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2K Games has announced it will publish a new XCOM strategy title by the end of the year, entitled XCOM: Enemy Unknown. The publisher is already working on an action shooter reboot for the classic strategy series, XCOM, which is due for release on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC some …
Read More »Gotham City Imposters slips to next month
Warner Bros’ download-only Batman shooter has been pushed back to a February release. Gotham City Imposters is a team-based multiplayer game that sees gangs of wannabe Batmans and Jokers battling over territory in the Dark Knight’s home city. Gamers can customise these vigilantes with costumes modelled on familiar Gotham characters, …
Read More »Apple ‘chasing down App Store pirates’
Cease and desist warnings sent to iPhone hacking resource, report claims
Read More »Best Buy quits UK this month
US retail giant Best Buy has confirmed it will close all 11 of it UK stores on January 15th. The company confirmed it would be withdrawing from the UK market back in November, following years of working with the Carphone Warehouse to establish a foothold here. It first store opened …
Read More »Daily Mail exposes Old Republic female slave torture scandal!
91 hours. That’s how far 2012 was able to progress before The Daily Mail got the ball rolling on this year’s tabloid tirade on video games. And what a way to kick off the action. Hit Star Wars game lets players ‘own’ and torment female slaves with electric shock collar” …
Read More »EA switches off Bright Light studio
Guildford group axed; Portion of staff switch to other EA studios; Elliott parts ways; Develop Obituary
Read More »House of the Dead 3 and 4 creep onto PSN
PS3 owners will be able to download House of the Dead 3 exclusively via PSN next month, with its sequel to follow in spring. Sega’s popular arcade zombie shooter title The House of the Dead 3 will arrive on the PlayStation Network on February 7th, featuring HD graphics, trophies and …
Read More »LEGO Batman 2 officially announced
We all knew it was coming, but Warner Bros has confirmed that Batman will once again get the LEGO treatment this year. As was previously leaked, this time the Dark Knight will be joined by other DC Comics superheroes including Superman, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern. The game will feature …
Read More »UK video games market falls 13% in 2011
The overall UK video game market was worth 2.52bn in 2011 according to the latest UKIE figures. That represents a year-on-year drop of 13 per cent from 2.88bn and a third year of decline. In 2009 the UK market was worth 3.31bn and in 2008 it reached a record value …
Read More »Comet fights back in Microsoft dispute
Retailer Comet has pledged to fight its corner in the dispute with Microsoft over the manufacturing of 94k Windows recovery discs. Yesterday MCV reported that Microsoft was suing Comet for producing what it claimed were thousands of counterfeit Windows CDs” that it then supplied to unsuspecting customers in the UK”. …
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