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GAME chief financial officer Mark Gifford resigned earlier today, the High Street retailer announced. Gifford will leave the company at the end of March 2018 to “ensure a smooth transition,” the official announcement said. It added that Gifford was leaving to “focus on his other business and personal interests” and …

Sonic the Hedgehog creator joined the house of Final Fantasy earlier this month

PlayStation has announced the launch of a new range of collectibles based on its best-selling franchises. Called Totaku, the range will include seven figures at launch: Bloodbourne’s The Hunter, Crash Bandicoot, God of War’s Kratos, Parappa the Rapper, WipeOut’s Feisar FX350 ship, Tekken’s Heihachi and LittleBigPlanet’s Sackboy. Officially licensed, these …

We were sad to hear this morning that Bob Wakelin passed away yesterday. Not everyone will recognise the name, but Wakelin was responsible for some of the most famous game cover art of the Eighties and early Nineties. That art included Daley Thompson’s Decathlon, Wizball, Batman, Operation Wolf, Head over …

Second largest CCP hosted fundraiser demonstrates community is a ‘force for good’

The upcoming God of War will not be sold with a season pass, according to Cory Barlog, creative director Sony Interactive Entertainment’s Santa Monica studio. The creative lead on the project made this clear via Twitter late last week. That means the game will likely follow in the footsteps of …

It was another quiet week at retail, with the usual triple-A titles taking the top spots in the UK charts. Call of Duty: WWII charted at No.1 for the tenth time since launch in November, despite sales being down 17 per cent week-on-week. If Activision’s title makes it to the …

The MCV Awards 2018 will be taking place on March 8th at The Brewery, with revamped categories this year, and we’re happy to announce that Sony DADC will be sponsoring the event as the exclusive Red Carpet partner. Having historically been a physical and digital supply chain company and a …

As part of our series of articles with Sumo Digital, audio designer Ross Tregenza chats to us about the role of sound at Sumo and the All Your Bass festival

The Alpha Republic of Esport, better known as Ares, has signed up to Gfinity’s Elite Series for Season 3. Ares are replacing esports organisation Endpoint in the new, bigger, Gfinity Elite Series which has increased the number of slots in the contest to 10. The new look Elite Series will …