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It’s been a couple of rough months for GAME customers, to say the least. In June, the GAME-exclusive Batmobile Edition of Batman Arkham Knight was pulled from sales days before release. The retailer reimbursed affected gamers with a 20 voucher in lieu of their missing purchase, blaming unforeseen circumstances that …

Eagle-eyed gamers have noticed that a recent update to the Street Fighter V beta has altered the way some of the female characters are presented on screen. Eurogamer reports that prior to the update, Cammy’s arena entrance featured an absurdly gratuitous crotch close-up. R.Mika, meanwhile, used to slap her already …

Asda has turned on Black Friday, signalling its desire to move away from the sales event it helped popularise in the UK. The supermarket, which is owned by US giant Walmart, brought across the American day of discounting to its UK outlets in 2013, making it one of the first …

Eight slots available to showcase games to 75,000 visitors

Real Boxing dev offering marketing support, user acquisition and more

Prominent independent developer Mike Bithell has hired a chief operating officer to help run his company, Bithell Games. Announcing the hirevia his blog, the developer named formernews content director at the now-closed Joystiq Alexander Sliwinski as his new COO. It’s time to start some new things,” writes Bithell. It felt …

Migration to new OS continues, but Windows 7 still leads

Volume dev welcomes former Joystiq writer Alexander Sliwinski because “boy do I suck at operations”

MCV takes a look at the best accessories heading to UK retail. This week, we rock out with the Guitar Hero Live controller and game on the go thanks to a new Apple iOS pad Guitar Hero Live Standalone Guitar Controller Guitar Hero’s iconic multi-coloured controller of the past has …

EA has revealed that it has another UFC title in the works. In a post on Facebook, the publisher posted a logo for the game (pictured) alongside today’s date, Tuesday November 10th. Expect more details today. The firm’s first UFC game launched in June 2014 and was exclusive to the …