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Microsoft’s Xbox One was the big winner in the US throughout last Friday’s Black Friday sales, a brand agency claims. InfoScout reckons that Xbox One accounted for 62 per cent of games console hardware sales throughout the key shopping day. The news wasn’t all bad for PS4, however, whose 31 …
Read More »Ubisoft designer confident that The Crew launch will deliver
The troubles experienced by Assassin’s Creed: Unity shouldn’t make gamers nervous about next week’s release of The Crew. That’s according to The Crew’s lead game designer Serkan Hasan told The Metropolist that he has total confidence in the stability of the game and its performance”, adding that the team have …
Read More »Japanese games retail "could vanish in the next five years"
Specialist game retailers may be dead in Japan by the end of the decade, it has been warned. Kotaku reports that a Japanese games retail employee named Osho who works in sales for games chain Pao believes that the combined threat of online retail (specifically Amazon), the rise of digital …
Read More »EU calls for Google to sever ties between search and ad business
The close relationship between Google’s advertising and search businesses must be broken, the European Parliament has ruled. The body first revealed plans for the "unbundling of search engines from other commercial services" last week but has now approved the proposal. It wishes to ensure "competitive conditions within the digital single …
Read More »Xbox Japan boss quits
Takashi Sensui is resigning as the head of Xbox Japan following Xbox One’s struggle to take off in the region. Kotaku reports that Famitsu says that the exec, who took charge of Xbox’s Japanese operations in 2006, will remain at Microsoft as manager for the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft’s …
Read More »3 and BT braced for bidding war for ownership of EE or O2
The owner of mobile network 3 and telecoms giant BT appear to be on the brink of a battle to acquire either the EE or O2 mobile networks. The surprise news that BT was in talks to acquire O2 – a network it once co-owned but previously sold to Telefonica …
Read More »Physical and digital Witcher board game out now
A board game based on CD Projekt’s Witcher series is now available to buy both physically and digitally. The Witcher Adventure Game board game can now be had for just under 40 (including P&P) from a seller on Amazon while the PC and Mac version is available from GOG for …
Read More »Violence and broken websites highlight the dark side of Black Friday
Police were last night reportedly called to a number of incidents involving disturbances as people queued for Black Friday store openings. The BBC reports that Greater Manchester Police made at least two arrests” while one Trafford store was closed following some scuffles. Three London Asda stores had to call in …
Read More »Telltale’s Game of Thrones is out next week
Last week we had a trailer and this week we have a release date – for next week! Telltale has named an assortment of release dates for the first episode in its licensed Game of Thrones series. The game will be released on PC and Mac next Tuesday (December 2nd). …
Read More »GAME announces £199.99 Wii U Black Friday bundle
The hat-trick of Black Friday hardware bundles at GAME has been completed with a Wii U deal that will be available from midnight. The 199.99 bundle includes a Basic 8GB console, copies of Super Smash Bros and New Super Mario Bros U and an Amiibo. Alternatively Amazon is offering the …
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