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The weekend arrival of Grand Theft Auto V with some Amazon customers is being investigated by the retailer. MCV reported yesterday that some Amazon customers received their game on Saturday – three days ahead of Rockstar’s apparently strict sales embargo. We have established processes in place to deliver new titles …
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UPDATE: Monster Hunter 4 ships 2m copies
Capcom has shipped 2m Monster Hunter 4 units out to retailers just days after its arrival on Japanese shelves. The publisher announced the milestone for the latest effort in its popular action RPG, claiming that the game has had more shipments in its first week than any other third-party 3DS …
Read More »Indies braced for Grand Theft Auto V windfall
It’s not just the big chains planning events around GTA V, with indie retailers telling MCV they are running midnight openings of their own. Small stores say they’ve been delighted by the support they’ve had from Rockstar and Take-Two. We’ve supported the GTA series since the original and it’s great …
Read More »Launching a Kickstarter project can make you a better developer
Kung Fu Superstar maker says impact is crucial for crowdfunding projects
Read More »Report: 3.1m Xbox One and PS4 consoles could be sold this Christmas
Xbox One and PS4 should generate at least 1.2bn for UK retailers this Christmas. That comes from 3.1m console sales, 1.3m Xbox Ones and 1.8m PS4s. That’s according to trade body the Entertainment Retailer’s Association, which also says that number could rise to 3bn. The figures are drawn from a …
Read More »EA to release its next-gen games before next-gen hardware
Battlefield 4, FIFA 14 and Madden NFL 25 will be available in their next-gen guises ahead of their respective hardware launches in the US. As confirmed by Peter Moore, the PS4 versions of all three games will be released at North American retail on November 12th. That’s three days ahead …
Read More »Some Amazon customers received their Grand Theft Auto V copies on Saturday
Many UK retailers were seething over the weekend when some customers who had pre-ordered Grand Theft Auto V from Amazon received their copies. As reported earlier this month, Rockstar had previously requested that online retailers delay posting off the game until today (Monday September 16th) in the hope that it …
Read More »Shuhei Yoshida reveals why indie developers matter in the latest MCV
Indie developers do not sell consoles… right? Sony studios boss Shuhei Yoshida tells us why that just isn’t true in the current edition of MCV. It’s a packed issue once again, with Sega revealing its digital sales data in an effort to encourage more publishers to share theirs. We also …
Read More »Fourth UK No.1 for Saints Row IV
Deep Silver’s Saints Row IV has claimed its fourth No.1 in the UKIE GfK All-Formats Top 40. With a certain other sandbox game due to arrive at retail this week, a fifth looks unlikely but the publisher will be delighted that its superhero romp has put in such an excellent …
Read More »Flipkart to ship Grand Theft Auto 5 preorders on 16th September
India’s largest retailer for games, Flipkart.com, has said it will ship out preorders of Grand Theft Auto 5 on 16thSeptember,a day prior to release date. In an email sent to all preorder customers, it said, ‘The game is being officially launched in India on September 17th 2013. Please note that …
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