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The North-East is the latest UK region to gain Amazon’s Prime Now delivery service. The speedy postage, which claims to offer one-hour delivery on over 15,000 items from the online retailer, previously launched in London and Birmingham earlier this year. Now Amazon users in Newcastle, covering Gateshead, Jesmond and High …

Bethesda’s Fallout is one of just four IPs to have sold more than half a million units in a week in the UK. Fallout 4 smashed the 500,000 barrier, generating more than 24m in revenue, and that’s without counting digital sales via Steam, PSN or Xbox Live. The data, courtesy …

UK retail has hailed the launch of Fallout 4 as the title hit the market and made it the best-performing week for physical games this year. We report just how well Fallout 4 did, how many units it sold and just how much the market made as a result. Also, …

Filmmaker Brett Ratner is reportedly producing a film based on Tetris creator Alexy Pajitnov. According toTracking Board, Pajitnov will be the subject of a feature-length biopic produced by Ratner – known for directing X-Men: The Last Stand and Rush Hour. The report further states the film appears to draw comparison …

Comic convention organizer Wizard World has announced a series of gaming events to take place across the US next year. Games Industryreports Wizard World Gaming Atlanta will be the first of nine events hosted by the company in 2016, taking place January 22-24 at the Georgia World Congress Center. "We …

Square Enix’s upcoming cyberpunk sequel Deus Ex: Mankind Divided has been delayed by six months for ‘quality’ reasons. That’s the news from head of studio at developer Eidos Montreal, David Anfossi, who announced that the game’s February 23rd launch would now take place on August 23rd next year. We’re confident …

$5m programme continues with funding given to 11 more studios

UK games retail is preparing for the Force of one of this year’s most anticipated shooters. More than 300 GAME stores will be opening at midnight tonight (November 18th) in time for the launch of Star Wars Battlefront. The retailer will also be holding a nationwide cosplay competition, as well …

Red Hook Studios’ stylised dungeon crawler Darkest Dungeon is making the jump from PC to consoles. A release on PS4 and Vita has been announced for spring 2016. The title’s twist is that party members are subject to the mental rigours of the peril that confronts them. We’ve always been …

Retailer Green Man Gaming has announced a change in the way it does things in reaction to its recent scuffle with Reddit. MCV reported this morning that the company has been forced to defend itself about accusations regarding its suppliers of some CD keys, with one Reddit board unhappy that …