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With the release inching ever closer, publisher Bethesda has released a new live-action trailer for upcoming RPG Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The short shows a medieval town in terror and a brave hero who stands up to the ultimate menace – an (admittedly less live action) dragon. You can watch …
Read More »Roles axed at Tesco’s non-food operations
The UK’s most powerful retailer Tesco is to cut an estimated 34 roles from its non-food department. Marketing Magazine reports that difficult economic times” have been blamed, and in particular the poor performance of electronics and entertainment. The retailer says it hopes to find alternative jobs for all those affected, …
Read More »John Lewis offers free wi-fi to all UK customers
Multi-channel retailer John Lewis has announced intentions to offer free in-store wi-fi courtesy of BT Openzone in all of its UK stores. Saying that 60 per cent of its customers research a product online before heading to a store to make a purchase. Now John Lewis wants to encourage such …
Read More »Siri mastermind quits Apple
The man who created Apple’s new voice control platform Siri has left the company. AllThingsD reports that Dag Kittlaus left Apple shortly after the launch of the iPhone 4S earlier this month, having served as Siri CEO since 2007. The reasons for the departure are said to be numerous. A …
Read More »Battlefield 3 for £2.99 as HMV goes cheapest
Retailers HMV and GAME have once again decided to offer this week’s biggest release for a tantalisingly low price for those willing to trade-in specific games. HMV has slashed the price of EA’s Battlefield 3 to just 2.99 for any customer willing to hand over a copy of either Batman: …
Read More »Steve Jobs vowed to "destroy Android"
Apple’s visionary co-founder Steve Jobs swore he would spend all of his company’s $40 billion to annihilate Google’s rival smartphone operating system. The technology magnate’s hatred of Android is laid bare in a forthcoming official biography. Jobs told author Walter Isaacson that he viewed Android as "grand theft" of his …
Read More »New look for Eurogamer
Popular UK-based consumer games site Eurogamer.net has gone live with its brand new look. Launching simultaneously in ten languages, the site has been designed with three different versions now available – an HD mode for normal PC-based browsing as well as both portable and mobile versions. Much of the homepage …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Batman Arkham City is the new No.1
Having enchanted critics, Warner Bros’ Batman: Arkham City has also cast a spell on the British public. The game is the new UKIE Gfk ChartTrack’s All Formats No.1, knocking former chart-topper FIFA 12 into second place. Batman becomes the fourth biggest launch of the year to date behind, FIFA 12, …
Read More »Review Roundup – Battlefield 3
The first reviews of EA’s Battlefield 3 have gone live ahead of its release in the US tomorrow (October 25th) and in Europe on Friday (October 28th). EA’s long awaited shooter currently has an impressive Metacritic average of 94 per cent. Once players step out of that troop carrier and …
Read More »Fourth World of Warcraft expansion confirmed
The World of Warcraft steam train just keeps powering on with developer Blizzard announcing at BlizzCon 2011 this weekend that a fourth expansion for World of Warcraft is in the works. And perhaps the game is going a bit doolally in its old age – the expansion is set to …
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