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Users of Xbox Live are being offered the chance to vote for what content gets the online discount treatment in the Xbox Live Arcade Deal of the Week. Any users in the UK, US and Canada who sign in to Xbox Live should head over to the Spotlight channel for …
Read More »Retail lists Ubisoft HD trilogies
Online retail listings have appeared suggesting that publisher Ubisoft is preparing two HD remake trilogies for PS3. Zavvi currently has entries for both Splinter Cell Trilogy: HD Collection and Prince of Persia Trilogy: HD Collection. Both have a supposed RRP of 29.99 with the former due for release on November …
Read More »Halo boosts Xbox 360 hardware sales
Not content with boosting the weekly video games software market in the UK last week, the release of the latest instalment in the Halo saga also provided a welcome boost for Microsoft’s hardware sales. The release of Halo Reach helped increase Xbox 360 console unit sales by 99 per cent …
Read More »Expect more Halo, more often
Following the cash bonanza that was the release of Halo Reach, Microsoft has confirmed that it intends to increase the rate at which it pumps out new Halo titles. There’s no explicit strategy that says we’re to ship a Halo game every year,” Microsoft Game Studios’ corporate VP Phil Spencer …
Read More »Its official the PM is a gamer
UKIE and the wider games industry have put a lot of effort into getting a bit of gaming into Government – and the efforts have seemingly been successful with confirmation that the love for video gaming has spread to the very top of UK politics. When not tied up with …
Read More »Pokemon B&W breaks records
Nintendo’s cult gaming IP Pokemon continues to endure in Japan with news that the latest release in the series has set a new sales record for the brand. Andriasang reports that between them Pokemon White and Pokemon Black sold a massive 2,637,285 copies in their first week of release in …
Read More »Gazza addicted… to Angry Birds
Paul Gascoigne has becoming addicted to casual title Angry Birds, according to The Sun. The tabloid claims the Geordie football star bought an Apple device purely to play the smash hit game, though he also plays arcade hits Pacman and Tetris. A pal (apparently) said: "Gazza is hooked on Angry …
Read More »Activision squares up to Arnie
A growing number of corporate giants from America’s leading entertainment industries have joined forces to fight a proposed law that would for the first time illegalise the sale of violent games to minors in the US. Activision is amongst the growing number of voices arguing that the law, which was …
Read More »F1 2010 is Codies biggest ever release
UK publisher Codemasters has announced that this Friday’s release of the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC versions of F1 2010 will be the largest in the company’s history. 2m copies of the console game have been shipped to retailers in Europe and North America, and it will also be available …
Read More »MS: Halo Reach sales are staggering
As millions of gamers continue to plough millions of hours into Bungie’s Halo Reach, Microsoft has praised the staggering” achievements that the game has already celebrated. The title shot straight to the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 yesterday, selling 300k copies in the UK alone on …
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