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Read More »Wii cut to £89 as festive price wars gain traction
The Nintendo Wii has fallen to its lowest price ever on the UK High Street. Supermarcket chain Asda is advertising a 89 price point for the console in today’s papers. The SKU on offer includes a white version of the machine and two games – Wii Sports and Wii Party. …
Read More »Armed robbers steal Modern Warfare 3 shipment
Up to 6,000 copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 were reportedly stolen by French thieves in the early hours of yesterday morning. Eurogamer reports that a car crashed into a van carrying around €400,000 worth of video games at 8:00am on Sunday morning. Upon exiting the van, the …
Read More »Watch tonight’s Modern Warfare 3 launch LIVE on MCVuk.com
As has become tradition, Activision is tonight hosting a huge launch event for the most anticipated game of the year, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. And if you’re not lucky enough to have a ticket yourself, you can watch the whole thing right here on this page on MCVuk.com. …
Read More »Game over for LEGO Universe
A little over a year after launching, LEGO has announced its attention to close its free-to-play MMO title LEGO Universe in January. The decision has lead to the closure of two of the firm’s studios; Play Well in the US and a second facility in Denmark. As many as 115 …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Battlefield 3 holds on
Despite dropping 54 per cent of its sales compared to last week, EA has fended off some strong opposition to remain the UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats No.1 for the second week in a row. It’s the first time a game in the Battlefield series that has retained its place …
Read More »VIDEO: Live action Modern Warfare 3 trailer
The obvious thing would have been to release a gritty war saga, but Activision has produced something different for its live-action ad for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Called ‘The Vet & The n00b’, the short sees an experienced soldier train an average Joe in the art of warcraft. …
Read More »Cooking Mama series hits 2m UK unit sales
505 Games has confirmed that total UK sales of the Cooking Mama series have now hit 2m units. Furthermore, the brand has shifted 3.5m copies in all of Europe and a massive 12m across the world. It remains the best-selling third-party series on DS since its debut in 2006. The …
Read More »VIDEO: Michael Bay’s Need for Speed trailer
Have a game full of fast cars but need a man looking at a woman’s bum in your commercial? Yep, Michael Bay is definitely your man. EA has enlisted the help of the Bad Boys, Pearl harbour and Transformers director to piece together a short for its upcoming racer Need …
Read More »Modern Warfare 3 price roundup – where’s cheapest?
It’s the biggest release of the year, and retail will tomorrow go to war to try and win as big a share of the mammoth Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 market as possible. Troubled retailer Best Buy has the best deal when it comes to catch-free low-price – 29.99. …
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