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The UK games market suffered another monthly drop in sales last month, despite impressive sales of Rockstar’s LA Noire. Just under 73.2m was generated at UK retail during May, a drop of 5.4 per cent compared to the 77.4m made over the same period in 2010. In terms of units …
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‘Thousands affected’ in Codemasters data hack
Website attack 'will only affect e-store customers and email subscribers', source says
Read More »Attendance up at this year’s E3
The organisers of the E3 event in L.A. have closed out this year’s proceedings by dating the 2012 expo and releasing attendance figures for 2011. E3 2012 will take place at the Los Angeles Convention Center from June 5th to 7th. E3 2011 saw 46,800 people walk through its door, …
Read More »VERDICT: E3 2011
New hardware, new games, flashing lights, corporate big knobs and lots of excited yet excruciatingly tired journalists. It’s E3 as we know it and 2011 ticked all of the boxes. But now that the curtains are being drawn on this year’s event, what impression has been left? To my mind …
Read More »E3 2012 dates announced
E3 2011: This year's event attendance numbers up, next yearâ??s dates set
Read More »Wii U pad’s screen resolution put at ‘854×480’
Nintendo's breakthrough pad uses wide-VGA display, report claims
Read More »Wii needed this
Nintendo has its eye on an even bigger addressable audience of gamers with its new Wii U home console. After courting new audiences for so long, the focus is back on a much-desired re-engaging of actual gamers alongside that skillful non-gamer push. Wii U pushes the boundary – it gives …
Read More »Hackers target Citibank
Citibank has admitted to suffering a data breach that allowed hackers to view the names, account numbers and contact details of around 200,000 of its customers. Incredibly, Reuters reports that the breach happened in early May and that the bank has only just admitted to its occurrence, which is thought …
Read More »No MotorStorm 3 for Japan
MotorStorm Apocalypse will now not be released in Japan, SCEJ has confirmed. The game was initially delayed in the aftermath of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami in March. No official reason was given, but seeing as the racer is set amidst the tumbling ruins of an earthquake-ravaged city it’s not …
Read More »Amazon backs GAME Vita pricing
Retailer Amazon has gone live with its pre-order pricing for Sony’s PlayStation Vita. It concurs with the prices put out by GAME earlier in the week – that being a 279.99 RRP for the premium 3G model and 229.99 for the wi-fi only device. To put that into some sort …
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