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A free Jabra Solemate Bluetooth speaker worth 150 will be given to all attendees of next month’s PCR Boot Camp. PCR Boot Camp, organised by MCV sister magazine PCR, is a conference and expo for the UK’s top technology retailers. The one-day event returns for a second year at The …

A partnership between Konami and the Asian Football Confederation will see the AFC Champions League officially featured in future PES games, starting with this year’s PES 2014. Like its European counterpart, AFC Champions League consists of 32 elite clubs from Asia and Australia. Don’t expect to see an Indian club …

3DS owners are offered the chance to grab a game download from the eShop for free. Starting tomorrow (April 23rd) players who register three games from a select list will receive a code with which that can choose another title to download absolutely free. The games included in the promotion …

Ukie's Jo Twist calls on the UK industry to band together in the face of the European Commission's investigation into games tax relief

Supermarkets and Amazon have boosted their entertainment market share at the expense of GAME and HMV. Kantar Worldpanel’s Entertainment Retailer Barometer report states that Amazon made the biggest market share gains for the 12 weeks ending March 17th 2013. The numbers include sales of physical video games, games and digital …

And to think – we thought we’d miss out on the Luis Suarez SEO bandwagon. As we know, Deep Silver is holding a real zombie-themed wedding in an effort to promote this Friday’s release of Dead Island: Riptide. Now the company has put out a press release saying that it …

Having vanished off the face of the earth last week, Take-Two’s XCOM FPS could be on the verge of a return. CVG reckons that a viral video seemingly based on the recent Russian meteor sighting contains the term ‘whathappenedin62′ in its source code. MCV readers will know that Take-Two recently …

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Zapak Mobile has crossed the 100 million game downloads milestone on the Nokia Store, the company has announced. Of the 350-plus games offered by Zapak on the Nokie Store, 22 racked up over a million downloads, including Chhota Bheem Racing, Ninja Strike, ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, WWE Raw, and …

The Asian Football Confederation Champions League licence will be present and correct in future versions of PES. The AFC Champions League will be present as a standalone competition and will include all 32 competing teams. PES already includes the UEFA Champions League licence. The acquisition of such a high-profile license …