoned core gaming, but shoppers may have noticed this week the presence of Grand Theft Auto V in its windows. It’s not selling the game, of course – although some branches can still be found selling the likes of Activision’s Skylanders …
Read More »Android console GameStick dated for next month
PlayJam has announced a global release date for new Android console contender GameStick. The device will go on sale worldwide on Tuesday October 29th. GAME and Amazon are amongst the confirmed stockists. GameStick, which originated on crowdfunding site Kickstarter, had originally been scheduled for a June release but has been …
Read More »Timesplitters Rewind takes to Steam Greenlight
Fan-made FPS homage Timesplitters Rewind has appeared on the Concepts area of Steam Greenlight. Unlike ‘full-fat’ Greenlight, the Concepts section allows developers to obtain feedback and try and gather together a community before launching a full Greenlight campaign. Timesplitters Rewind was unearthed as an in-development PS4 fan project earlier this …
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