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Capcom’s upcoming release Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City will not be sold at GAME or Gamestation, MCV can confirm. The game is due for release in the UK on March 23rd. It follows in the footsteps of fellow Capcom releases Street Fighter X Tekken and Asura’s Wrath, which were also …
Read More »Gamerscore limit upped for XBLA games
Microsoft has confirmed that it has upped the cap for the number of Gamerpoints that downloadable Xbox Live titles can offer to gamers. Until now titles sold through the XBL arm of Xbox Live always offered 200 GP spread over a maximum of 20 Achievements. This has now been upped …
Read More »Hilco and OpCapita linked to GAME acquisition
As stated by MCV yesterday, the widespread belief that GameStop will swoop to acquire part or all of GAME could yet prove wide of the mark. Although GameStop can still confidently be regarded as the front-runner, The Financial Times has named two other would-be suitors – Hilco and OpCapita. Hilco …
Read More »GDC reveals 2012 attendance numbers, confirms 2013 dates
Game Developers Conference organizers have revealed record attendence numbers for this year’s go-round of the annual industry event. Some 22,500 made their way from all over the world to attend panels, test out new tech, discuss the industry, and more during the conference in San Franciscolast week—a 17 per cent …
Read More »Capcom’s Onimusha Soul to be browser-based
The Onimusha franchise is making a comeback, and as it turns out it won’t be on any consoles —nor as a downloadable title. Nope, Capcom has revealed they will make Onimusha Soul their first swing at browser-based games. Soul is the first game in the RPG series since 2006, which …
Read More »Capcom announces its first browser-based title
Onimusha Soul the first instalment in the series since 2006
Read More »Current Steam mobile app ‘only phase one’
Valve plans to include viewable library and better screenshot support
Read More »EA refutes Mass Effect 3 DLC accusations
The day one DLC for Mass Effect 3 is not already on the disc as some have claimed, EA has stated. A YouTube user has supposedly proven that all of the content from the paid-for ‘From Ashes’ DLC is already sitting on the Mass Effect 3 game disc and could …
Read More »New iPad pre-orders sell out
It seems the New iPad unveiled by Apple last week has appealed to the masses of loyal fans. Apple claims it is already struggling to keep up with demand ahead of the March 16th release date. The Apple statement, says: "Customer response to the new iPad has been off the …
Read More »Is GameStop actually in a position to buy GAME?
The presumption that GameStop will inevitably acquire GAME could be wide of the mark, if analyst warnings are to be believed. GameStop may have fared far better than its transatlantic rival amidst the recent changes to the games industry, but the uncertainty surrounding the future of the games market could …
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