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Blizzard has dated the fourth expansion pack for its online phenomenon World of Warcraft. Mists of Pandaria will be released on Tuesday, September 25th and will retail for $39.99 in the US. A special Collector’s Edition will also be available for $79.99. This will include bonus in-game items – such …
Read More »Gran Turismo 5 to get ‘Academy Edition’ re-release
Sony is to re-release hit racer Gran Turismo 5 and give it a brand new name in the process – Gran Turismo 5: Academy Edition. The SKU will include all the DLC released for the game to date. Specifically, that’s three car packs and two course packs. It will also …
Read More »ASA rules against Activision’s Modern Warfare 3 ad
The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld two complaints levelled against on of Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 ads. The ad showcased a number of the countries featured in the game and, in the words of the ASA, contained computer-generated scenes of New York under military assault, with buildings …
Read More »ToeJam & Earl to return on PS3
Popular Sega characters ToeJam and Earl will return when they’re early adventures are re-released on PS3. The 1991 Mega Drive title ToeJam & Earl and its 1993 sequel ToeJam & Eal in Panic on Funkotron are due to be made available as downloads on PSN, according to Siliconera. The two …
Read More »Resident Evil 6 gets Umbrella umbrella pre-order bonus
The British summer rains have departed for now, but they’ll be back and Capcom has just the pre-order bonus you need. Anyone that pre-orders Resident Evil 6 from the publisher’s online store will receive a full-size Umbrella Corporation-branded umbrella for free. Capcom has warned that supplies are limited and that …
Read More »Nintendo details trio of 3DS retail options
Nintendo has detailed the three ways in which consumers will be able to purchases digital games for the 3DS. Andriasang reports that gamers have three options. Firstly, they can download the game directly onto their machine from the Nintendo eShop. Simple. Secondly, they can buy a code from an online …
Read More »Apple misses analyst forecasts but reports annual growth
A jump in both iPad and iPhone sales has lead to a strong quarter for Apple, although its numbers fell short of analyst’s expectations. Revenue hit $35bn for Q3 2012, up from $28.57bn the year before. Analysts had expected Apple to reach over $37bn. Net income climbed from $7.3bn to …
Read More »Japanese government investigating overheating Vita claims
An investigation into overheating PlayStation Vitas has been launched by a Japanese government agency. Sony admits that there have been 31 reported examples of Vita units overheating whilst being recharged between its launch in December and June of this year, Andriasang reports. 23 of these were in japan and eight …
Read More »Losses narrow as 3DS fights on for Nintendo
Nintendo has reported a 10,331 million operating loss for the quarter ending June 30th 2012. That’s an improvement over the 93,928 million loss reported in the same period the year before. Net losses reached 17,231 million which, again, is an improvement over the 25,516 million net loss a year before. …
Read More »Australia’s largest dev formed via Firemint and Iron Monkey merger
EA has announced today that it is bringing Melbourne’s two much-celebrated mobile developers,Iron MonkeyandFiremint, together. The newly created studio, bringing together over 40 employees from each studio, will be Firemonkeys which, according to EA, now constitutes Australia’s largest development studio. The pair of developers have been cohabitating for some time …
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