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Who says you can’t wrap up a download? GAME has come up with a solution to the biggest digital dilemma – how to make a download look good under a Christmas tree. From tomorrow (Saturday, December 3rd) all of GAME’s UK stores (and GAME.co.uk) will stock Xmas gift packs for …
Read More »‘Half a billion downloads’ for Angry Birds
200,000 years of game time accumulated since release, claims Rovio
Read More »Limbo dev: The retail model is broken
The boss of developer Playdead has said the boxed games model has always been and still is broken”. Dino Patti, the co-founder of the studio that developed downloadable hit Limbo, told Eurogamer at the GameCity6 festival that he wants format holders to embrace the download space even more”. "The retail …
Read More »Outfit7 hits 225 million Talking Friends downloads
App developer sees 125 per cent growth in five months
Read More »First Gran Turismo 5 DLC dated
11 months on from its belated worldwide release, Polyphony Digital is to release the first premium DLC for hit PS3 racer Gran Turismo 5. Launching on October 18th, four individual DLC packs will be released for the game. The Racing Car Pack, priced at $7.99, includes 15 cars such as …
Read More »Vita downloads capped at 20MB
Vita owners with a 3G connection will have a 20mb limit on downloads, an SCEJ spokesperson has said. In an interview with Ascii, (translated by Andriasang), the rep said that despite the initial 3G limitations, this might change in the future. The spokesman added that it is providing support to …
Read More »Angry Birds downloads reach 350m
The wheels (or wings) show no signs of falling off the Angry Birds juggernaut anytime soon. Developer Rovio Mobile says its franchise has now generated more than 350 million downloads across all platforms. Are people still playing? Just a bit. General manager Andrew Stalbowtold the TechCrunch Disrupt conferenceyesterday that mobile …
Read More »GAME rolls out digital Xbox games nationwide
As of today every GAME and Gamestation store in the UK has a range of Xbox Live digital titles on their shelves. In February this year the range was trailed in 44 stores, with customers receiving a code to download the content either on a paper receipt, email or SMS …
Read More »Game Boy games exclusive to 3DS Ambassadors
Having confirmed an unexpected 3DS price cut earlier today, Nintendo has now detailed how it intends to reward those who paid out full price for the system just a few weeks ago. Every current 3DS owner will be entitled to ten free NES games and ten free Game Boy Advance …
Read More »Amazons UK games download store ready for October launch
Online retail behemoth Amazon will launch its PC game download store in the UK this October, MCV can reveal. A US download store has existed since early 2009 but it only started selling downloadable versions of triple-A PC games in November last year.It’s been a much-delayed process for the retailer …
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