Skyrim is receiving a premium edition retail release, at least for select countries. A listing on Amazon Germany points to a December 7th launch for the re-release on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. Along with the game, extra goodies such as a map, t-shirt, postcards, an Elder Scrolls novel, and …

Deep Silver has announced an April 26th 2013 release date for Dead Island Riptide in the UK. It will be released a few days earlier on April 23rd in the US and Canada. Launch formats will be Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. The publisher has also announced two SKUs that …

It can be startling how quickly the music video game genre changes. One moment Just Dance is nothing but a Rayman Rabbids mini-game, and Rock Band and Guitar Hero are amongst the biggest selling titles in the world. The next, Rock Band has lots its publisher, Guitar Hero has been …

A spring 2013 release for Grand Theft Auto V has been confirmed by a second source. A Tweet from the Brighton branch of retailer GAME carried a picture of what appears to be some mock PS3 covers carrying the date. The Tweet has long since been deleted, though before IGN …

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Xbox’s official distributor Gem is offering 12 weeks of special promotions to independent retailers. Running right through the Christmas period and into January, the Xbox 360 Blitz Campaign features a range of exclusive offers including ‘buy one get one frees’, spot prizes, free items with orders and a lot more. …

The UK’s leading game retailer GAME has pushed live its new smartphone app on the Apple App Store and on Android’s Google Play. A Windows Phone version will be released soon. The app allows customers or both GAME and Gamestation to unite their store credit under a single account. It …

It is a myth that the market for kids’ video games is declining. Tie-ins for the latest Cartoon Network IP or Disney movie may not be selling in the same numbers as they were ten years ago. But video games have long outgrown its role as another piece of SpongeBob …

There are dozens of title heading to Wii?U at launch, not just on November 30th but in the weeks and months that follow. James Batchelor offers a round-up of some of the biggest titles on the way NINTENDOLANDPublisher: NintendoDistributor: OpenContact: 01753 483700 A collection of 12 mini-games based on hit …

The next generation starts here. James Batchelor provides everything you need to know about Nintendo Wii U THE TECHY BIT For those who understand such things, the Wii U console houses: IBM Power Architecture-based multi-core processor AMD Radeon High Definition GPU 2GB of RAM: 1GB for games, and another for …