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Maybe one day it’ll be regarded alongside festive hits like Merry Christmas Everybody, All I Want For Christmas Is You and Fairytale Of New York? Anyway, there’s a song called Minecraft Christmas. The Official Charts Company has it at number 52 in the midweek UK charts. English Band Area 11 …
Read More »Wii U app Nintendo TVii arrives tomorrow in US, Canada
Nintendo’s Tvii app will launch in the US and Canada tomorrow on the Wii U, but don’t expect it to be fully functional. The previously delayed app will arrive sometime in the next day, but won’t include Netflix or Tivo program guide support as originally promised. It won’t initially offer …
Read More »The War Z pulled from Steam, Valve calls release ‘a mistake’
After a launch marred by a string of controversy, The War Z has been completely blocked from purchase on Steam. While the game remains listed on the PC digital distribution hub, you can no longer buy it. Valve has decided to offer a refund for any customers who felt they …
Read More »Godus hits Kickstarter goal with days to spare
22 Cans’ Kickstarter effort for Project Godus, what was thought to be a lost cause less than a week ago, has reached its goal with just under two days to spare. The 450,000 mark was met around 44 hours ahead of the December 21st deadline. The campaign gained quite a …
Read More »Bankruptcy for THQ as it looks to sell
THQ has filed for bankruptcy – but as part of a plan to ultimately strengthen the business and hopefully find it a new owner. The publisher this evening announced it had agreed to sell the majority of its US assets, including its publishing operation and four studios, to affiliates of …
Read More »PlayStation 3 sells 30m in Europe and PAL regions
Console hits impressive milestone as worldwide sales exceed 70 million
Read More »THQ: South Park marketing will be ‘shocking and disruptive’
South Park: The Stick of Truth will be backed by a ‘irreverent, shocking and disruptive’ marketing push. THQ has promised to reflect South Park’s humour in its activity, which included a show-stealing appearance at the Video Game Awards in the US last week. It would be pretty difficult to market …
Read More »SCE UK expands marketing team
Sony’s UK arm bolstered its team with three new hires. Lauren Bradley, former senior product manager for Namco Bandai, takes up the same position at SCE UK after nearly four years at the third party publisher. Sony has also hired Ben Pestell as trade marketing manager. Pestell previously handled trade …
Read More »‘Misleading advertising’ controversy plagues The War Z
Hundreds of users claim Steam title lacks a number of promoted features
Read More »European and PAL PS3 sales reach 30m sold
SCEE has confirmed that 30m PS3 consoles have been sold to customers – not shipped – across European and PAL territories. This milestone was hit on Monday December 17th. This is a major milestone for us and clearly shows just how popular the PlayStation brand and products are within Europe …
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