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ASA bans Argos Xmas ad

The Advertising Standards Agency has banned an Argos TV ad because of its misinformation regarding the retailer’s delivery service. An ad depicting two penguins delivering fish to a walrus claims that: With over 1500 lorries, [Argos] can deliver what you want at a time slot that’s right for you.” However, …

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Move sales on par with Kinect

Following the confirmation that Sony’s 4.1m ‘sales’ figure for Move released yesterday actually represents the number of units shipped to retail, analyst Michael Pachter has pegged actual sales numbers at 2.5m units. That, of course, is exactly the same as the Kinect sales number released by Microsoft earlier in the …

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Killzone getting special Euro edition

Dutch developer Guerrilla Games has confirmed its SKU line-up for PS3 shooter Killzone 3, with European consumers set to be offered both the previously announced US Collector’s Edition and a brand new Europe-only Collector’s Edition. As well as the standard edition of the game, the enhanced CE SKU will include …

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Now Sony claims global Move 4.1m milestone

The two-month headstart has paid off for Sony as worldwide PlayStation Move sales top 4.1 million units. With Microsoft’s cry of 2.5m Kinect sales still ringing in the industry’s ears, Sony has announced its own motion controller has reached this sales milestone in just two months. This number not only …

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Kinect sales reach 2.5m

Total global sales of Xbox 360 Kinect have now hit 2.5m units, platform holder Microsoft has announced. The device had previously sold 1m units in its first 10 days of availability. These numbers show that an additional 1.5m cameras have sold in the following two weeks. It means that the …

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Bigpoint’s Facebook warning

For someone leading a cutting edge web games firm, Bigpoint CEO Heiko Hubertz has a surprising love-hate relationship with Facebook. As the biggest social network in the world, much of what he calls the big hype” around online games is focused on Facebook’s successes – Zynga and FarmVille or EA’s …

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Brotherhood makes a killing in Europe

Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood has sold over 1m copies across Europe in less than a week, publisher Ubisoft has told MCV. The swift success of the game makes it the publisher’s fastest-selling game ever in the European territories, and overall the publisher’s biggest franchise. To date, the Assassin’s Creed games have …

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GAME boosts hardware trade-in deals

Both GAME and Gamestation are offering customers and extra 20 per cent on their normal trade-in price for anyone who hands over their old hardware between today (November 26th) and Thursday December 9th. As an example, the retailers will now offer 180 for a 160GB PS3 – until today it …

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