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Consumer rights should be kept at the forefront of any proposed change to the pre-owned games model. That’s according to one impassioned user of forum NeoGaf who has posted a wonderfully succinct and compelling defence of the pre-owned games model. You admit you only hold this view because of the …
Read More »Q1 sales down 6.7% at GameStop
Global games retailer GameStop has reported a like-for-like annual sales decrease of 6.7 per cent for the quarter ending May 4th 2013. Gross profit fell from $599.9m last year to $578.3m. Operating earnings fell from $115m to $87.2m. Net earnings fell from $72.5m to $54.6m. New software sales fell 3.8 …
Read More »Nvidia officially announces the GTX 780; Out now for £549
The new breed of Nvidia graphics cards have arrived. Having briefed the media yesterday Nvidia has officially announced the GeForce GTX 780, which has just gone on sale in the UK for 549. The card’s base clock comes in at 863 Mhz although this boosts to 900 Mhz. 3GB of …
Read More »Microsoft dismisses 360 games support on Xbox One – "If you’re backwards compatible, you’re really backwards"
It didn’t come as a surprise when Microsoft announced that the Xbox One won’t support Xbox 360 games, but IED head Don Mattrick has been surprisingly harsh towards those wishing for the feature. If you’re backwards compatible, you’re really backwards,” Mattrick told the Wall Street Journal. Mattrick told WSJ thatonly …
Read More »Wii U sold just 38,000 units in the US in April – rumour
It looks like April may have been another terrible month for Wii U in the US. A Twitter exchange between an unknown user and analyst Michael Pachter suggests that Wii U sold just 38,000 units throughout the period. Worse still, it was outsold by its predecessor the Wii which shifted …
Read More »New Xbox wishlist: Five musts for a fitting successor to the Xbox 360
The Xbox brand was launched in India in a big way in 2006. Microsoft pulled out all the stops, roping in celebrity endorsements from the likes of Akshay Kumar and Yuvraj Sigh. Seven years on, we’re set to welcome the 360’s successor, and we don’t expect anywhere near that level …
Read More »Game4u’s preorder bonuses for The Last of Us, Fuse, Remember Me
Game4u has revealed its preorder bonuses for a host of upcoming games from Sony, EA and Capcom. The most attractive of the bunch is the The Last of Us, which arrives on 14th June for PS3. Aside from the Sights and Sounds and Survival packs, Game4u is giving away an …
Read More »The UK’s Fastest Growing Indies: Loading Café
Our Indie Retail Month in association with Gem continues with the final entry into our look at the UK’s fastest growing indies, Loading Cafe. Loading Cafe founder James Dance tells MCV about how his unique idea for an indie has spawned a second store. Loading Cafe is a indie game …
Read More »Green Man Gaming adds Telltale games to its line-up
Customers will from today be able to buy Telltale developed games from digital retailer Green Man Gaming. Telltale’s titles include the hugely successful episodic series The Walking Dead as well as Jurassic Park: The Game, Back to the Future: The Game, Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse. We are delighted …
Read More »94% of Brits would sooner do without sex than their mobiles
A stonking 94 per cent of young UK adults have admitted that they would rather live without sex for a week than spend seven days away from their mobile phone, according to a new poll from MobileInsurance.co.uk. The survey polled 2,571 UK adults aged between 18 and 30; all of …
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