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US giant GameStop is already making waves in the UK with its local estore after a hugely successful day of Black Friday deals. The online specialist kicked off its day of promotions by selling Uncharted 3 for 22.97, which caused the site to crash almost immediately. But the firm managed …

Retailer GAME will exclusively sell the Star Wars: The Old Republic Collector’s Edition. The PC?MMO’s 129.99?special SKU includes a statue, map, metal case, journal, soundtrack CD and extra in-game content. Although EA previously listed GAME, Gamestation, Amazon, Play.com, Zavvi and ShopTo online as retailers stocking the Collector’s Edition, the listings …

Just how far can EA push the freemium model on smartphones? Last week MCV revealed that the publisher had released a new version of Tetris on iOS that offered the option of subscribing to the game for extra perks and content. Now AOL reports that a new version of RTS …

New Sydney studio plans to release iOS title next year

Microsoft has confirmed that streaming movie service LoveFilm will arrive on Xbox 360 tomorrow alongside the rollout of the console’s new firmware and dashboard design. LoveFilm has been available on PS3 for some time. In the US the new service will be joined by a number of others, too, such …

More gloom for struggling publisher

Sony is locked in negotiations with Adobe to add Flash support to PS Vita, a new report suggests. PlayStation software development executive Muneki Shimada was paraphrased as saying he had not given up” on incorporating Flash within PlayStation Vita. The matters which need to be negotiated on are not public …

A judge in the US has denied Apple’s move to block the sale of a range of Samsung Android devices in the ongoing patent infringement dispute. The ruling is particularly important because is means that the latest Samsung devices including the Galaxy Tab 10.1 will be available for sale in …

Silent Scope project 'falls through', anonymous source claims

Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has claimed its fourth successive UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats No.1. The game actually increased its sales week-on-week for the first time since its launch last month, albeit only by two per cent. The festive gifting buying season also boosts EA’s FIFA 12, …