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The parent company of distributor Gem has rebranded itself and its subsidiaries. DCC SerCom will now be known as Exertis and as a result Gem has been rebranded as Exertis Gem. Taken as a whole Exertis now partners with 350 technology brands, employs over 1,600 people and supplies 14,000 resellers, …
Read More »eBay acquires Shutl courier network
Online auction giant eBay has acquired UK courier business Shutl. The London firm specialises in same-day delivery, which has made a name for itself via its ‘within the hour’ delivery service. Its record delivery time is a somewhat bewildering 15 minutes. Shutl opened its doors in 2009 and has since …
Read More »Toy retailers back Skylanders
The Entertainer, WHSmith, and Toymaster are among the retailers who will be selling video games in the run up to Christmas this year. Those stores, along with Fenwicks, Bentalls and Harrods began offering Skylanders: Swap Force toys after its release last week (Friday October 18th). Activision UK managing director Roy …
Read More »US retailer Target cancels some PS4 console pre-orders
The delays of Watch Dogs and DriveClub have had an unfortunate consequence for a handful of gamers in the US. Kotaku reports that consumers who pre-ordered with the PS4 and Watch Dogs bundle or PS4 and DriveClub bundle with Target have not just seen their games cancelled – they’ve also …
Read More »Facebook and Bossa complete LGC schedule
Experts from Bossa and Facebook have joined the final schedule for next month’s London Games Conference. Roberta Lucca, CMO and co-founder at Bossa Studios, will speak on creating hit game Surgeon Simulator by doing things differently – and the results have been over a million YouTube uploads, a hundred million …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Anshu Mor, Microsoft India
The Xbox One may still be a year away from finding its way to Indian store shelves, but Microsoft India has plenty in the works for the Xbox 360. We speak with Anshu Mor, group head of the company’s interactive entertainment business, about entertainment content on Xbox Live, the Xbox …
Read More »Turn your iPhone 5C case into a game on Connect 4
Although it’s obviously not Connect 4 because that’s trademarked. Perhaps Apple’s bizarre decision to cut loads of holes into its new range of iPhone 5C cases wasn’t so weird after all? A new app called Flipcase uses Apple’s accessory to turn an iPhone 5C (or indeed any iPhone you can …
Read More »Radeon R9 290X scheduled for October 24th launch – rumour
AMD’s new top-end graphics card the R9 290X was supposed to launch tomorrow, according to rumour. Those same rumour-mongers now say it won’t. VideoCardz.com reports that the R9 290X will now arrive on October 24th with the R9 290 arriving a little later on October 31st. The site describes these …
Read More »PC sales decline continues
PC sales worldwide have seen a further decline, falling almost 10 per cent compared to the same period in 2012, as consumers continue to choose tablets, a new report claims. Research firmGartner reportsthat the third quarter of 2013, which is historically a period of growth as students and teachers return …
Read More »Watch Dogs: Vigilante Edition, DedSec Edition exclusive to PS3 in India
The two Watch Dogs collector’s editions – the Vigilante Edition and the DedSec Edition, will release in India, but only on PS3, distributor E-xpress Interactive has revealed. The Vigilante Edition will be priced at Rs 7,999, and will include the following: Vigilante collector box Aiden Pearce’s iconic cap Aiden Pearce’s …
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