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Mobile games publisher Fishlabs has revealed that its new Rally Master Pro 3D game for iPhone has been hit by a 95% piracy rate on its first day of availability today. That means 95% of the players using the game are doing so from copies that hadn’t been bought in …
Read More »Black Wii sparks price war
Whilst we’re used to aggressive price battles in the software market, hardware prices are typically resilient – which makes the current price war surrounding the upcoming Black Wii all the more surprising. A number of leading online retailers – such as Amazon, Play, ShopTo and GAME – are offering the …
Read More »Midway execs found innocent
Five former high-profile executives from Midway have been found innocent of conspiracy to deceive the public about the health of the fallen company. District Court judge David H. Coar has in the past months been hearing various allegations from out-of-pocket shareholders, who claimed that certain Midway execs knowingly kept them …
Read More »Online retail start-up takes on rivals
An ambitious online games retailer believes it will be able to steal considerable” market share from Amazon, Play.com and ShopTo.net this Christmas after a major investment in its site. GameGears.co.uk is eyeing a 2 million turnover for the next calendar year, after striking deals with publishers such as Activision for …
Read More »New big-screen DSi rumoured
Though Nintendo’s third iteration of its successful handheld the DSI only arrived in Europe and North America a few months ago, Japan’s often reliable newspaper Nikkei has predicted that a new version of the handheld will be released in Japan before the end of the year. The fourth version of …
Read More »Black Wii targets lapsed gamers
Nintendo believes that its new sleek black Wii console can single-handedly lure hard-to-reach consumers back into gaming. As revealed by MCVUK.com last week, the console will be launched in the UK and Ireland on November 6th – two weeks before mainland Europe. The move has widely been seen as a …
Read More »Sky TV arrives on Xbox Live
Sky’s long-awaited Xbox Live IPTV service has gone live in the UK, meaning that Xbox 360 owners are now able to access satellite TV without the need for a dish. The service, which launches with 24 available channels, requires Xbox Live Gold membership to use. The monthly subscription charge for …
Read More »GAME lists COD:MW2 events
The UK’s leading video game retailer GAME is to open around 300 of its stores at midnight on the morning of Tuesday November 10th to usher in the release of the year’s most hyped game – Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Each store will open for around …
Read More »Rockstar backs Movember
Publisher Rockstar has been unveiled as a sponsor for the upcoming charity event Movember – and is offering those who join in the chance to win an appearance in the upcoming Wild West shooter Red Dead Redemption. Movember is a month-long celebration of the moustache that is designed to highlight …
Read More »Long tail expected for DJ Hero
Ahead of the release of Activision’s DJ hero in the UK this Friday, the co-founder of Guitar Hero Kai Huang has stated that a slow start at retail is not to be unexpected – though the title’s overall sales curve could prove more impressive. We’re not expecting a typical videogame …
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