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GAME has announced its marketing campaign for the Christmas period. Dubbed ‘The Epic Season of Gaming’, GAME hopes to target both gamers and gift buyers. The campaign started on November 4th and will run until December 22nd. The retailer will be running 20 and 30 second TV spots throughout this …
Read More »IN PICTURES: GAME’s midnight Call of Duty: Ghosts launch
Call of Duty: Ghosts arrived in the UK last night, and games turned out in force to get their hands on a copy at midnight. Over 300 GAME stores opened their doors for fans – one of which was GAME Stratford where Infinity Ward’s senior community manager Tina Palacios was …
Read More »Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes release date announced
Konami has revealed when Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes will be sneaking into stores. Konami’s game will be released for PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360 in spring 2014. The publisher also revealed the link between Ground Zeroes and The Phantom Pain – the former will act as a …
Read More »New PlayStation 4 games to be announced day before launch
More PlayStation 4 games are to be announced the night before the console is released in North America. GameTrailersTV’s Geoff Keighley tweeted that the website will be doing a #PS4ALLACCESS event on November 14th and said there will be ‘world premieres and announcements.’ These will definitely involve new games. Compared …
Read More »Journey and Unfinished Swan not coming to PS4
Neither Journey nor The Unfinished Swan are coming to PlayStation 4. Speculation that the pair were heading to Sony’s new console began after Sony Santa Monica’s creative director Nathan Gary tweeted pictures of Flower, Escape Plan and flOw being played on the machine. Pictures of The Unfinished Swan and Journey …
Read More »TWICE Europe targets consumer electronics industry
TWICE Europe – a newsletter for the European consumer electronics trade – has been launched by MCV’s publisher Intent Media. The email newsletter goes live today, rounding up the ten most important consumer and retail stories from around the web twice a week. You can sign up for it free …
Read More »Runescape developers raising money for GamesAid
Jagex has teamed up with UK gaming charity GamesAid. The Runescape developer is running a month long campaign within the game that allows players to donate their in-game assets – for every 10m gold pieces donated, Jagex will donate $1 in real life. GamesAid will distribute the money between Willow, …
Read More »GAME exclusive Zelda: Link Between Words bonus revealed
GAME has an exclusive pre-order bonus for Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds – a tiny musical treasure chest. The chest plays the series’ famous chest-opening jingle when opened. The pre-order bonus was revealed in a Vine featuring Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata and Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma: This …
Read More »Sony signs Invizimals toy deal
SCEE is teaming up with IMC Toys to produce Invizimals toys. The toys-to-life range based on Novarama’s Invizimals series will be coming to Europe in spring 2014. As with previous entries in the series, the toys will come to life through the game, a la Skylanders and Disney Infinity. The …
Read More »Exclusive Skylander Figure available at Asda
To celebrate the release of Skylanders SWAP Force, Asda will be selling an exclusive figurine. The limited edition Enchanted Hoot Loop figurine will go on sale for 13 alongside the new game on October 18th. The Skylanders SWAP Force starter pack will be selling for 52. More than 250 character …
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