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Namco Bandai is spending big to make Dark Souls II the next big RPG blockbuster. The publisher is splashing 1m on marketing the RPG, which is Namco’s biggest ever campaign. The title launches March 14th on PS3 and 360. Dark Souls II is the sequel to the 2011 cult hit, …
Read More »January retail games sales jump 24 per cent
UK games retailers enjoyed a bumper January, despite a severe lack of new games. According to UKIE/GfK Chart-Track figures, 2.2m physical games were sold in UK stores last month, which is 5.4 per cent up over January 2013. The combined revenue of these games topped 58.5m, a 23.9 per cent …
Read More »Nintendo reveals football management game, sets release dates for Mario Golf and Kirby
Nintendo tonight made a number of 3DS announcements – including news it is developing a football management title. Entitled Nintendo Pocket Football Club, the game lets 3DS owners build their own football team and train up the team using cards. Think of a stripped down, cutesy Football Manager. It is …
Read More »Mario Kart 8 gets UK release date
The biggest game on the Wii U release calendar has a UK release date. The game will launch on May 30th, and will let players control Bowser’s minions for the first time. Mario Kart 8 does not particularly use the Wii U GamePad to any particular degree, but it remains …
Read More »Xbox European boss Chris Lewis steps down
Xbox VP of EMEA Chris Lewis has announced he will retire from the company, MCV can reveal. Lewis is a 25-year veteran of Microsoft, joining the firm in 1989, and has led the Xbox business since it started and held various sales and marketing roles. He officially leaves in the …
Read More »GAMEtronics: Battle of the CEXes
The two biggest video game retail chains are going to war on the High Street. GAME is taking on pre-owned giant CEX with GAMEtronics, which are new-style stores that specialise in buying and selling electronic items such as tablets, laptops, cameras as well as games. And the first two GAMEtronics …
Read More »GAME unpaid rent lawsuit is ‘only’ £3m
The figure GAME may have to pay if it loses its court case with its landlords is 3m, not the ‘tens of millions’ as originally reported in the national press. The firm made the statement on record at a court hearing today in an effort to calm fears that this …
Read More »High Street retail offers PC games ‘invaluable exposure’
PC GAMING WEEK: Sales of boxed PC games may have reached their lowest point in history, but the creators of Football Manager and The Sims insist the High Street remains vital. The majority of PC games are bought digitally. Yet Sports Interactive’s Miles Jacobson and The Sims exec producer Rachel …
Read More »GAMEtronics stores open today, will stock some new products
GAME’s new stores open their doors today, MCV can reveal, and the firm says the outlets will stock a range of ‘new products’. GAMEtronics is the new brand and are currently restricted to just Lincoln and Cambridge. The outlets will focus heavily on trading in and electronic goods, such as …
Read More »‘We’ll launch GTA on other platforms if that’s where the consumers are’
New versions of Grand Theft Auto V could come to other platforms, if that’s where the gamers are, says Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick. The publisher boss would not be drawn on whether the game will arrive on PC and next-gen consoles, or not, which isn’t surprising as the firm leaves …
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