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Game revamps of Back to the Future and Jurassic Park may be download-only for now, but retail will get a look in eventually. That’s the message from developer Telltale Games, the firm behind hit episodic games such as Sam and Max and Monkey Island. The company last year signed a …
Read More »Dance hit heads to Move and Kinect
Ubisoft is bringing one of its popular Wii dancing games to PlayStation Move and Kinect. Dance on Broadway will be released on PS3 on March 18th, with a Kinect version also in the works. The title was originally released on Wii last summer following the huge success of Just Dance, …
Read More »EA and Sony partner on Dead Space 2 campaign
EA has teamed-up with Sony to make Dead Space 2 the first ‘must have’ game of the year. A co-marketing campaign is already underway for the horror sci-fi sequel, with ads to appear across TV, national print, online and in outdoor poster locations. Dead Space 2 is the first real …
Read More »TERRITORY REPORT: Benelux & Nordic
BENELUX Population: 27,970,600Countries: Belgium, The Netherlands, LuxembourgCurrency: EuroLanguages: Dutch, French, German, Luxembourgish, Key retailers: 12Game.com, Bart Smit, Bol.com, Carrefour, Collishop.be, Colruyt, Cora, DelHaize, Dixons, Dreamland, Dynabyte, FNAC, Free Record Shop, Fun, Gamemania, Intertoys, Makro, Mediamarkt/Saturn, Music Store, Smartoys, Supra Center, Traffic, V&D, WehkampDistributors: ABC Soft, BEMs, Big Ben, CLD Distribution, …
Read More »Old Republic rumoured for September
Long-awaited MMO Star Wars: Old Republic will be released worldwide this September, development sources have told MCV. The date is later than many had predicted, with EA CEO John Riccitiello himself suggesting a year ago that a spring 2011 release was likely. The game has been in development for over …
Read More »Nintendo to distribute SSFIV 3D
Nintendo has confirmed that it will assume distribution, sales and marketing duties for Capcom’s upcoming 3DS fighting title Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition in Europe and Australia. Capcom remains the game’s publisher and will also retain distribution duties in the Middle East. The deal is very much the norm …
Read More »Nintendo: Piracy’s ‘heyday’ has passed
Despite a report from games trade body UKIE yesterday claiming that four games are pirated for every one sold, Nintendo has claimed that video games piracy is in decline. "I think perhaps there’s been a ‘heyday of piracy’ and we’ve now seen a lot of rules come in to stop …
Read More »New Platinum title revealed
The next game to emerge from the ongoing partnership between developer Platinum Games and publisher Sega will be called Max Anarchy. Not much is known about the game, though a Famitsu translation courtesy of Andriasang says it will be "an online action combat game with support for large numbers of …
Read More »Asda selling 3DS for £202
Supermarket chain Asda has launched its online pre-order campaign for Nintendo’s 3DS, which launches in the UK on March 25th. The retailer is offering the device for just 217, though the use of a 15 off discount code (15OFF3DS) means that the actual price is just 202 – that’s almost …
Read More »BioWare ‘aware’ of ME2 save woes on PS3
Developer BioWare has said it is investigating claims of alleged data loss suffered by some users of Mass Effect 2 on PS3. Some users of the studio’s forums have stated that following the game crashing, upon rebooting the machine their save data has become corrupted. In such a time-intense game …
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