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Here’s your chance to win one of five copies of Naughty Bear, the latest Xbox 360 and PS3 title from 505 Games that hits UK retail on June 4th. Think bear, think fluffy. Add naughty and you might think cheeky. Put them together and you’ll possibly drift towards ‘lovable scamp’ …
Read More »Doctor Who game unveiled tomorrow
Doctor Who fans don’t have long to wait for a sneak peak at the upcoming Adventure Games, with the first footage due to be shown tomorrow. A preview of the game will be shown straight after tomorrow’s episode, Victory of the Daleks, which will air on BBC One at 6.30pm. …
Read More »Retail MUST go to E3
The UK games trade needs to attend E3 this year, says show host the ESA. The organiser has told MCV it plans to dramatically ramp up last year’s number of international attendees as it establishes E3 as an event not just for North America. Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft are all …
Read More »WoW pet making $2.5m an hour
The ‘Celestial Mount’ in-game item for Activision-Blizzard’s MMORPG-hit World of Warcraft caused such high demand on it’s first day of availability that the studio claim they had to scale down purchasing to protect their servers. The virtual pet, which is on sale for $25, could be making Blizzard around $2.5m …
Read More »FMG signs Advantage Distribution
Foreign Media Games has secured a new distribution deal with Advantage. The distributor will now exclusively handle the publisher’s titles in the UK throughout 2010 and beyond. We’ve been very impressed with Foreign Media Games’ commitment to the UK,” said Advantage’s general manager Max Butler. The investment in product development …
Read More »No Peace Walker PSP bundle for UK
The Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker PSP bundle which hits the US and Canada on June 8th will not make it to UK stores. Konami and Sony are releasing two official bundles overseas – a spirited green” PSP with the game, a 2GB memory stick and extra DLC, and a …
Read More »Crytek foresees ‘the end of free game demos’
CEO Cevat Yerli defends EAâ??s controversial PDLC strategy, remains unsure on Crysis 2 demo
Read More »Crytek â??working very closely on Natal and Moveâ??
As the CryEngine is confirmed to support motion control projects
Read More »NPD: New high for Final Fantasy
First it was Modern Warfare 2 echoing its UK achievements in the US market, and now Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XIII is getting in on the act. Crediting its ground-breaking multiformat release, NPD has stated that Final Fantasy XIII has enjoyed the best ever launch for a game in the …
Read More »NPD: Modern Warfare breaks new record
Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has now officially cemented its position as the second best selling game of all time in the US, NPD has confirmed, with only Nintendo’s Wii Play shifting more copies. The game claimed the exact same record in the UK last month. However, just hours …
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