The latest Toy Story game hits retail next month and Disney is expecting it to be ‘an absolute smash hit’. As the follow-up to 1999’s movie sequel, Toy Story 3 already has huge backing from Disney with a massive cinema and internet marketing campaign. The global Toy Story property has …
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Final Fantasy XIV dated
Square Enix has announced that the PC Collector’s Edition version of MMO Final Fantasy XIV will be released in Europe on September 22nd. The standard SKU will hit retail on September 30th. The PS3 version of the game will not be released until March 2011, with pricing to be announced …
Read More »UK CHARTS: May 2010
The value of the UK games market rose 12 per cent year-on-year in May, boosted by a number of hugely popular multiformat releases. Take-Two’s Red Dead Redemption and EA’s 2010 FIFA World Cup drove sales last month, taking first and second places in the All Formats Top 50 respectively. It was also …
Read More »Fable III goes episodic
Speaking at the GameHorizon Conference today, head of Microsoft Game Studios Peter Molyneux has reportedly unveiled that Fable III will be distributed in an episodic format as well as through retail. The game’s predecessor, Fable II, received an episodic digital release – though that came long after it debuted at …
Read More »Kinect pre-orders very low
The first UK retailer to go live with what it believes will be the final RRP for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect has admitted that pre-orders for the device are very low”. Boos Igor Cipolletta told Eurogamer that he believes the 100+ price is too high” and that he thinks with …
Read More »Molyneux unveils episodic model for Fable III
Dev legend blasts demos and defends Milo at GameHorizon Conference
Read More »ShopTo gives Kinect £129.99 RRP
Online indie retailer ShopTo has become the first portal to put a price on the Xbox 360 Kinect motion controller in the UK – and if correct, it seems that Microsoft has well and truly ditched previous plans to keep the price low. ShopTo has placed a hefty 129.99 RRP …
Read More »Pre-owned drives HMV games growth
HMV has stated that despite what it describes as a very challenging year” for the video games market that saw it decline 25 per cent year-on-year, the retailer has gained market share in the sector – thanks in part to an increasing contribution” from its pre-owned offer Re/Play. Overall sales …
Read More »Currys paying out on Lampard goal
Big box electricals retailer Currys has told customers that will recognise Frank Lampard’s controversial World Cup goal against Germany that was ruled out by the referee, robbing England of certain victory in Bloemfontein last Saturday. The chain had offered all customers who spent 599 or more on an HD TV …
Read More »Ubisoft dates key Q4 releases
Ubisoft has dated a range of upcoming titles due to hit retail across multiple platforms in October and November this year. Fronting the assault is Shaun White Skateboarding on Wii, Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on October 1st, followed by Just Dance 2 for Wii on October 15th. A new …
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