UPDATE: All Uncharted 4 stock sold at CEX and on eBay was the result of a violent assault and theft, PlayStation has said. "We can confirm that unfortunately some contents from a lorry transporting a variety of video game and DVD titles, including a quantity of the much anticipated Uncharted …
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Women In Games Awards: Meet The Finalists – Businesswoman of the Year
There are just four weeks to go until we celebrate the Top 30 Women in Games and the winners of the six special categories are announced. The Women in Games Awards take place on May 19th at the Hamyard Hotel, London. Tickets cost just 49 and are available by simply …
Read More »Thieves hijack lorry full of Nintendo stock
The Northamptonshire police department revealed earlier today that a stock of Nintendo games was stolen last week. The report however doesn’t state which titles have been taken. On the night between April 13thand April 14th, a lorry containing the precious games was hijacked as it was parked at the A14’s …
Read More »Fred Prego on GAMEFest and its showdown with EGX
Last week, Gamer Network CEO Rupert Loman declared his disappointment in GAME. He was referring to the retailer’s new GAMEFest event, a consumer expo that will take place four weeks before his own EGX show… and at the same venue (Birmingham NEC). Upon making some allusions to the fact the …
Read More »Amazon locks video game purchases behind Prime paywall
Retailer Amazon has decided that it will only sell certain games to members of Amazon Prime. As reported by Videogamer, a handful of titles have been spotted so far that carry the banner ‘exclusively for Prime members’. The info pop-up confirms that: This item, sold by Amazon, is currently reserved …
Read More »GAME secures £100m new lending facility
GAME Digital has sealed a 50m loan, rising to a potential 100m, from Lajedosa. It is a new asset-backed deal which GAME says ‘affords greater flexibility than the existing revolving credit facilities, allowing the Group to increase or decrease its stock purchasing capacity through higher or lower funding, as required.’ …
Read More »Is publishing the secret to GameStop’s survival? Find out in this week’s MCV
In this week’s issue, we speak to GameStop’s Mark Stanley about the retailer’s move into publishing. The exec shares whatthe firm’s ambition is within this space, what it offers developers and how it can compete in areas – like the UK – where it hasn’t got a physical retail presence. …
Read More »Buying all of Dead or Alive 5: Last Round’s costume DLC on PC would cost £526
Koei Tecmo has still got a long way to go before it believes that Dead or Alive fans have run out of money for more scantily clad virtual females. DualShockers reports that Dead or Alive 5: Last Round will soon offer a DLC Costume Pass that will in time offer …
Read More »What developers can learn from tabletop games designers
Following the translation of its retro-inspired card game Boss Monster into the world of VR, co-founder of tabletop publisher Brotherwise Games Chris O'Neal explains what the increasing collision between virtual and physical titles means for both gaming worlds
Read More »Dark Souls board game hits Kickstarter goal in three minutes, is approaching £500,000
Steamforged’s table top game based on the popular Dark Souls series met it 50,000 funding goal in just three minutes. At the time of writing, Dark Souls: The Board Game has raised 461,630 – almost ten times its initial goal – and has been backed by 5,763 people. What’s more …
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