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The cost of Amazon Prime membership is getting a significant increase. Having previously warned that such a move was in the offing, cost of Prime membership will on February 26th increase from 49 to 79. However, customers are going to be getting a big extra for the money – Prime …
Read More »GAME and Nintendo on the hunt for UK’s best Pokemon player
The Nintendo Pokemon X and Pokemon Y Battle Tournament 2014 has been officially announced. It kicks off on March 1st and takes place at a number of UK shopping centres – beginning in Birmingham’s Bullring and at GAME Brighton. The winners of both Expert (13 years and over) and Junior …
Read More »Sony to reveal PlayStation VR headset at GDC – report
An Oculus Rift-rivalling virtual reality headset from Sony will be revealed next month. That’s according to TechRadar, which claims to have word from an inside source” that Sony will present the new hardware at GDC 2014 in San Francisco on March 17th. Said the source: "The quality and resolution are …
Read More »16% of US gamers have dropped physical games completely
A new report from NPD suggests that only a limited number of US gamers have made the decision to completely abandon physical games. VG247 has word from NPD’s Exploring Digital Gaming report which claims that 16 per cent of US gamers say that they now buy all their games digitally. …
Read More »PS4 and PC title Daylight will let Twitch viewers add scares
Upcoming survival horror title Daylight is adding an extra layer of interactivity. The procedurally-generated game, due out on PS4 and PC on April 8th, will allow Twitch viewers to prompt certain in-game events via Twitch’s chat channels. Joystiq cites examples such as typing meow” to make corresponding sound. Every effect …
Read More »Activision and Tony Hawk working on new project
Tony Hawk is back. Well, he’s coming back, anyway, with talks between himself and Activision having been confirmed. "Activision can confirm that they have something in the works with Tony Hawk,” the publisher told IGN. More info is coming soon." Hawk earlier this week stated in a radio interview that …
Read More »King’s Candy trademark filing "makes complete sense"
The decision to trademark the Candy name is a perfectly logical one, a UK lawyer has argued. Publisher King has come in for a heap of criticism following its move to protect its Candy Crush Saga brand, but Marks & Clerk trademark attorney Aidan Clarke says that it would have …
Read More »Gamewank’s Jamie Trinca joins Videogamer.com
Videogamer.com has appointed Jamie Trinca as its new video producer. Trinca co-founded the Gamewank podcast with Richie Morgan in 2009 and was a 2011 Games Media Award finalist. He went on to create popular video game critic character Tam McGleish. "Jamie is the perfect fit for VideoGamer.com,” editor in chief …
Read More »Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate swooping onto consoles and PC
Warner has announced a console and PC release for former handheld exclusive Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate. The game was previously released for Vita and 3DS but is now making the jump to Xbox 360, PS3, Wii U and PC in the form of a Deluxe Edition priced at 15.99. The …
Read More »Twitch Plays Pokemon causes system-wide chat problems
Streaming video service Twitch has said that the ongoing Twitch Plays Pokemon stream is causing chat problems across its entire service. Twitch Plays Pokemon has over the last few days seen thousands of players attempt to tackle Nintendo title Pokemon Red via controls input into the stream’s chat window. At …
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