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Retailer JB HiFi has officially admitted that it is selling imported stock in its Australian High Street stores. MCV Pacific reports that, as in the UK, specialist games retailers in the country face growing pressure from price-focused mass-market retailers. In addition, the import scene lives on in Australia, partly due …

A QA tester for UK developer Traveller’s Tales has committed what those in the trade describe as a bit of a boo-boo” by leaking a picture of Nintendo’s redesigned Wii U hardware. The poor fellow in question has subsequently realised the potentially job-losing scale of his error and removed the …

Valve has revealed the top selling Steam products and titles on for the week ending on May 19th. Thanks to a zombie mod entitled Day Z, ArmA II, an FPS nearly three years old has claimed the top spot on the charts without any discount or promotional help through Valve …

38 Studios has successfully made a $1.125m payment to the state of Rhode Island. The news comes after reports that the MMO developer’s collapse could cost state tax payers $112m, and word from Joystiq that the studio couldn’t make payroll or pay the state. Governor Lincoln Chafee announced that the …

A month after submitting applications for the Skyrim Dragonborn saying ‘Fus Ro Dah’, Bethesday parent company ZeniMax Media has filed another trademark for the term Dragonborn itself. Fusible reports the application was submitted on May 15th. Goods and services within the filing include computer/console game software and downloadable software offered …

In an unexpected move, Gamestop will begin offering mobile plans in the US on AT&T’s network. Techcrunch reports the move, with a website for Gamestop Mobile going up and subsequently being pulled over the last several hours seemingly confirming the news. Gamestop will not actually be selling phones themselves, but …

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