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Feeling blue after England’s loss to Uruguay last night. Think you can do better? Well there is still a place or two left at the MCV World Cup Game 5s, which will see Sports Interactive take on Ubisoft, PlayStation fight Xbox and 2K do battle with Ubisoft and more. The …
Read More »Dead Rising movie is coming… to Crackle
The Dead Rising movie is coming… but to Sony’s video-on-demand service Crackle. Back in the old world of doing things, any production that skips cinema is viewed negatively. But in today’s digital age, the fact that a film is coming to a streaming channel is no bad thing. The film …
Read More »Meet games retail’s answer to Iron Man
You take one step through the door at GameStop and your smartphone vibrates in your pocket. It’s a message, from the store, that reads: Hello, welcome back! I hope you’re enjoying your new Xbox One. Just to let you know, we have 50 per cent off pre-owned Xbox One games …
Read More »Rabbids’ TV Invasion
When you think of video games on the cutting edge of technology, you’d probably come up with titles such as Call of Duty or GTA. You probably wouldn’t think of Ubisoft’s hit kids IP, Raving Rabbids. Ubisoft’s mad-cap mini-game series may not push the graphical limits of the latest hardware, …
Read More »The Health of Future’s Business
Future as a publishing empire is crumbling. And after posting a loss of more than 30m for the first half of the year, it is taking drastic action to rescue its business. It is selling its bike, sports and craft titles for 24m, it plans to cut 170 employees from …
Read More »Zelnick: Life after Grand Theft Auto
There were queues snaking around the corner at even the most remote games retailer. It featured in every national newspaper, on every radio station and across every news channel. And in just over six months, 33m units were sold into retail, making GTA V the fastest selling title in games …
Read More »Who won E3? The Battle of the (Wrist)Bands
There were many trends to discuss at this year’s Electronics Entertainment Expo. And we will discuss them. All of those bloody co-op games, Sony and Microsoft getting exclusive content and pissing everyone off in the process, all that violence… But one trend that needs addressing right now is the wristband …
Read More »SONY: Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End out in 2015
Sony has announced the name of its next Uncharted game and given it a 2015 release date. It is called Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End. A teaser trailer was shown for the game, but Sony has still to reveal much about the game. It was a understated ending to a …
Read More »SONY: PS4 gets exclusive Batman Arkham Knight content
Sony has announced it has signed ANOTHER exclusive content deal, this time with Warner Bros for Batman: Arkham Knight. Exclusive missions and modes will be available to PS4 owners. We know, these stories are getting a bit silly now. The announcement was made as part of a special slot for …
Read More »SONY: GTA V coming to PS4
Grand Theft Auto V is coming to PS4, Sony has announced. The Rockstar game was showcased during the firm’s pre-E3 press conference. Andrew House, Sony’s CEO, has a close relationship with the Housers, having signed GTA III and GTA: Vice City on PS3. The game will launch this Christmas. And …
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