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The Entertainment Retailers Association is reaching out to UKIE and calling on games publishers to help stop grey importing and street date breaks. In a letter to MCV, ERA boss Kim Bayley said: There have always been some less than scrupulous retailers who try to steal a march on the …
Read More »Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam Bros joins Nintendo’s 3DS line-up for December 2015
The fifth Mario role-playing game is coming to the UK earlier than you might have expected. Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam Bros sees the Italian siblings accidentally unleash characters from the 2D Paper Mario universe into their 3D world after fiddling with a magical tome in Princess Peach’s Castle. 3D …
Read More »VIDEO: Rock Band 4 has a release date
Rock Band’s encore will return to rocking this October. Rock Band 4 has finally had a release date set, with the rhythm music title coming to PS4 and Xbox One on October 6th. Prices for the upcoming game have also been released by US retailers Amazon and Gamestop opening up …
Read More »Elite: Dangerous standard beta kicks off, bringing price of entry down to £50
Frontier’s Elite: Dangerous can now be played for a price resembling the cost of a normal console release. That’s despite the fact it’s a PC game. But still, the now live 50 standard beta is significantly cheaper than the 200 alpha from earlier in the year or the 100 premium …
Read More »Xbox One to launch in China on September 23rd; Prices start at £355
China will become an officially supported Xbox One region when the console arrives the in the freshly green-lit territory in September. It will be the first foreign machine to go on sale in the territory since trade restrictions preventing the sale of games consoles were lifted at the turn of …
Read More »MotoGP 14 to debut on PS4 in June
The MotoGP franchise is racing its way to Sony’s new console for the first time. Creator Milestone has revealed MotoGP 14 will launch in June and will be making its way to PS4, in addition to PS3, Vita and PC. A final release date is yet to be confirmed. MotoGP …
Read More »Awesomenauts Assemble! coming to PS4 next month
2D side-scrolling MOBA Awesomenauts Assemble will launch on PS4 on March 5th. UK pricing is yet to be confirmed, but the title will cost €9.99 across Europe and $9.99 in North America. Swords & Soldiers developer Ronimo confirmed the release of the game in a blog post on behalf of …
Read More »GAME and Nintendo on the hunt for UK’s best Pokemon player
The Nintendo Pokemon X and Pokemon Y Battle Tournament 2014 has been officially announced. It kicks off on March 1st and takes place at a number of UK shopping centres – beginning in Birmingham’s Bullring and at GAME Brighton. The winners of both Expert (13 years and over) and Junior …
Read More »Spencer admits it "didn’t feel good" to delay Xbox One in Euro markets
Microsoft Studios boss Phil Spencer has spoken about his disappointment at his company’s decision to postpone the launch of Xbox One in some territories. "I wish we had the global coverage that we originally announced when we stood on stage at E3," he said told OXM. "I stood on stage …
Read More »Sony dates PS4 for India
The PlayStation 4 will go on sale in India on 6th January at a maximum retail price of Rs 39,990 (390). The press conference announcement was attended by Kinichiro Hibi, managing director of Sony India; Robert Fisser, vice president of SCEE for Middle East, Africa, Turkey and India, and Atindriya …
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