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Xbox’s official distributor Gem is offering 12 weeks of special promotions to independent retailers. Running right through the Christmas period and into January, the Xbox 360 Blitz Campaign features a range of exclusive offers including ‘buy one get one frees’, spot prizes, free items with orders and a lot more. …

Resignations reportedly leave developer as a shell of its former self

Wednesday’s launch of Assassin’s Creed III looks set to be one of the biggest game launches of 2012 – and, MCV reckons – possibly of all time in the UK. Ubisoft has revealed that over 900 stores will open their doors just before midnight tomorrow (Tuesday October 30th) across GAME, …

A damning new report into the work practices at developer Silicon Knights has claimed that as few as five staff remain at the studio. The extensive Kotaku report in which the claim is made investigates the turbulent development of X-Men: Destiny and makes a host of claims about the structure …

Trade body seeks to lower the barrier for tax relief entry

Federation of Gamers will host a special consumer preview event for Hitman: Absolution on 8th November, distributor E-xpress Interactive has announced. Entry into the event will be open to all and free of cost. While fans may not have a chance to get their hands on the game themselves, they …

Activision has released a brand new live-action trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops II. Carrying the tag line There’s a soldier in all of us” the short sees a number of supposedly normal gamer folk facing off in a brutal city war scenario. And it also stars Robert Iron …

The 500 GB PS3 super slim is set to arrive in stores across India this week as a two-game bundle, Sony has announced. Priced at Rs 19,990, the new 500 GB model will be bundled with Gran Turismo 5 Academy Edition and Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception Game of the Year …

Broadcaster sees online addition as 'episode zero'

The UK’s leading game retailer GAME has pushed live its new smartphone app on the Apple App Store and on Android’s Google Play. A Windows Phone version will be released soon. The app allows customers or both GAME and Gamestation to unite their store credit under a single account. It …