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Our spotlight on the UK’s most established independents as part of Indie Retail Month continues with Cornwall-based Stan’s Game Exchange. Owner Steve Stangroon tells MCV the secret to his store’s longevity and voices next-gen concerns. What is the secret to staying around so long?It’s all about customer relationship. We’re a …
Read More »Intel’s retail Haswell chips unable to match pre-production performance
This week saw the arrival of Intel’s new breed of CPU, Haswell – and already the design has been dogged with controversy. PC Pro has word from British PC manufacturers that the retail versions of the Haswell chips are unable to match the overclocked speeds shown by the pre-production units …
Read More »Wikipad US launch set for next week
Following an eight month delay, the Wikipad is ready for retail. The completely revamped Android-powered gaming tablet will land on US shelves next Tuesday, June 11th – which just so happens to be the first official day of E3. It will be available at launch at Best Buy, Walmart and …
Read More »Pachter predicts PS4 and Xbox One launch prices
PS4 will launch for $349 and the Xbox One for $399, analyst Michael Pachter has predicted. He adds that each Xbox One will cost $325 to manufacture suggesting that Microsoft could make a modest profit at the $399 price point” while Sony will look to undercut PS3’s $599 launch RRP …
Read More »Metro Last Light dramatically outperforms Metro 2033
Recent FPS release Metro Last Light has smashed the commercial performance of its predecessor Metro 2033. The game has in one week of release already matched what the last game achieved in its first three months and the PC version managed triple the sales that 2033 managed in its first …
Read More »Eternal Darkness successor may never be released
The makers of Shadow of the Eternals have confessed that the game is in danger of not making it to market. The game currently stands at $115,304 on Kickstarter – that’s well short of its $1.35m goal with 18 days left to run. Precursor Games’ own crowdfunding efforts have raised …
Read More »Amazon lists FIFA 14 on Xbox One and PS4 for £89.99
It’s an error. It has to be an error, right? Amazon.co.uk has put up listings for upcoming EA release FIFA for both Microsoft’s Xbox One and Sony’s PS4. Both of which are priced at 89.99. There has so far been no official word on software pricing for next-gen machines, although …
Read More »OPINION: Farewell to His Master’s Voice
These days it’s not the done thing for a journalist to praise a PR. But it would be remiss to ignore the departure of HMV’s head of PR Gennaro Castaldo, who bids farewell to the retailer this week after almost 30 years. Those who haven’t worked with Gennaro will have …
Read More »Surprise – Radeon HD 8000 series PC GPUs tipped for Q3 release
It looks like the PC graphics card battle of 2013 is far from over. Yesterday’s release of Nvidia’s GTX 770 (and last week’s release of the GTX 780) had seemingly signalled an end to the PC GPU wars for the foreseeable future, but talk now suggests AMD is rallying a …
Read More »Nvidia introduces GeForce GTX 770 in India; starting at Rs 29,990
Nvidia today launched its latest desktop GPU, the GeForce GTX 770, with graphics cards based on it set to be released at prices starting Rs 29,990. GTX 770 is the latest entrant in Nvidia’s Kepler series, and follows the recent launches of the GTX Titan and the GTX 780. The …
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