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Twitter faux pas, fake, PR stunt or employee blunder? Who knows, but in the mean time there’s nothing to stop us speculating! This morning MCV revealed a picture leaked by a TT Games employee on Twitter that showed an altered version of the Wii U controller currently being used at …
Read More »Sweden studio Overkill strikes Valve partnership
Left 4 Dead and Payday to cross-pollinate
Read More »CD Projekt: The truth is DRM does not work
In a no-holds barred interview amidst Diablo III’s ‘always-on DRM’ storm, the developer of The Witcher 2 has blasted the use of digital rights management. Let me dispel the myth about DRM protectinganything. The truth is it does not work. It’s as simple as that,” CD Projekt CEO Marcin Iwinski …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Max Payne beats Diablo in battle of the 3s
Rockstar’s Max Payne 3 has beaten Blizzard’s Diablo III to the No.1 spot in the UKIA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. It’s Rockstar’s first No.1 since LA Noire almost a year ago. It’s the first time that a Max Payne title has claimed No.1 in the UK, bettering the …
Read More »Aussie retailer opens up on import sales
Retailer JB HiFi has officially admitted that it is selling imported stock in its Australian High Street stores. MCV Pacific reports that, as in the UK, specialist games retailers in the country face growing pressure from price-focused mass-market retailers. In addition, the import scene lives on in Australia, partly due …
Read More »TT Games tester reveals redesigned Wii U controller
A QA tester for UK developer Traveller’s Tales has committed what those in the trade describe as a bit of a boo-boo” by leaking a picture of Nintendo’s redesigned Wii U hardware. The poor fellow in question has subsequently realised the potentially job-losing scale of his error and removed the …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: May 13-19
Valve has revealed the top selling Steam products and titles on for the week ending on May 19th. Thanks to a zombie mod entitled Day Z, ArmA II, an FPS nearly three years old has claimed the top spot on the charts without any discount or promotional help through Valve …
Read More »38 Studios pays $1.125m to Rhode Island, Copernicus due in June 2013
38 Studios has successfully made a $1.125m payment to the state of Rhode Island. The news comes after reports that the MMO developer’s collapse could cost state tax payers $112m, and word from Joystiq that the studio couldn’t make payroll or pay the state. Governor Lincoln Chafee announced that the …
Read More »Dragonborn trademark filed by ZeniMax
A month after submitting applications for the Skyrim Dragonborn saying ‘Fus Ro Dah’, Bethesday parent company ZeniMax Media has filed another trademark for the term Dragonborn itself. Fusible reports the application was submitted on May 15th. Goods and services within the filing include computer/console game software and downloadable software offered …
Read More »GameStop to provide mobile phone plans
In an unexpected move, Gamestop will begin offering mobile plans in the US on AT&T’s network. Techcrunch reports the move, with a website for Gamestop Mobile going up and subsequently being pulled over the last several hours seemingly confirming the news. Gamestop will not actually be selling phones themselves, but …
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