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Bitcoin can now be used to buy games from online retailer Green Man Gaming. The company says that the decision was taken after 89 per cent of respondents in a recent buyer survey expressed a desire for it. For the time being it is restricted to customers who pay is …
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GAME launches Christmas Shopper Simulator for PC and Mac
GAME has created its own video game about shopping. Christmas Shopper Simulator lets you walk up escalators, buy things, ‘fall over,’ ‘turn left’ or ‘stop abruptly’. It’s GAME’s effort at doing a Goat Simulator, and looks equally ridiculous/awful/brilliant. In the words of the retailer’s press release, the simulation offers ’15 …
Read More »Now Kmart pulls Grand Theft Auto V from shelves
A second Australian retailer has pulled Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V from sale. Kotaku Australia reports that Kmart Australia has joined Target – both of which are owned by Wesfarmers, incidentally – is dropping GTA V over concerns about its content. Following a significant review of all content in Grand …
Read More »Target pulls GTA V from sale due to its ‘depictions of violence against women’
Australian retailer Target has pulled Grand Theft Auto V from its shelves due to what it says are concerns about the game’s depictions of violence against women”. It says the move is in response to customer feedback. "We’ve been speaking to many customers over recent days about the game, and …
Read More »New ZX Spectrum hits £100k funding target within two days
First Edition units sold out
Read More »Riot keeping exclusive tabs on League of Legends merchandise
New official merchandise based on the hugely popular PC game League of Legends (LoL) will not be available for retailers to stock, developer Riot Games has said. It will instead be opening its own online merchandise store in a matter of days, the company announced on theLoL forumsin a Q&A …
Read More »Resident Evil Revelations 2 priced and dated
Capcom has said that it will begin releasing its Resident Evil Revelations 2 episodes in February. Episode 1 will be released on PSN, Xbox Live and Steam on February 18th (and on PSN in North America on February 17th) priced at 4.99. Episodes 2, 3 and 4 will cost the …
Read More »Margin Makers: Guide to Pokémon merchandise
It’s one of the biggest kids’ media franchises in the world, and the second-largest video game IP of all time. MCV catches up with the best pocket monster merch For almost two decades, millions of budding Pokmon trainers have set out on their adventures to catch, train, battle and evolve …
Read More »The Wii U Basic has had a price cut in the UK
The trade price of the Wii U 8GB Basic console has been significantly cut in the UK, MCV understands. Nintendo in late October slashed in the region of 70 off of the trade price of the Wii U, with one retail source saying that Nintendo is actively trying to clear …
Read More »Black Friday boosts for Xbox One and PS4 in UK
Sales of both next-gen consoles were up sharply week-on-week in the UK last week as retailers offered some great Black Friday deals. Overall games hardware sales (both consoles and handhelds) soared past 300k units, a retail source has told MCV. Home console sales in the UK are at this point …
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