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EA has announced Star Wars: Battlefront Ultimate Edition, which will include the base game and all of the season pass DLC at a reduced price. Currently the new disk bundle is only confirmed to be available in the States from November 18th, with a price tag of $39.99. EA told …

Roger Walkden, the Senior Director and Commercial Lead of HoloLens at Microsoft EMEA will deliver one of the keynote speeches at next month’s Future Games Summit. Two other keynote speakers have also been confirmed – Hachette’sBrand Development DirectorDamian Horner and Superdata’sCEO and Co-FounderJoost van Dreunen. They join a line-up of …

Industry veteran Harvey Elliott believes the UK games business can thrive during Brexit as it ‘always changes’. The former EA and Marmalade exec, who has just launched a new publishing division called PlayStack, is bullish about the British games industry due to the fact it has already endured so much …

Ten more video game arenas will pop up in GAME stores across the country, the firm has confirmed. It follows the launch of the Multiplay Arena at the GAME Trafford Centre. These sections are designed to let players compete in tournaments utilising powerful gaming PCs, and the retailer says it …

It appears that time is finally up for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. GAME says that the collapse in sales of these two formats have been one of the main reasons behind the retailer’s recent disappointing financial results. Our results were impacted by the UK console market in transition from …

GAME says it has no intention of following in the footsteps of its big rival GameStop, and begin publishing its own titles. GameStop entered publishing earlier this year and has already released one game, Insomniac’s Song of the Deep (pictured). The title was made available via digital platforms, with the …

GAME boss Martyn Gibbs says Nintendo’s comeback next year will be a ‘major event’. Nintendo plans to debut its NX console in March 2017 and the UK retail boss is optimistic following the reception to Pokmon Go on iOS and Android. In terms of looking forward, we are positive because …

Samsung has issued a takedown notice to a video on YouTube showcasing a GTA V mod that replaces the game’s sticky bombs with the Note 7 phone. The mod for Grand Theft Auto V on PC replaces the model for the sticky bombs with a model of the Samsung Galaxy …

77% said that they "like the way microtransactions can heighten their enjoyment of a game."

Mid-cycle console upgrades will be a boon for specialist retail, says GAME. The firm told MCV that it expects existing PS4 and Xbox One owners to trade-in their old consoles against the upcoming PS4 Pro and Xbox One Scorpio. This in turn will see more pre-owned consoles sold, resulting in …