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Adam Davis – Trading Director, GAME Our stores are all geared up for the launch of PlayStation Move, and customer excitement is increasing. Lots of our teams have played and enjoyed it already, and this is being passed on when they talk to our customers.As always with a big new …
Read More »Why Move will do what EyeToy didnt
With a wide assorted of supported titles at launch and plenty more in the pipeline, Move has the ability to please those core fans as well as appeal to this new social gaming audience But is going after two audiences a risky strategy? Could Move become a jack-of-all-trades master of …
Read More »It’s Sony’s Move
Move is a major new member of the PlayStation 3 family, but it isn’t designed to reinvent the format. Whereas Microsoft views Kinect as a rebirth for its Xbox 360, Sony sees Move more as an add-on – another reason to buy a PS3 alongside 3D, Blu-ray and PSN. And …
Read More »PlayStation Move whos cheapest?
Tomorrow marks the arrival of PlayStation Move on the UK High Street – and perhaps it’s not surprising to see Tesco undercutting the rest of the market to offer the new controller at the lowest price. Online portal Tesco Direct is currently selling the PlayStation Move Starter Pack for just …
Read More »Games industry prepares to Move
With the release of Halo Reach just days behind us the video games industry is already bracing itself for the second big launch of the week – the PlayStation Move. Though PS3 has always supported motion to a limited extent via the SixAxis controller, Move takes motion control on the …
Read More »PS3 sales ahead of expectations
Sony has stated that it’s on track to sell the 15m units it had forecast in the year ending March 2011 and that the machine is now selling at a better rate than the company had forecast. As of the end of August, sales look a bit better than we …
Read More »OPINION: Take the LGC challenge
Getting an idea should be like sitting down on a pin; it should make you jump up and do something. And, for a while now, the games market has been indulging in some serious hopping about. Most companies are already active in what they would call the digital space (a …
Read More »Apple calls time on free bumpers
iPhone, iPad and iPod platform holder Apple has confirmed that it will stop offering free bumpers and cases to iPhone 4 owners on September 30th. The free case program that was launched in July in the fallout of the Antennagate controversy where it was revealed that the iPhone 4 would …
Read More »Team Ico Collection nailed down
Sony has at last officially unveiled the Team Ico Collection, a SKU that contains HD re-imaginings of PS2 classics Ico and Shadow of the Colossus. Speaking at the Tokyo Game Show, Sony confirmed that as was seen with the recent God of War Collection, both games will ship on a …
Read More »Big names headline London Games Conference
Luminaries from some of the most innovative and important companies in the games market have been confirmed for the London Games Conference on Thursday, November 4th. The event, which takes place at BAFTA, Piccadilly, will examine the challenges in an industry that is being driven more than ever before by …
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