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Gamers who were left out of pocket by GAME’s Super Mario Maker mistake have been told to expect a refund shortly. A number of customers took to the internet airwaves earlier this week having found they had been charged 234.95 for the game – five times its RRP. GAME had …
Read More »Until Dawn was YouTube’s top August game
PS4 horror title Until Dawn has been named as the ‘hottest’ game on YouTube in July. As reported by Kotaku, YouTube defines ‘hotness’ by combining both video watch time and uploads. Supermassive’s title was helped no doubt by the attention it was given by big names such as PewDiePie and …
Read More »Two day PC Gamer Weekender event announced for March
Future has announced a new PC gaming event that will take place in London early next year. The two-day gathering is called The PC Gamer Weekender. It’ll be at the Old Truman Brewery in Brick Lane and kicks off on Saturday March 5th. A number of the latest triple-A and …
Read More »Activision offers a helping hand to last-gen Destiny players with free flash drive
Publisher Activision appears to be going above and beyond to help out those who are still playing Destiny on PS3 and Xbox 360. Bungie’s recent The Taken King update patch for Destiny brings with it a hefty download for those who wish to digitally update their existing disc game. For …
Read More »Apple will reveal the iPhone 6S (and maybe the Apple TV) tonight
Yes, it’s that time of year again. Mince pies are appearing on supermarket shelves, press releases have started using the term gifting season” and a new iPhone is about to be revealed. Apple will tonight hold a press conference at 6pm UK time in which it will reveal its latest …
Read More »Three Football Manager games confirmed for 2016
Sega and Sports Interactive have announced a hat-trick of Football Manager releases, all of which are due to find the back of the net by the end of the year. Football Manager 2016 is the familiar desktop experience, and that’s due out on PC and Mac on November 13th. It …
Read More »Pikmin 4 ‘very close to completion’
Nintendo’s development boss Shigeru Miyamoto has said that not only is Pikmin 4 in development, but it’s actually very nearly finished. "It’s actually very close to completion," Miyamoto told Eurogamer in an interview recorded in July. "Pikmin teams are always working on the next one." Nintendo has since added: "We …
Read More »Skylanders to debut on iPhone and iPod Touch
Activision will this year offer the full-console Skylanders experience to iPhone and iPod Touch owners. The company has revealed that the Skylanders SuperChargers Starter Pack for smartphones will this year support Apple’s smaller portables as well as iPad. Last year’s Trap Team was limited only to Apple’s larger device. The …
Read More »Batman: Arkham Knight’s PC patch now available to all
The PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight is today a significantly better beast after the release last night of its long-awaited patch. The fix yesterday became briefly available to beta testers before being unceremoniously yanked again. However, all owners of the PC game can now download the 600MB+ file and …
Read More »WildStar’s free-to-play switch dated
NCsoft has confirmed precisely when its MMO WildStar will become a free-to-play title. The game, once touted as a possible World of Warcraft beater, will drop its subscription charges on September 29th. Current subscribers are already able to access the closed beta of the free-to-play version of the game and …
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