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Successfully Kickstarted VR headset Oculus Rift will miss its proposed pre-Christmas launch. It is now expected that development kits will begin shipping in March 2013, with all orders complete by mid-April. Designing, sourcing, and manufacturing thousands of developer kits is no small feat,” an update on the device’s Kickstarter page …
Read More »PayPal clamps down on Usenet providers
Online payment company PayPal has begun cutting off accounts connected to Usenet services. Usenet is an older form of the file-sharing sites that are now common on the internet. They are generally restricted to members and can be accessed in a number of ways aside from standard web browsers. They …
Read More »Tattoo artist suing THQ over UFC Undisputed
A lion tattoo on the ribcage of UFC fighter Carlos Condit has landed THQ in some unwelcome legal hot water. Condit has featured as a fighter in THQ’s UFC series and his digital likeness includes an exact replica of a lion tattoo on his midriff. And now the tattoo artist …
Read More »Gillette Football Club signs I Am Playr
We R Interactive’s social browser game I Am Playr has struck a deal with shaving giant Gillette. The game will now be available on Gillette’s Football Club website, which offers goals and highlights from a number of European leagues. In addition, Gillette products will soon appear in the game through …
Read More »Xbox 360 almost doubles Wii U unit sales in console’s first week
The numbers don’t lie, but sometimes they do need to be considered in a wider context. Nintendo on Monday announced that the Wii U sold 400,000 units in its first week on sale in the US. Then Microsoft last night announced that in the same period it sold 750,000 Xbox …
Read More »Deloitte confirms closure of 125 additional Comet stores
Hopes that Comet will emerge from its administration appear to be fading after the biggest store closure plan so far was revealed by Deloitte. Comet is to close an additional 125 stores over the next several weeks”, leaving just 70 stores trading in an effort to sell off remaining stock. …
Read More »Bungie’s Destiny – more details leak
A new info leak has provided more detail’s about Bungie’s secretive Destiny game. And furthermore, they appear to have been inadvertently confirmed by the studio itself. IGN received details of the game via a leaked document from an advertising agency. Our story begins seven hundred years from now in the …
Read More »Free game download for 3DS buyers this Christmas
Nintendo has announced a fresh incentive to help drive its handheld console throughout the Christmas period in the UK. Anyone who buys a 3DS XL and registers it with Club Nintendo by January 15th will be entitled to a free game download from Nintendo’s eShop. They’ll be free to choose …
Read More »GTA shipments hit 125m as "special" series continues to grow
And that’s why the industry gets excited, sits up and pays attention when the words ‘Grand Theft Auto’ are uttered. Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick told the Credit Suisse 2012 Technology Conference – as reported by GameSpot – that the series has now shipped 125m units worldwide. Of that total Grand …
Read More »Dishonored sales exceed Bethesda’s own expectations
Yes, launching new IP is a gamble. But when it pays off, it pays off big. And that has proved to be Bethesda’s reward for launching new IP Dishonored in October. Not only has the game been a critical and commercial success in its own right, but it has successfully …
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