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Blizzard has teamed up with GAME to stage Diablo III lock-in events across the UK in celebration of the game’s console debut. The events will be held at 18 of the retailer’s stores across the UK and take place on August 29th and 30th. Consumers will be able to go …

The Financial Times reports today that Microsoft has replaced the sci-fi dedicated channel Syfy as the backer of a rebooted Blake’s 7. The original announcement of the new thirteen-part series came last April from Fremantle Media. At the time, Fremantle outlined the show scenario as so: ‘The year is 2136, …

Grand Theft Auto Online is being pitched as on on-going and long-term service – does that mean it will inevitably arrive on PS4 and Xbox One? There’s very few games like GTA Online – so we’ll play it by ear and see what the consumers want,” Rockstar North president Leslie …

Boutiq teams up with ex-LucasArts designer to establish IF Games

Rockstar has announced Grand Theft Auto Online, a dynamic and persistent online world for 16 players”. It’s pitched as a playground for an assortment of organised and spontaneous frolics, with players able to developer persistent characters. Importantly, this is a standalone product from Grand Theft Auto V, although it will …

Ambitious MMO publisher Trion Worlds will close its European office in Guildford, UK. The HQ is expected to close this week, which will result in more than 10 redundancies, MCV understands. Staff affected includes Trion Europe boss John Burns, communications boss Jon Goddard commercial director Jeff Pabst, senior brand manager …

Activision’s Skylanders IP has taken charge of the toy market. The publisher has revealed that Skylanders figures have outsold all other action figure properties in the US and Europe so far in 2013. That means the likes of Transformers, Star Wars, Ben 10, Batman, WWE, Spider-Man, Toy Story and Superman …

The next game in the Resident Evil series will return to the game’s survival horror roots, Capcom says. The firm told MCV it has listened to the negative feedback to last year’s Resident Evil 6, which scored a Metacritic of just 67. Capcom had hoped to appeal to a wide …

You’ve overclocked your graphics card and water-cooled your processor but there’s still something missing from your custom gaming PC. Oh you silly sausage, you’ve only gone and forgot to install a toaster! Thankfully US PC retailer CrazyPC is offering just that – a toaster that’s designed to be installed in …

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