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Coca-Cola has been knocked off the top of Interbrand’s Best Global Brands Report for the first time. ME reports that the fizzy drinks specialist has topped the rankings ever since they were first created in 2000, but has this year been pipped to first place by Apple as the world’s …

Dixons has created 3,000 temporary jobs for the lead up to Christmas in various roles across the UK. New employees will be taken on at Currys and PC World stores, as well as the Knowhow contact centre in Sheffield and the distribution and delivery hub in Newark. As we are …

A worldwide Xbox One promotional tour will kick off later this week. The Area One tour spans the UK, Europe, US and Canada and offers consumers the chance to get some hands-on time with Microsoft new machine ahead of its November 22nd launch. Playable games include Forza Motorsport 5, Ryse: …

Nintendo is charging more for The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD on its digital eShop than it did for other titles. The game, an HD re-release of the 2003 GameCube title, is now available to pre-order for 49.99 on the Wii U download service. Eurogamer points out that the …

Graphics card manufacturer AMD spent between $5m and $8m to secure its Battlefield 4 partnership, a new report has claimed. Fudzilla claims to have word from multiple sources” that the company spent the huge sum to not only secure the game’s bundling with its new range of graphics cards but …

Hit Detection CEO and Wedbush research analyst on board for LGC in November

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Minecraft proves that indie games can sell consoles, says Xbox indie developer boss Chris Charla. Charla is in charge of Microsoft’s new indie programme ID@Xbox, unveiled at Gamescom to attract small studios to Xbox One. There has certainly been system sellers that have been indie games – Minecraft is a …

We’re not quite sure how Take-Two pulls it off, but NBA 2K14 will release in India at just Rs 499 on PC. distributor E-xpress Interactive has confirmed. In the past, we’ve seen games like Grand Theft Auto IV release at the same price on PC, when other major PC releases …

Two influential US games execs will speak at the London Games Conference this year. N’Gai Croal, founder and CEO of Hit Detection, will speak on the role of external feedback during development in his speech, titled ‘The Long Con(versation)’. His New York-based firm advises clients on the user experience for …