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John Lewis has revealed that its Christmas sales were up 12,7 per cent compared to the year before. The retailer took home more than 500 million over Christmas, with sales driven by beauty, fashion and home products. The home and electrical department also saw sales increase be 11.4 per cent. …
Read More »MW2 triumphs in UK Amazon charts
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has topped the 2009 list of best-selling items in Amazon’s video game category. The popular shooter fended off competition from rival titles and a wealth of Nintendo products, which dominated sales on the online retailer’s US site. Also successful was FIFA 10, which took …
Read More »Broadmoor issues Wiis to inmates
High-security hospital Broadmoor – which is home to some of the UK’s most notorious killers – has issued 22 Nintendo Wiis to inmates in an effort to help keep them fit whilst they undergo treatment. A source at Broadmoor claims that Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe has been spied playing the …
Read More »Xbox ultimatum for Zac Efron
Gaming is once again at the centre of a high-profile celebrity split story with news that High School Musical star Zac Efron’s gaming addiction has landed him in the dog house. ContractMusic reports that girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens claims that video games have ‘taken over’ the star’s life. Vanessa has hardly …
Read More »MW2 raises £250k for War Child
Publisher Activision will, as previously pledged, donate 250k to charity War Child following the success of its Game for Good event in conjunction with Game and Microsoft early last month. In total 1,019,088 gamers logged into Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s multiplayer mode on Xbox Live between Saturday December …
Read More »Ubisoft India marks nationâ??s first DS game
Ubisoft Pune finishes first full title, with the firm at concept stage for next
Read More »EA to shut down old game servers
Publisher EA is to power down a host of servers used to run the multiplayer component of a number of last-gen and some early next-gen titles, it has revealed. Titles in line to see their strings cut include Facebreaker, Fight Night Round 3, NASCAR 09, Burnout Revenge, FIFA 07, Tiger …
Read More »Capcom bringing key IP back to Japan
Capcom has said in an investor Q&A that it intends to change the way it handles third party development partnerships with the intention of delegating new IP projects to its Japanese studios. Capcom believes that its partnership with fallen Swedish studio Grin has demonstrated the difficulty” of outsourcing projects to …
Read More »Capcom delays key titles
Japanese publisher Capcom has delayed three of its key 2010 titles until later this year to avoid clashing with some of Q1’s high-profile releases. Zombie sequel Dead Rising 2, action outing Lost Planet 2, fighting update Super Street Fighter IV and culy Japanese hit Monster Hunter Tri will all now …
Read More »VidZone downloads pass 2m
Hit music video streaming service VidZone has seen its PS3 client downloaded over 2m times, VidZone Digital Media has confirmed. In addition, the service has now delivered over 200m videos to its many users spread across 18 countries. There’s more information on this story over on CasualGaming.biz.
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