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Read More »GAME and Gamestation announce midnight openings for FIFA 12
A total of 243 GAME and 165 Gamestation stores will open their doors just before midnight on Thursday September 29th in anticipation of FIFA 12’s release. GAME’s Oxford Street store is hosting the UK’s official midnight launch, with the first customer to buy the game receiving a new LG 3D …
Read More »505 teams up with Speedo
Zumba Fitness publisher 505 Games is donning its trunks to support the release of its motion-sensing swim sim. It has partnered with iconic swimwear brand Speedo to promote Michael Phelps: Push the Limit.Consumers can play the Kinect title at Speedo’s ‘Brand Wagon’ awareness tour of the UK and Europe, with …
Read More »Now! plots digital move for 2012
The first retail title has yet to reach shelves, but the team behind Now! That’s What I Call Music are already preparing digital releases for next year. World renowned music label EMI and fledgling publisher Tubby Games told MCV that they are working on downloadable content and full download titles …
Read More »Activision: Social networks a "necessity" for gaming
Services like Call of Duty Elite will become a necessity for future blockbuster games, says Activision. The publisher’s VP of digital Jamie Berger posits that, while Elite is currently positioned as an optional extra for consumers, social networks will one day be essential components to the biggest releases. We believe …
Read More »Triumphant Eurogamer Expo returning in 2012
The doors have finally closed on this year’s Eurogamer Expo, and already the company has announced the dates for next year’s event. Eurogamer Expo 2012 will take place at Earls Court once again between September 27th and September 30th. And Eurogamer boss Rupert Loman is already thinking about the expo’s …
Read More »Skream offers white label ecommerce service
The company behind successful online retailer ShopTo.net has announced a new white label service that will allow others to take advantage of the store’s infrastructure to launch their own ecommerce portal. Skream says that all partners will enjoy the fruit born from ShopTo’s success, including its famed ‘Five minute dispatch’ …
Read More »Arrests decimate LulzSec
A spate of arrests across the globe look to have silenced the anarchic digital voice that was once LulzSec. DailyTech reports that a number of police raids have seen the heart of the organisation torn out. The first major blow was the arrest of LulzSec chief ‘Topiary’ in the Shetland …
Read More »NaturalMotion: Free-to-play is mathematically better
Backbreaker studio smashes revenue records with its first freemium app
Read More »Black Wii Fit Plus bundle coming to UK
Nintendo has announced that it is to launch a black version of its Wii Balance Board next month. A bundle including both the new-look peripheral and a copy of Wii Fit Plus. It will be released on October 7th. Until this point only the white version of the accessory has …
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