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Digital retailer Green Man Gaming and simulation specialist Dovetail Games have been ranked as two of the UK’s best-performing private businesses. The annual Sunday Times’ Hiscox Tech Track 100, compiled by Fast Track and published by The Sunday Times, serves as a measure of the top-performing British firms in a …
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New Uncharted Collection PS4 bundle includes the first three games in Naughty Dog’s series
Players wanting to catch up on Naughty Dog’s Uncharted franchise before the fourth entry in the series next year are in luck thanks to a new console SKU. Sony has revealed a new bundle which includes a digital copy of Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection, comprising the single-player campaign portions …
Read More »Nominations open for this year’s MCV 30 Under 30
MCV’s 30 Under 30 returns next month. We are calling upon the UK games industry to nominate those you feel deserve a place in MCV’s list, which recognises the 30 most-ambitious and worthy young men and women in the UK games industry. MCV’s 30 Under 30 is open to all …
Read More »UK boxed games market hits lowest point since 1996
Sales of UK games plunged to their lowest point in 19 years for the week ending August 22nd. According to GfK Chart-Track, just 4.46m was generated by boxed software revenue for that period, the lowest amount since the data firm’s inception in 1996. This figure only factors in boxed sales, …
Read More »Games press joins call for digital charts
The biggest names in the games media have joined MCV’s call for digital data to be included in the games charts. The Digital Counts campaign launched last week with an open letter to games publishers and platform holders, calling on them to share their data so that an accurate games …
Read More »GameStop to open first ThinkGeek physical store
Online merchandise ThinkGeek is to open its first physical store. Owner GameStop, which acquired ThinkGeek owner Geeknet in June, has announced plans to open the its first branded physical store in Florida on September 25th. More are planned, too, with each boasting what is described as a ‘modern, bright, open …
Read More »Aqua Blue Vita confirmed for US
Sony has announced that a rather fetching Aqua Blue version of its PlayStation Vita handled is to be released in the US. The $199.99 device will be exclusive to GameStop, which is already taking pre-orders. It’s the first time the slim version of the machine has been available in any …
Read More »Minecraft: Story Mode gets boxed release date
Retailers have confirmed a release for Telltale’s Minecraft: Story Mode on disc. GAME has listings for the PS4, Xbox One, PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the title. The PS4 and Xbox One SKUs have a release date of November 11th, while the old-gen titles are said to be coming …
Read More »Nintendo launches digital store on Amazon for Wii U, 3DS games
Amazon users in the US now have the option to purchase Wii U and 3DS digital downloads, thanks to Nintendo’s new space on the online retailer. The storefront currently carries 61 titles between Nintendo’s current console and handheld, including Mario Kart 8, Splatoon and Super Smash Bros. The partnership with …
Read More »Nintendo’s smaller New 3DS in line for US release this month
The New 3DS XL’s little brother is finally getting a release in the states. Whereas the platform holder released both the New 3DS and New 3DS XL in the UK in February, only the larger of the two devices was released in the US. Now the smaller device will be …
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