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The 3DS arrives just in time. For retailers and publishers, a new launch and all the associated excitement is much needed. For Nintendo, still riding a six-year wave of DS, it’s an expansion for its most successful platform. And for consumers, it’s quite the cultural touch-point. 3D has blossomed into …
Read More »3DS pre-orders already beating Wii
It’s official: 3DS will have the most successful launch of any console yet in the UK. How do we know? Pre-orders. Nintendo’s machine has already been pre-sold more times in the UK than the Wii, and is on course to surpass 100,000 come launch on March 25th. The format-holder confirmed …
Read More »Sony wants to sell PSN games in shops
SCEE President Andrew House wants to sell PSN games on the High Street. Microsoft is already active in this space: GAME started selling XBLA titles in-store two weeks ago. We actually already have the same programme in place with GameStop in the US,” he told MCV. We would like to work …
Read More »Troubling times for Alworths
Less than two years after it rose from the ashes of former High Street giant Woolworths, rumours are circulating that the chain might be heading for trouble. Retail Week reports that the 17 store chain, which is headed up by Woolworths’ former head of store and concession development Andy Latham, …
Read More »Angry Birds heading to Facebook
With 75m downloads, you’d be forgiven for thinking that smash hit game Angry Birds is on the verge of hitting its limit. But Finnish developer Rovio, which created the game and has grown it into a massive franchise over the last year, says much more is to come. Including not …
Read More »GAME pre-orders get Gears 3 beta access
Microsoft has announced that gamers can gain access to the upcoming beta for Gears of War 3 by pre-ordering from GAME Group stores. Anyone that orders the game from GAME or Gamestation will be able to try out the multiplayer when its trial begins on April 25th. The beta will …
Read More »Angry Birds flies to Facebook later this year
Developer Rovio also says driving and sport spin-offs possible once Rio tie-in is out; console versions still on-course
Read More »Homefront – the COD beater?
In a frank and honest admission, publisher THQ has revealed its aspirations for upcoming shooter Homefront to compete with the very biggest names in the first person shooter sector. When asked by Eurogamer if he’d like to see his title competing with the likes of Call of Duty and Battlefield, …
Read More »GAME trials pre-owned pre-order offer
UK video games retailer GAME has begun offering pre-orders for pre-owned versions of the latest titles, MCV understands. It’s the first time that a UK retailer has allowed customers to pre-order a used version of a game before its released on the High Street. News of the offer has cropped …
Read More »Cliffy B: ‘Middle class games are dead’
Cliff Bleszinski has claimed that any middle class games” released are doomed to failure in the current market. Speaking to developers at GDC 2011 in San Francisco, he said that only triple-A or indie titles can hope to see success because they stand out, according to Eurogamer. I’m going to …
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