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A cinema campaign featuring Renault and Ubisoft’s Rabbids aims to take the game characters beyond consoles. The familiar characters currently star in ads for Renault’s Grand Scenic, which have been shown throughout the summer before screenings of blockbusters such as Shrek Forever After and Toy Story 3. Ubisoft says that …
Read More »Get Games grows
Games portal Get Games has expanded with three new publishers on board, a number of new appointments and a redesigned site. Codemasters, Ubisoft and 2K Games have all signed deals with the digital download service which will see their popular titles added to Get Games’ site. These include Ubisoft’s Assassin’s …
Read More »MW2 claims all-time UK crown
It didn’t pass the finishing line quite as fast as Chart-Track had predicted, but at long last Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has cemented its position as the best selling game of all time in the UK. It does so after 41 weeks on the market, of which …
Read More »Gibeau questions MOH media row
Publishing empire EA says it will not surrender its creative vision to the furore surrounding the upcoming Medal of Honor game. EA Games president Frank Gibeau told Develop the game is a creative risk”. He said he anticipated controversy, and he asked why films are immune to the denigration games …
Read More »Broadcaster withdraws MOH story
A major news broadcaster has this morning withdrawn a planned news story about Medal of Honor after learning that much of the information being touted about the game by the media is inaccurate, MCV has discovered. Upon discovering that no British troops feature in EA’s game the media company ruled …
Read More »Amazon drops XBLA code sales
Last year Amazon begun selling codes to download titles from Xbox Live via its website. Less than 18 months later, however, the retailer has pulled out of the service. We are no longer selling Xbox Live arcade game codes on Amazon.com,” a statement on the Amazon site reads. You can …
Read More »Sony can detect PS3 hack
A dedicated hacking website has warned potential PS3 pirates that using the recently revealed PSJailbreak device could see their consoles banned from logging on to PSN and, as a result, leave them unable to play online multiplayer games. The Backup manager game ID could be logged/recorded by Sony when logged …
Read More »Halo Reach hits file-sharing sites
Full versions of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 shooter Halo Reach have arrived on internet file-sharing sites. At the time of writing over ten different downloads are currently available. The development follows news over the weekend that hackers had managed to obtain the full game from Microsoft’s press version of Xbox Live. …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Kane & Lynch debuts at No.1
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days has shot straight to the top of the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All formats Top 40 on its first week of release in the UK. Last week publisher Square Enix told MCV that it expected the game to claim the top spot thanks to the …
Read More »MP demands MOH boycott
The anger towards EA’s upcoming modern-day version of war shooter Medal of Honor has erupted much closer to home, with Conservative Defence Secretary Liam Fox urging retailers to boycott the game. In the title gamers will be given the chance to play as the Taliban in the online multiplayer mode. …
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