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UK retail giant GAME says all customers who pre-ordered a PS4 and Xbox One for delivery before Christmas will get their console ahead of December 25th. It follows a number of complaints from customers who have had their next-gen games machine cancelled. GAME claims it has sold hundreds of thousands …
Read More »New video games radio shows debut over Christmas
Two one-off video game radio shows will debut this Christmas on Kerrang! Radio. The rock station has teamed up with IGN for the hour-long shows, which will be broadcast on Kerrang! Radio on Sunday, December 29th and Sunday, January 5th. Under the catchy banner of The Kerrang! Radio and IGN.com …
Read More »PS4 will beat PS3 lifetime sales, says Sony boss
80 million consoles sold may sound like a huge number to Xbox, but to PlayStation it is just not good enough. Xbox 360 and PS3 have both sold 80m worldwide so far. But for Sony that’s a disappointing figure having come off the back of PS2, which went on to …
Read More »‘The industry must take notice of this new games media’
Eurogamer, CVG, Edge, IGN and GameSpot – the biggest names in games media, written and edited by the smartest thinkers and the wittiest commentators. These firms pride themselves on their critical analysis, their in-depth reviews and breaking news stories. But do they matter anymore? Clearly a certain generation of gamer …
Read More »Harrison on Xbox One and the future
Freestyle footballers, zombies, Romans and Plan B took Leicester Square by storm last month to usher in the Xbox One. It was certainly a pretty spectacle, with a giant Xbox dome, fast cars and musicians doing their best to help passers-by, industry types and fans forget about the chilly November …
Read More »A ‘substantial’ number of PS4s coming to the UK before Christmas, Sony promises
PlayStation UK is celebrating record-breaking sales of PS4, and has promised gamers that a ‘substantial’ amount of stock is now being flown into the UK. The firm sold just shy of 250,000 consoles in two days last week, significantly more than the previous record holder – PSP – which sold …
Read More »What caused the publisher pre-owned U-turn?
Publishers do not like second hand game sales. They believe that pre-owned is killing their businesses. It is discouraging gamers from buying new games after a certain period and is money made by retailers that is not being passed to the creators. Yet in recent months the rhetoric has changed. …
Read More »3DS, Wii U and Vita games better than anything on PS4 or Xbox One, say critics
The PS4 and Xbox One launch line-up has been overshadowed by games for Wii U, Vita and 3DS. Critics heaped praise on Nintendo’s new Zelda and Mario games. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds on 3DS (this week No.9 in the charts) has a Metacritic score of 90, …
Read More »Harrison: Eight-year console cycle was ‘just right’
Microsoft has dismissed complaints that eight years was too long between Xbox 360 and Xbox One. Ubisoft and EA have told MCV this year that they felt the console cycle had lasted too long and said they would rather a five to six year gap moving forward. But Xbox VP …
Read More »UK back in charge as BBC Worldwide kills LA video games division
BBC Worldwide has regenerated its video game plan… again. The commercial arm of the BBC has closed its games department in Los Angeles and moved it back to Britain to merge with the UK Consumer Products division. Digital entertainment and games director Rikesh Desai will lead a team that includes …
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