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Reward Card points and Gift Card credit can now be combined in the GAME Reward app. Users of the GAME Reward app will now be able to combine any credit they have gained by spending cash in store with any Gift Card credit into a single GAME Wallet account. Furthermore, …

Kantar Worldpanel consumer insight analyst Jules Williams examines the opportunities and challenges involved in this lucrative market… Some gamers love them; some hate them. Either way, pre-owned games are an important part of the market. They make up 10 per cent of the UK games market and had a strong …

Further details emerge on developer's financial woes as Crytek UK staff reportedly go unpaid

The market has yet to decide the ultimate fate of Wii U, Japanese developer Tomonobu Itagaki has said. The Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden creator’s next title, The Devil’s Third, will be a Wii U exclusive – which in itself is notable, as is the fact that an ultra-violent …

Oculus VR has swooped up Carbon Design Group in its latest talent grab, purchasing the Xbox 360 controller creators for an unknown amount and under undisclosed terms. Oculus announced in a post on the company’s official blog that the deal is expected to close this summer, adding that the VR …

Metro Redux will launch in late August in both North America and Europe, publisher Deep Silver has announced. The remastered edition of the first two games in 4A’s budding Metro franchise releases on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One August 26thin North America and August 29th in Europe. Metro Redux …

Anonymous sources close to Crytek have confirmed a sequel to Ryse: Son of Rome has been canceled. Kotaku has statements (under anonymity) from ten current and former staff members that affirm reports that Crytek is suffering through financial woes – confirming that the firm’s most recent payroll was missed and …

‘Top Gear for gamers’ – that’s the pitch for a new video games based TV show in the planning stages at Redbull. The show, the press release for which is is already drawing criticism for its somewhat antiquated dudebro approach to gaming, currently goes under the name ‘Players’. It will …

Wolfenstein: The New Order 2 could yet become reality, should developer MachineGames get its way. Publisher ZeniMax must have been delighted with the game’s critical reception, and if the sales numbers match the review scores then MachineGames creative director Jens Matthies says his studio will be ready and waiting. We …

Sony is readying a The Last of Us: Remastered PS4 hardware bundle, according to one online retailer. Amazon France has the SKU listed for €429.99 (345) that includes a black console and controller as well as a copy of the game. Sony recently lowered the price of the title from …