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Since Nintendo’s Wii Fit arrived in April 2008, fitness games have emerged as a key sector for casual gamers, gym goers and those who wouldn’t usually pick up a controller. Going into 2011 the category is stronger than ever – during the past 12 months it has seen an explosion …
Read More »COMPETITION: Win tickets to Dead Space Exposed
Electronic Arts and MCV are giving five readers the chance to win a ticket to Dead Space Exposed, a special preview event for Dead Space 2. Attendees will be able to play the upcoming sci-fi horror sequel for themselves, as well as explore the franchise at large and meet the …
Read More »Tesco posts 0.6% Christmas UK growth
Retailer Tesco has reported UK like-for-like sales growth of 0.6 per cent for the six weeks ending January 8th 2011. Overall UK sales were up 4.2 per cent with new store sales up 3.6 per cent. Overall Tesco Group sales were up 7.6 per cent over the period, with European …
Read More »Linford Christie fronts Kinect promotion
Athletes Linford Christie and Mark Lewis-Francis will race gamers as part of a new Xbox 360 Kinect promotion. The Olympic stars will compete against one winning family in a game of Kinect Sports, while runners-up will win a video chat with the gold medallists. A 4GB Xbox 360 Kinect bundle …
Read More »Social mobile firm’s multi-million dollar month
VC funding set to boost Pocket Gems expansion
Read More »Shift 2 gets UK release date
EA has confirmed that racer Shift 2: Unleashed will be released in the UK on March 25th. It will be released in mainland Europe the day before and in North America the following week on March 29th. The publisher is also inviting punters to pre-order what the new trailer describes …
Read More »Vaizey confirms PEGI delay
The rollout of the new PEGI video games classification system will miss its current April deadline and will not be introduced until July of this year at the earliest. Back in July 2010 the VSC, who will be assuming a central role in the application of the new ratings system, …
Read More »Ticket discount for Festival of Games ends soon
Less than one week left to save as much as 40 per cent
Read More »Trion Worlds establishes UK office
US developer and publisher Trion Worlds has kicked off 2011 with the opening of a UK office. The MMO specialist’s new European headquarters will serve as a base of operations for ongoing global expansion as it bring its products to the UK. The studio has cherry-picked key trade execs for …
Read More »Aussie devs halted by floods
The thriving game development cluster in Queensland has been severely disrupted by widespread flooding across the Australian state. Fruit Ninja developer Halfbrick has temporarily closed, the studio said, while its staff take time off to help friends and family”. Digital content agency Hoodlum, meanwhile, has evacuated its Paddington-based offices after …
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