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Worrying about broken street dates might seem like a very Old World problem to many. But ‘tiny‘ issues like this matter more and more as games retail fights for a bigger part to play in the release of big titles. These days anyone can launch a game, but it’s not …

The Entertainer, WHSmith, and Toymaster are among the retailers who will be selling video games in the run up to Christmas this year. Those stores, along with Fenwicks, Bentalls and Harrods began offering Skylanders: Swap Force toys after its release last week (Friday October 18th). Activision UK managing director Roy …

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Need for Speed: Most Wanted did not put in the commercial performance on Wii U that EA was hoping for. And that, according to the game’s creative director Craig Sullivan, is the reason why the publisher is not bringing the upcoming Need for Speed Rivals to Nintendo’s machine. We did …

Crytek’s free-to-play PC browser FPS Warface is now available in Europe and America. Also going live in said regions today is Crytek’s equally as colourfully named GFACE network, which users will be signed up to if they play Warface. "Our goal with Warface has always been to show that free-to-play …

The long-awaited Windows 8.1 update seems to have brought with it more than just a Start menu. There are claims on Reddit that the OS update has also introduced some unwelcome mouse lag, with titles such as Deus Ex Human Revolution, STALKER and Valve games among those that are affected. …

HMV’s now-controversial iOS app will likely be gone by the end of the day. Hilco founder Paul McGowan has confirmed on Twitter that Apple has set the retailer a deadline of 6pm today (Monday October 21st) to remove the app’s ability to download music files and have them added the …

The delays of Watch Dogs and DriveClub have had an unfortunate consequence for a handful of gamers in the US. Kotaku reports that consumers who pre-ordered with the PS4 and Watch Dogs bundle or PS4 and DriveClub bundle with Target have not just seen their games cancelled – they’ve also …

GTA-style MMO upgrading to the same engine as Gears of War 3

It’s almost hard to believe that we’re rapidly approaching two decades since PlayStation burst onto the scene. And in a stirring (for us old gamers out there) video Sony has wonderfully tapped into all of that nostalgia to show has times have changed since the debut of the first PlayStation …