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The first of Nvidia’s new GTX 700 graphics cards could be released as soon as next week. And for the first time we’ve now got a reasonably good idea of what shape the line-up will assume. Fudzilla reports that the entry-level GTX 760 Ti will effectively be a rebranded GTX …
Read More »Dead Island: Riptide claims its second UK no.1
Deep Silver’s Dead Island: Riptide has topped the UKIE GfK Chart-Track UK All Formats Top 40 for the second week in a row. All in all it’s a largely uneventful week in the listings with the highest new entry at 26th – Sony’s Vita title Soul Sacrifice. There are re-entries …
Read More »Minecraft: Pocket Edition hits 10m sales
The iOS/Android version of Minecraft has reached a major milestone, selling 10m units since launching in August 2011. Mojang shared the significant sales figure for Minecraft: Pocket Edition in an official company post –adding that several feature additions are in the works for the mobile version. Some of the new …
Read More »High price rumoured for Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 780; Possible release this month
Do you want the good or the bad news? Ok, the good then. Remember the rumours last month that Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 700 series graphics cards wouldn’t be released until 2014? Well, it looks now like they may have been incorrect. And quite wildly incorrect too. Word on the street …
Read More »India on US priority watch list for piracy, IP violations
Piracy, particularly over the Internet, has continued to grow in India over the past year, a new report by the US government has stated, albeit without any reference to gaming. India has once again made it onto the US government’s priority watch list for its lack of protection of intellectual …
Read More »Amazon UK download plans ‘a mystery’
Publishers are in the dark over Amazon’s UK?PC download store. UK?PC firms have already signed a contract with the retail giant to get their games on the store, which was expected early in 2012. But the store was delayed, with no new launch date set. Amazon’s head of games Graham …
Read More »Blockbuster targets bank holiday comeback through marketing blitz
Rejuvenated entertainment retailer Blockbuster is to embark on a promotional blitz this bank holiday weekend to properly mark its High Street comeback. Deals include the chance for shoppers to rent any new movie release for one night for 1.99. The chain has also confirmed that it will shortly begin stocking …
Read More »Argos looks to a digital future
Home Retail Group has reported a year of flat sales and reduced profits, but owned multi-channel retailer Argos has had a better year. The company also announced a ‘transformation plan’ to reinvent Argos as a digital retail leader and reposition it from a catalogue-led to a digitally-led business. The firm’s …
Read More »Creative sector tax breaks go live – except for video games
The government has said it is committed to UK games tax relief as incentives are launched for the animation and high-end TV industries. Speaking at a special launch event for the new creative sector tax reliefs, UK chancellor George Osborne outlined the Government’s plans to help Britain’s TV, animation and …
Read More »Xtra-vision enters receivership
Irish entertainment rental and retail firm Xtra-vision has fallen into receivership after being "unable to meet its debts". The chain has 152 stores and 1,023 employees, according to Retail Week. It is unknown how many jobs will be lost. Xtra-vision cited steep declines in the movie rental business for its …
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