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Nintendo’s lowest-tier Wii U offering is to be halted in Japan. The white Wii U Basic, which includes 8GB of internal storage, is ‘slated to go out of production shortly’, according to the Japanese Nintendo website. (Thanks, Kotaku.) This will make the remaining Wii U Premium, which includes a black …
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Former EA executive Doug Bowser joins Nintendo
Nintendo has announced the hire of ex-EA exec Doug Bowser, which at least superficially appears to be a match made in heaven. Bowser joins Nintendo of America as the company’s new vice president of sales, and he’ll be reporting to executive vice president of sales and marketing Scott Moffit. "Doug …
Read More »Rory McIlroy PGA Tour special edition includes an EA Sports umbrella
In what may be a first, UK retailer GAME is offering a golf umbrella with a special edition of upcoming Rory McIlroy PGA Tour. Usually occupied by the offer of digital add-on content or a steelbook game case, there have been some pretty strange physical pre-order bonuses in the past, …
Read More »Oculus holding San Francisco press event in June
VR firm Oculus has invited members of the media to attend a San Francisco event just days before E3 gets underway. The invited – uploaded by IGN (below) – asks attendees to ‘Step into the Rift’, suggesting we are going to learn more about the company’s Rift headset. The event …
Read More »International Factfile 2015: Austria
Indie retail continues to flourish in Austria, as the country’s hypermarkets fail to make a significant dent in the games retail space. Additionally, the two largest grocery retailers in the country – Rewe International and Spar sterreichische Warenhandels – both have a minimal games offering, allowing specialist and independent games …
Read More »Do indie developers still need publishers?
Finally, thanks to digital distribution, developers can ditch those creatively restrictive publishers and goit alone. MCV speaks to those companies who insist the right publisher can be a force for good Developers can release games on their own, with no real need for publishers. Why should they still turn to …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto V has sold 5m boxed copies in the UK
Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V continues to be a force to be reckoned with at UK physical retail, and last week surpassed five million units sold in the UK. That’s according to market data from GfK Chart-Track, which counts sales of UK physical games. It has sold one million units …
Read More »GAME’s back in the retro market
Retro gaming appears to be back on the table at GAME. Gamestation, which was acquired by GAME back in 2007, used to be the High Street’s biggest retro games provider but its retro offerings – much like GAME’s – faded away over time. However, a new promotion on GAME’s website …
Read More »Microsoft also promoting Xbox One Witcher 3 hardware bundle, £299.99 exclusively at GAME
Sony isn’t the only platform holder pushing a Witcher 3: Wild Hunt hardware bundle on its social media channels. Microsoft has also entered the fray yesterday, taking to Twitter to promote a deal (below) on an Xbox One, The Witcher 3 and indie title Ori and the Blind Forest for …
Read More »PlayStation promotes £279.99 PS4 Witcher 3 deal
The upcoming release of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has brought with it another cut-price deal, this time for PS4. PlayStation UK’s Twitter account itself promoted a code that allows customers to order a PS4 console and the upcoming RPG for just 279.99. The item will be available next Tuesday …
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