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Epic says games market is "inefficient", is "looking forward to digital future"
There are plenty of industry execs who remain fully committed to retail. Clearly Epic Games founder Tim Sweeny is not one of them. In fact, he believes the entire chain – games on discs, discs in shops, ads on TV, people on the High Street – is very much destined …
Read More »Official: The Last of Us pushed back to June
Naughty Dog’s new survival action game The Last of Us has been delayed slightly, and will now release on 14th June. Posting on the PlayStation Blog, studio creative director Neil Druckmann said, As we entered the final phase of development for The Last of Us, we came to realise just …
Read More »The X-Men: Xbox UK’s Jon Grimes and Harvey Eagle on a successful year for 360
Everyone in games is talking about PlayStation this month. A big Sony announcement next week is getting tongues wagging. The long-awaited start to the next generation is almost upon us and PlayStation is at the starting line. Over at Xbox, however, the focus is on the here and now. With …
Read More »Xbox 360 closes in on Wii’s UK sales record
The world’s eyes may be on PlayStation this month, but it is Xbox that is on the cusp of becoming the UK’s No.1 games console. Xbox 360 has surpassed 8m UK sales and will overtake Wii in a matter of weeks. A major push from a revamped SCEE team has …
Read More »New Red PS3 is a GAME exclusive in the UK
Sony’s new Red and Blue PS3s are now available in the UK. However, those wishing to grab the red version – perhaps for Valentines Day? – will need to head down to GAME following the retailer’s exclusivity agreement on the hardware. Or alternatively you can buy it online here. The …
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Moving out of retail gives developers more flexibility, says Epic boss
Read More »Football Manager 2013 is the fastest selling yet – Miles Jacobson tells MCV why
MCV Awards nominee Sports Interactive has just released its fastest selling Football Manager yet. We ask studio boss Miles Jacobson how the series is bucking the trend at retail… So how has your new Football Manager performed? In a year where the market is down pretty much everywhere, for some …
Read More »Intencity offers 12% off on all games over Rs 999
Specialist games retailer Intencity is offering a 12% discount on all games priced above Rs 999. The offer covers new and preowned games across all platforms, but doesn’t include peripherals and hardware. Simply apply the code EB8E3F during checkout to avail of the discount, which also applies to games that …
Read More »EA on the fence about pre-owned; Next-gen not backwards compatible; Market will never be 100% digital
Publisher EA has admitted that it would in some ways like to see an end to pre-owned games, but has also admitted that the market could suffer were they to vanish. That’s according to chief financial officer Blake Jorgensen, who Gamasutra reports told an audience at the Goldman Sachs Technology …
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