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Maybe one day it’ll be regarded alongside festive hits like Merry Christmas Everybody, All I Want For Christmas Is You and Fairytale Of New York? Anyway, there’s a song called Minecraft Christmas. The Official Charts Company has it at number 52 in the midweek UK charts. English Band Area 11 …
Read More »UPDATED: Bully released on PS3 in Europe
Cult Rockstar hit Bully could finally be getting a PS3 release, it seems. Siliconera reports that ESRB ratings indicate that a number of Rockstar’s PS2 titles are being lined up for a digital release on the PlayStation Network including Bully, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, Red Dead Revolver, Midnight …
Read More »European and PAL PS3 sales reach 30m sold
SCEE has confirmed that 30m PS3 consoles have been sold to customers – not shipped – across European and PAL territories. This milestone was hit on Monday December 17th. This is a major milestone for us and clearly shows just how popular the PlayStation brand and products are within Europe …
Read More »"Weakened" sales of Resident Evil 6 force Capcom to lower forecasts
Capcom has lowered its net income predictions by nearly a third for the year ending March 31st. It had previously forecast 105,000m in net sales, 15,700m in ordinary income and 9,800m in net income. These numbers have been reduced to 93,500m, 10,000m and 9,500m respectively. The publisher admitted that while …
Read More »Planetside 2 to make console jump?
Sony Online Entertainment president John Smedley has said that 70 per cent of the company’s revenues come from PS3. We have two operating free-to-play games on PS3 right now – DC Universe and Free Realms. So we’re uniquely placed having helped to build the PlayStation Network in the first place,” …
Read More »The War Z devs defend Steam release, says players "misread" product description
The executive producer of The War Z has apologised for the furore that has surrounded the release of the game on Steam, although it’s clear that he thinks much of the criticism is unfair. MCV reported yesterday that users had taken exception to a number of claims made in the …
Read More »Godus faces nail-biting Kickstarter close as it nears £450k target
Peter Molyneux’s Godus faces a tense last two days as the Kickstarter project slowly closes in on its 450,000 target. At the time of writing Godus stands at 418,000 – just 32,000 short of its goal. But with only 56 hours to go, it’s very much squeaky bums time down …
Read More »The War Z arrives on Steam, attracts criticism
Standalone DayZ rival The War Z has finally been released on Steam – and has instantly been slated for a host of technical compromises. The vanilla version of the game costs 9.89 while other SKUs priced at 13.49 and 29.69 that include in-game currency. This in itself has irked some …
Read More »Toy sales expected to fall 1.8% in 2013 while games tumble 28.3% in 2012. Why?
Yes, we all know that retail is a tough environment at the moment. But video games are amongst the worst performers of 2012. Sister site Toy News reports that IBISWorld data predicts that the UK toy market will likely decline by just 1.8 per cent throughout 2013. The 2012 games …
Read More ȣ175 Neo Geo X handheld available now
An innovative reinvention of cult platform the Neo Geo is now on sale. The Neo Geo X Gold Limited Edition is available from Blaze for 175 in the UK. It costs $199 in the US, although some retailers – notably Amazon – are selling it for as much as $245. …
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