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Deep Silver’s zombie sequel Dead Island: Riptide will have a discounted RRP due to it being the end of a console cycle”. The standard console new release RRP for console software in North America is $59.99. Riptide, however, will retail for $49.99. That most likely equates to a 39.99 RRP …

Retail giant Toys R Us posted a $60m loss for its financial quarter ending April 28th, 2012. However this was a $7m improvement compared to the same period last year, where the retailer made a $67m loss. Net sales reached $2.6 billion, a decrease of 0.9 per cent or $24 …

Developer to expand team with openings for creative directors, senior gameplay programmers and GUI artists

MileNine Studios today launched S.W.A.P,its first game based on an original IP. S.W.A.P is out now for $1.99 on the iTunes App Store, and while it is currently only available for the iPad, an iPhone and iPod Touch version is also in the pipeline. MileNine, with offices in Mumbai and …

Tonight’s episode of Channel 4 show The Secret Millionaire will star CEX founder Bobby Dudani. The successful retail boss will visit Croydon to speak and work with victims of the London 2011 riots in Croydon, which suffered some of the most severe disturbance. CEX itself suffered at the hands of …

First 200 participants to receive free download code for Football Manager 2012

Ubisoft’s new IP took the world by storm when it debuted in E3 – and it’s being made in Britain. Well, partly in Britain. Watch Dogs’ main developer Ubisoft Montreal is collaborating with Newcastle-based studio Ubisoft Reflections. Reflections’ most recent product was Driver: San Francisco, a game praised for both …

With England about to embark on its Euro 2012 ‘adventure’ in just a few short hours, games charity GamesAid has kicked off its own Euro 2012 competition. All you need to do to take part is donate 10 at GamesAid’s JustGiving page and then email your answers to the questions …

Recently unveiled tech to be a single app

Ubisoft has stressed that the impressive Assassin’s Creed III has only been made possible due to the annualised release of the franchise. Some critics had attacked the publisher’s decision to elongate the Assassin’s Creed II world with two subsequent console releases – Brotherhood and Revelations. "We have multiple groups now …