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It’s official: 3DS will have the most successful launch of any console yet in the UK. How do we know? Pre-orders. Nintendo’s machine has already been pre-sold more times in the UK than the Wii, and is on course to surpass 100,000 come launch on March 25th. The format-holder confirmed …
Read More »Sony wants to sell PSN games in shops
SCEE President Andrew House wants to sell PSN games on the High Street. Microsoft is already active in this space: GAME started selling XBLA titles in-store two weeks ago. We actually already have the same programme in place with GameStop in the US,” he told MCV. We would like to work …
Read More »Troubling times for Alworths
Less than two years after it rose from the ashes of former High Street giant Woolworths, rumours are circulating that the chain might be heading for trouble. Retail Week reports that the 17 store chain, which is headed up by Woolworths’ former head of store and concession development Andy Latham, …
Read More »Angry Birds heading to Facebook
With 75m downloads, you’d be forgiven for thinking that smash hit game Angry Birds is on the verge of hitting its limit. But Finnish developer Rovio, which created the game and has grown it into a massive franchise over the last year, says much more is to come. Including not …
Read More »Homefront – the COD beater?
In a frank and honest admission, publisher THQ has revealed its aspirations for upcoming shooter Homefront to compete with the very biggest names in the first person shooter sector. When asked by Eurogamer if he’d like to see his title competing with the likes of Call of Duty and Battlefield, …
Read More »GAME trials pre-owned pre-order offer
UK video games retailer GAME has begun offering pre-orders for pre-owned versions of the latest titles, MCV understands. It’s the first time that a UK retailer has allowed customers to pre-order a used version of a game before its released on the High Street. News of the offer has cropped …
Read More »Nivea offers free Your Shape DLC
Publisher Ubisoft has announced a new partnership with Nivea that has seen the pair publish free downloadable DLC for Xbox 360 Kinect fitness title Your Shape: Fitness Evolved. The new workout has apparently been developed by "Nivea’s fitness and lifestyle expert Sarah Maxwell". The free content, which is called Nivea …
Read More »Trion: Rift launch is only the beginning
The release of Rift marks the start of a new era for up and coming MMO publisher Trion Worlds. Arriving on shelves today (Friday, March 4th), the game is the company’s first release and culminates five years of work on its unique MMO infrastructure. Promotions kicked off in October, targeting …
Read More »Persson: ‘Piracy is not theft’
In a fascinating statement at GDC’s Indie Games Summit, the Swedish creator of indie PC hit Minecraft has lashed out at some of the ‘myths’ commonly perpetuated about games piracy. Piracy is not theft,” Markus Persson is reported by Edge as saying. If you steal a car, the original is …
Read More »Bungie’s new game is an MMO
As has long been speculated, developer Bungie has confirmed that its currently in-development mystery Activision-published game is an MMO. The news comes from Bungie lead network engineer David Aldridge who the title as a "massively multiplayer action game" at GDC, as reported by IGN. However, Aldridge dismissed the idea that …
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