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Read More »Indie fury at 3DS price war
The owner of a leading independent chain has condemned the ongoing 3DS price war between the big UK games retailers. Tesco, Toys ‘R’ Us and Amazon are the latest retailers to cut their respective prices of the 3DS to around 197. Amazon originally listed the handheld console at 219.99. This …
Read More »LEGO Ninjago due in April
Warner Bros has announced a release date for upcoming DS title LEGO Ninjago. The handheld strategy game will arrive in the UK on April 15th, and follows the release of LEGO’s latest range of toys. Developed by Hellbent Games, the title is a sequel to LEGO Battles and challenges players …
Read More »Shift 2 delayed
As part of a press release issued today, EA has quietly confirmed that upcoming racer Shift 2: Unleashed has seen its release date slip by one week in Europe. The game will now arrive in the UK on April 1st, a day after its continental release on March 31st. Previously …
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Read More »Capcom denies Apple Smurfs rift
Capcom Interactive has announced that it has not been in a dispute with Apple over Smurfs’ Village on iPhone. Previous reports on Pocket Gamer stated that Apple had strong words with Capcom because iPhone users had complained after paying for in-game items accidentally. The site has now received a statement …
Read More »Intel criticises Nokia’s WP7 switch
Intel CEO Paul Otellini has lashed out at Nokia over its decision to side with Microsoft and adopt its Windows Phone 7 software platform in its future smartphone handsets. Otellini’s firm is likely annoyed that Nokia’s decision also meant the abandonment of plans to use Intel’s MeeGo platform in its …
Read More »Professor Layton ships 11m
Developer Level-5 has announced that more than 11.4m Professor Layton games have been shipped worldwide. This figure is formed from shipments of the four current Layton puzzle games on DS including Curious Village and The Lost Future, reports Andriasang. The news comes ahead of the Japanese release of Professor Layton …
Read More »EA offers Mirror’s Edge hope
Following claims earlier in the week that we’d seen the last of the Mirror’s Edge series, publisher EA has seemingly offered some hope to fans of the game. On Monday MCV reported that DICE boss Patrick Sodurland had claimed sales of Mirror’s Edge"were not as good as expected" and that …
Read More »Mortal Kombat UK date nailed down
The upcoming Mortal Kombat game will hit UK stores on Thursday, April 21st, Warner Bros has confirmed to MCV. The Xbox 360 and PS3 brawler was previously scheduled to arrive on ‘Mortal Monday’ – or April 18th to everyone else. US consumers will now get the game on April 19h …
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