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Consumers can go hands on with Turtle Beach headsets at all 11 Best Buy stores. The X11 and X41 models are available for customers to use. Best Buy is also the first UK retailer to launch an online Turtle Beach shop. Giving all our customers a chance to experience the …
Read More »Sainsbury’s adds digital games in 2012
Sainsbury’s new 1m acquisition will let it develop a digital games service for 2012, it has told MCV. The supermarket giant purchased Global Media Vault (GMV) from Music Box Leisure last week. The online entertainment specialist has a unique entertainment ecommerce and digital media platform, with a digital database of …
Read More »Venom signs official 3DS peripherals range
Peripherals specialist Venom will distribute a range of officially licensed 3DS peripherals. The firm has the exclusive UK and Ireland distribution rights for Project Sustain’s 3DS range. There are nine products currently on offer, including mushroom ear buds, folio cases and in-car chargers. These are available now and are already …
Read More »Green Man Gaming hires new Operations Director
Digital distributor Green Man Gaming has hired Tim Sawyer as operations director. Sawyer most recently worked as group head of ecommerce for Middle East electronics retailer, MeMega. Before this, he was head of ecommerce for ShopDirect Group. As Europe’s fastest growing digital distributor, we needed an experienced person to take …
Read More »SURVEY: When will digital dominate discs?
At what point will digital content be the driving force behind game revenues? It’s a question that many retailers dread, that others embrace, and one that publishers constantly deliberate. Now we want your view on the matter. MCV has launched a new survey for industry professionals.Take part in our eight-question …
Read More »EA scraps plans to include Battlefield 1943 in Battlefield 3
PS3 gamers hoping to find a free copy of digital-only title Battlefield 1943 included in their copy of Battlefield 3 are going to be disappointed. It has emerged that EA has not, as previously promised, bundled the multiple shooter in PS3 versions of the new Battlefield title. The Battlefield Twitter …
Read More »3DS circle pad add-on gets a name
It looks as if the secondary joypad accessory being released for the 3DS final has a name. Siliconera reports that Nintendo has trademarked the name ‘Circle Pad Pro’ in Japan, It has also trademarked ‘Slide Pad Expansion’ in Japanese, suggesting the former moniker is destined for the rest. Pictures of …
Read More »CCP says Dust 514 will challenge established console models
Dust 514 for PS3 aims to revolutionise the console landscape by further opening up the closed platform to the internet, CCP’s VP of business developer Thor Gunnarsson has claimed. The console space right now is where the PC was before the internet really kicked off,” said Gunnarsson in the latest …
Read More »Dust 514 ‘will break open the closed console’
Consoles on the cusp of emulating PC's internet revolution, CCP tells Develop
Read More »GMA 2011 FINALISTS: Specialist Print Writer
Tomorrow is the biggest night of the year for the UK’s games media. In the run-up to the big event on Wednesday October 26th at Vinopolis, we’re providing a series of features profiling those media brands and individuals in the running for an award. Jon Blyth – Official Xbox Magazine …
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