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2K Games’ distributor Gem is running a number of promotions in support of Borderlands 2. The firm (which has also worked on the ‘Guns, Guns, Guns’ Top Trumps pre-order campaign), is running a Facebook competition. Simply by liking the GemGroup page, you can win an Xbox 360 250GB Console and …
Read More »European World of Warcraft launch event will be live streamed on YouTube
Blizzard is hosting seven major launch events across Europe for World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria. The festivities take place Monday evening (September 24th) in Paris, London, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Cologne and Stockholm. But for those that are unable to attend, Blizzard is live streaming the event over YouTube. The …
Read More »GamesAid charity voting ends Sunday
14 organisations in the running to receive support
Read More »Capcom: Resident Evil 6 PC won’t repeat RE4’s missteps
Nowadays if a PC version of a game is coming later than its console counterpart, the developer/publisher combo better have a damned good reason to provide the platform’s community. Capcom appears to nailing it in the case of Resident Evil 6. While the console version arrives next month, the PC …
Read More »GAME reveals PS3 Super Slim trade-in deal – machine available at half price
The PS3 Super Slim can be yours for just 125 next Friday. That’s if you take advantage of GAME’s trade-in deal, which will offer both the standalone 500GB SKU and the FIFA 13 500GB bundle for half of their 249.99 shelf price. To get the discount you must hand over …
Read More »EA gives Gaymercon its official backing
Gay-focused gaming and tech convention Gaymercon has received the official backing from publisher EA. The gathering, which is designed as a friendly destination for the LGBTQ community, smashed its $25k Kickstarter target last month. EA’s global diversity and inclusion boss Ginger Maseda stated: EA believes that to be truly innovative, …
Read More »Obsidian CEO: Publishers approached us to front Kickstarter campaigns
Certain publishers are looking to take advantage of Kickstarter to develop new IPs and generate money without having to invest, Obsidian’s CEO Feargus Urquhart has claimed. Urquhart mentioned on Obsidian’s Project Eternity Kickstarter page that he had been reached out to by ‘some publishers’ looking to use the developer as …
Read More »Unity inks Wii U deal
Deployment to next-gen Nintendo console coming to engine; platform holder gains distribution rights
Read More »Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain joins IGN for FIFA review
England, Arsenal and FIFA 13 cover star Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will join IGN tomorrow to discuss FIFA 13 during a special live stream dedicated to the video game. The football star will join the UK team during a special demonstration of the game tomorrow (Thursday, September 20th) at 4pm. The show …
Read More »Sony to launch PlayStation Mobile in October
SDK will be available in November for an annual fee of $99
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