Nearly everyone who’s buying a new Oculus Rift headset is also purchasing its Touch motion controllers, Oculus has revealed. Speaking at a Digital Dragons presentation in Krakow last week, Oculus’ publishing and developer relations for third party content Paul Jastrzebski told developers that the recent price cuts on both the …
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Nier: Automata sales hit 1.5m units
Square Enix and PlatinumGames’ Nier: Automata has now shipped over 1.5m units worldwide on PS4 and PC, the publisher has confirmed. Announced via Twitter this morning, the figure includes both physical and digital sales of the game, marking another 500,000 copies sold over the last two months since Square Enix’s …
Read More »Sony ends production of PS3 in Japan
After more than ten years on shop shelves, Sony has finally ceased production of the PlayStation 3, according to the official Japanese PlayStation website. As translated by Gematsu, shipments for the standard 500GB model have now officially ‘ended’. Sony previously hinted at the end of its production run back in …
Read More »GAME’s Belong arenas now available for private hire
GAME’s Belong gaming arenas are now available for private hire, the retailer has announced, with special packages available for birthdays, corporate parties as well as stag and hen do’s. As part of the package, groups will get a dedicated area inside the arena (which may vary, depending on the size …
Read More »Xbox Game Pass launches on June 1st
Microsoft has confirmed its Xbox Game Pass program will launch this June. Revealed via a short video on Facebook, the service will launch worldwide on June 1st with a catalogue of over 100 titles. A retail offering is also expected to launch later this year, Microsoft has confirmed. Originally announced …
Read More »GameSeek to relaunch website as the ‘best e-commerce game store on Earth’
Online retailer Gameseek is to relaunch its website to create what CEO and managing director Stephen Staley calls "the best e-commerce game store on Earth." The new, responsive website will be built from the ground up in HTML 5, Staley told MCV, with new features being added over time. Chief …
Read More »Take-Two: ‘Our business has been transformed’ by digital
The news of Red Dead Redemption 2’s delay until spring 2018 may have come as something of a disappointment this morning, but Take-Two’s fourth quarter and fiscal year 2017 results show the publisher couldn’t be in better shape to weather the storm. A huge growth in digital sales has been …
Read More »Gfinity’s Martin Wyatt on grassroots esports & why its Elite series is a “watershed moment” for UK esports
Esports outfit Gfinity have recently named a date for their long-awaited Gfinity Elite Series event, after a series of delays marred the event. This led to some critics of the company to speculate about the status of the event after Gfinity didn’t come forwards with a new date. Regardless, looking …
Read More »GAME launches premium loyalty scheme
Retailer GAME is hoping to convince consumers to spend 36 per year to sign up to a new customer loyalty scheme. Current GAME Reward Card users net two per cent back on purchases and one per cent on trade-ins. GAME Elite members will instead get ten per cent back on …
Read More »Opinion: Eyes on the prize
CEO of publisher Kiss, Darryl Still, gives us his thoughts on how to make your game attractive in a crowded PC marketplace
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