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Though Enfield largely escaped the widespread violence and looting that swept the UK last night, the Sony DADC distribution centre in the town was set alight. There are not believed to have been any injuries as a result of the attack. The significant blaze is still being tackled by fire …
Read More »"GTA inspired London riots", paper claims
Lawlessness, civil disobedience, rampant criminality and violence. All could be used to describe the events witnessed in Tottenham and Enfield over the weekend. Oh, and they could also be used to describe a certain video game. And while Codemasters’ F1 series hasn’t been credited for the success of Sebastian Vettel …
Read More »Skyrim Collector’s Edition costs £130
Besthesda has officially announced a Collector’s Edition of anticipated RPG outing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, which will carry an RRP of 129.99. The SKU, which will be available on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC, is available only through GAME and Gamestation. Inside gamers will find a number of items, …
Read More »Rage pushes Xbox 360 installs to the limit
Like all other Xbox 360 games, id Software’s sandbox shooter Rage will allow gamers to install it onto their console’s HDD. Unlike other games, however, it’s going to require a huge amount of space. ShopTo reckons that in total the game could require as much as 22GB as part of …
Read More »No London Games Festival in 2011
UK video games trade body UKIE has announced that there will be no London Games Festival this year. It will be the first time in six years that the event hasn’t taken place. However, UKIE has announced that a 2012 LGF has been confirmed and will take place during the …
Read More »Looters storm GAME and HMV in North London
Both GAME and HMV were amongst the dozens of retailers attacked as part of the widespread rioting that hit parts of North London this weekend. On Saturday night there was major disruption in Tottenham, with violence spreading as far as Wood Green. As part of that attack the GAME outlet …
Read More »UK CHARTS: There’s no stopping Zumba
With the release schedule utterly stagnant ahead of its reignition at the end of the month, there was little around to challenge 505 Games’ Zumba Fitness which still sits pretty at the top of the UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week. That’s an amazing eight consecutive weeks …
Read More »South African PS3 jailbreaker arrested
An unnamed man in Johannesburg, South Africa, has become the first to be raided in relation to crimes of console copyright circumvention. GamePolitics reports that the individual was arrested on charges of jailbreaking PS3 consoles. The South African Police Service’s Commercial Crime Unit acted following complaints received from the South …
Read More »Sony reveals its own digital summer promotion
The PS3 version of the PlayStation Store is to receive a promotional summer offer that’s very much in the vein of Microsoft’s established and successful Summer of Arcade promotion. Called PlayStation Network Play, it kicks off on August 24th with the release of classic 2D shooter Street Fighter III: Third …
Read More »OnLive and GameSpot reach demo deal
An interesting new agreement between streaming games specialist OnLive and giant consumer games network GameSpot has been announced. It will see the streaming service position playable demos of games within the pages of GameSpot’s reviews. The result is that consumers will be able to try a fully-featured version of the …
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