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Gaming clothes specialist Insert Coin has been named as the designer of the new staff uniform for retailer GAME. The new look has been developed over the last few months and will roll-out to stores over the coming weeks. The GAME website will also soon begin offering exclusive Insert Coin …
Read More »Microsoft finally talks new Xbox
After years of speculation Microsoft has finally gone on record to discuss its new home console. The comments come as part of the latest Major Nelson podcast. Microsoft’s interactive entertainment chief of staff Aaron Greenberg revealed that the company is planning a two-stage console reveal. The first part is tomorrow …
Read More »The New Xbox is finally revealed; What to expect?
We’re nearly there – in just a few short hours Microsoft will at last reveal the successor to the Xbox 360. But what exactly are we to expect from the announcement? TO SEE A LIVE STREAM OF THE EVENT CLICK HERE. Well, possible names include Xbox Infinity, Xbox Fusion or …
Read More »VIDEO: Dyack launches scathing counter-attack on the press
Denis Dyack is fighting back. The controversial developer and former head of Silicon Knights has launched a counter-attack against the allegations made against it in the press. It all stems back to an article printed on Kotaku in October of last year. In it both Silicon knights and Dyack himself …
Read More »Metro: Last Light makes it four No.1’s in a row for Koch Media
Deep Silver’s Metro: Last Light has debuted at No.1 in the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. That means that the publisher has now enjoyed four straight weeks at the top after the three successive crowns won by Dead Island: Riptide, which this week slips to second place. Last …
Read More »Microsoft: Console still accounts for 42% of the total video games market
With Microsoft and Sony about the throw millions and millions of pounds at launching their next-gen consoles, some observers may quite rightly ask one question – why? After all, mobile and casual games are the new frontier, right? Folk don’t want to spend 50 on triple-A games, let alone anything …
Read More »New Xbox wishlist: Five musts for a fitting successor to the Xbox 360
The Xbox brand was launched in India in a big way in 2006. Microsoft pulled out all the stops, roping in celebrity endorsements from the likes of Akshay Kumar and Yuvraj Sigh. Seven years on, we’re set to welcome the 360’s successor, and we don’t expect anywhere near that level …
Read More »Report: Assassin’s Creed film dated for May 2015
20th Centry Fox has announced a premiere date for the Assassin’s Creed film. The movie is set to release on May 22nd in 2015, according to a Box Office Mojo report. New Regency will be handling production, and Michael Fassbender – of Prometheus and Inglorious Bastards fame – is onboard …
Read More »Ouya to host public E3 event in LA car park
The Ouya team has announced it will hold a public event during E3, right down the road from the LA Convention Center. E3 attendee or not, anyone in the area will be welcome to stop by the company’s booth – located in a parking lot near the industry expo itself. …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: May 12-18
Bordelands 2 is out in front of this week’s Steam top sellers list, thanks to the release of new DLC and a deep discount promotion over the weekend. New release Metro: Last Light maintains last week’s runner-up position for the second week running; while XCOM: Enemy Unknown jumped back onto …
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