Square Enix has revealed the pre-order incentives for its upcoming Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris Gold Edition. This physical version of the game comes with a 3” Lara figure, a concept art book, a map of the title’s Overworld as well as a Season Pass. Those buying the …
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Gamers can play Far Cry 4 in GAME next week
GAME’s latest lock-in event is letting its customers play Far Cry 4 a whole three months before launch. The lock-ins will take place between Thursday August 28th and 29th in 12 GAME stores (detailed below). GAME’s lock-in events is part of the retailer’s ambitions to become a hub where players …
Read More »New Resident Evil spotted on Xbox website
Another week, another Resident Evil game. This time Capcom looks set to release Resident Evil: Revelations 2 (or Biohazard Revelations 2, as the series is called in Japan). The game was leaked on the official has surfaced on a number of European retail websites, before being pulled. But then it …
Read More »Vita game Freedom Wars gets October date
A Vita-only retail game is hitting shelves this October, and it’s getting a full pre-order campaign. Freedom Wars arrives on October 29th and will be available on PSN and the High Street. The Japanese RPG has a slightly cheaper price of 24.99 and for those that pre-order the game, they …
Read More »MCV @ GAMESCOM PREVIEW: Skylanders Trap Team
From the moment Bobby Kotick, Activision CEO, bemoaned the poor sales of Wii U, you knew Skylanders had a problem. The record-breaking kids IP that introduced the world to ‘toys-to-life’ was finding it harder and harder to find where the kids were playing. Wii and DS sales had fallen down; …
Read More »MCV @ GAMESCOM PREVIEW: Diablo III: Reaper of Souls – Ultimate Evil Edition
Hell is coming to the PS4 and Xbox One. Diablo III, Blizzard’s gothic RPG which launched on PC in 2012 before coming to PS3 and Xbox 360 last year, is set to hit the current and last console generations on August 19th in the form of the Reaper of Souls …
Read More »MCV @ GAMESCOM INSIGHT: How THQ has transformed Nordic Games
Since its inception almost three years ago, Nordic Games has become a prolific name not only for its core gaming retail focused PC and casual console titles. This is as well as its involvement with over 50 digital retailing environments. From Steam and Humble to console storefronts and, more recently, …
Read More »1TB Call of Duty Xbox One is exclusive to GAME in the UK
Retailer GAME has grabbed a big hardware exclusive for this Q4. The chain will be the only place to grab official stock of the Limited Edition Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Xbox One in the UK – that’s the only model to offer a 1TB hard drive. The SKU was …
Read More »VIDEO: World of Warcraft Warlords of Draenor gets release date, dazzling cinematic
As well as making classy MMOs, Blizzard can certainly churn out decent cinematics too. The short below, released alongside confirmation of a November 13th release date for World of Warcraft’s fifth expansion, Warlords of Draenor, is undisputedly fantastic. Players will encounter an epic cast of legendary characters and a huge …
Read More »PS4 outsells Xbox One for 7th consecutive month in US
NPD’s July 2014 report reveals Sony’s console has once again topped the US hardware monthly charts, while The Last of Us (both the original and Remastered versions) drove software sales. Software results were particularly weak during the period, thanks to the absence of annual sales-driver NCAA Football. "July is typically …
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