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Best Buy’s UK online store goes live tomorrow at www.bestbuy.co.uk. The site will sell all products available in stores, with free delivery offered. However, the games section is managed by online specialist, The Hut Group. Users will be able to post their own video reviews, there will be a forum …
Read More »Green Man inks CVG deal
Digital retailer Green Man Gaming has partnered with Future’s computerandvideogames.com. Whenever the online website reports on a relevant PC title, users to the site will be given the opportunity to click through and buy or pre-order the game digitally. The new partnership replaces Future’s previous deal with Metaboli and is …
Read More »Rising Star teams up with Cave
Rising Star Games will release Deathsmiles across Europe early next year. The Xbox 360 side-scrolling shooter is by Japanese developer Cave, which has a cult following across the world and is highly regarded by its peers. The company rarely releases titles outside of Japan, but the firm’s reputation has risen …
Read More »GamesAid charities unveiled
Industry charity GamesAid has selected the five charities that will receive a donation of 20,000 each. The number is a 76 per cent increase in donations year-on-year. The five charities are Action for Kids, Special Effect, The Willow Foundation, Families Need Fathers and Volunteer Centre Sutton: MAPS. The 20,000 donations …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Peter Molyneux
The staff at GAME in Guildford will serve a rather surprising customer on Friday, October 29th. They may not know who he is, but you will. It’s development legend Peter Molyneux, and he is there to buy his own video game, Fable III. Molyneux performs this ritual every time one …
Read More »Hulk Hogan takes-on online gaming
Hulk Hogan has entered the online gaming ring following a deal with production company Endemol. Hulk Hogan’s Hulkamania will be playable early next year and will be distributed internationally by Endemol Worldwide Brands. The game will integrated video content of Hogan, who appears throughout the game to inspire players. Hogan …
Read More »Future reorganises Nintendo editorial team
Future has strengthened its Nintendo editorial team ahead of the launch of 3DS next year. Former Official Nintendo Magazine editor, Neil Long, has been promoted to editor-in-chief of Future’s Nintendo portfolio – which includes Official Nintendo, NGamer, Wii on-console Nintendo TV and Girl Gamer. Long joined Official Nintendo from MCV …
Read More »Microsoft working hard to meet Kinect demand
Microsoft has admitted that there has been ‘exceptional demand’ for Kinect as pre-orders sell out across the UK. GAME, Amazon and Play have already sold out of the initial allocation of Kinect stock. And Microsoft has told MCV it is ‘working hard’ to ensure there is enough Kinects in the …
Read More »NPD locks up US sales data
US sales tracker NPD will no longer release the number of games and consoles sold in its monthly report. Effective of October 14th, 2010 (when NPD releases its September data), the press will be unable to report on which consoles sold best in the US. The group is also changing …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Kaz Hirai
The mood at camp PlayStation has changed. It’s subtle, almost imperceptible, but speak to any of its execs now and they are confident and assured. They are no longer facing the crisis of confidence that surrounded the firm when the once-expensive PS3 first arrived and was suffering from the clichd …
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