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This year’s Gamescom pulled in a record 254,000 visitors – 9,000 more than last year’s show. It also played host to 505 exhibitors attending the event in Cologne, up from 450 last year. A host of celebrities also appeared including Harry Potter’s Weasley twins Oliver and James Phelps, Formula One …

This year’s Gamescom pulled in a record 254,000 visitors – 9,000 more than last year’s show. It also played host to 505 exhibitors attending the event in Cologne, up from 450 last year. A host of celebrities also appeared including Harry Potter’s Weasley twins Oliver and James Phelps, Formula One …

Media event sparks announcement speculation

Three members of UK retailer GAME’s senior management team have departed the company, MCV can reveal. Group Online and Digital Operations managing director Alex Croft, HR manager Malcolm Knight and Scandinavia, Czech Republic and emerging markets regional MD Adolf Kristjansson have reached agreement with the board that it is the …

German MMO specialist FiAA has announced a brand new online multiplayer title based on the Bible. Called The Bible Online, the game is a strategy title that on the surface appears similar to the likes of Age of Empires. The first chapter, called The Bible Online: Heroes will enter an …

UK retailer GAME is offering both the black and white versions of the latest Nintendo Wii bundle for just 129.98 this bank holiday weekend – that’s 50 less than the normal 179.99 retail price. The SKU includes a console, nunchuck controller, Motion Plus add-on and copies of both Wii Sports …

Adult entertainment giant Playboy is to press ahead with plans to form a new digital video games label this year and has reached an agreement with German games specialist Bigpoint to back the service. The publisher and developer will play a key part is the creation of games content for …

Indie dev would be dead and buried were it not for Valveâ??s digital distribution system

A pop-up barber shop will be touring the country over the Bank Holiday weekend to promote the launch of Mafia II. The title’s publisher 2K Games will is offering shoppers a free shave and haircut – all they have to do is turn up at Joe’s Mafia II Barber Shop. …

Move is unlikely to be a massive sales success on day one when it lands in the UK on September 17th – instead, Sony believes that the device will sell over time thanks to word-of-mouth amongst consumers. Exactly as with EyeToy in the PS2 days, it’s a product that needs …