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Warner Bros Interactive has finally dated the delayed PC version of critical and commercial hit Batman: Arkham City. The game will be released on the format in the UK on November 25th. The Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the title hit UK retail October 21st and was welcomed with …
Read More »Apple looking to reinvigorate App Store
The App Store may have shaken the very foundations of the traditional games industry, but Apple isn’t blind to the growing competition it faces. The result, Brand Republic reports, is that the company is looking to hire a digital marketing team for Europe to lead the reinvigoration of its App …
Read More »Cooking Mama series hits 2m UK unit sales
505 Games has confirmed that total UK sales of the Cooking Mama series have now hit 2m units. Furthermore, the brand has shifted 3.5m copies in all of Europe and a massive 12m across the world. It remains the best-selling third-party series on DS since its debut in 2006. The …
Read More »Ridge Racer hits retail in March
Ridge Racer Unbounded will race to UK retailers on March 2nd 2012 and North America a few days later. The Namco Bandai driving game for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC is the latest in the long-running Ridge Racer series, which first hit arcades and the PlayStation in the early ‘90s. …
Read More »Nintendo dominates 2011 European sales charts
Ten of the 20 best-selling games in Europe this year have been published on Nintendo formats. The platform holder revealed the top-selling games for the first nine months of 2011 in Europe, the US and Japan as part of its half-year financial results briefing. The data was taken from GfK …
Read More »Jurassic Park delayed on Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 versions of Jurassic Park: The Game won’t be released in Europe until 2012, developer Telltale Games has announced. The game is still due for release on PS3 and PC on November 15th, however. Europe is a big deal to us so we’re working hard to have the …
Read More »Rising Star to publish Akai Katana in Europe
Adventurous publisher Rising Star Games has announced a third Cave shooter for the European market – Akai Katana. The game was originally released on Xbox 360 in Japan in May of this year, though the game was region locked meaning all but the most ardent importers were prevented from playing …
Read More »Make-or-break time to save Euro debt crisis
Last-gasp effort to prevent economic woes spiraling
Read More »SSX gets US release date
Publisher EA has confirmed that its snowboarding series reboot SSX will be released on Xbox 360 and PS3 in the US on February 14th. This almost certainly points to a European release date of February 17th. The game was first announced in December last year, with then EA Sports president …
Read More »Now Professor Layton is heading to iOS
One of the most cherished titles in Nintendo’s portable arsenal has announced its move into the iOS market while Studio Ghibli’s beautiful RPG Ni No Kuni has been confirmed for the West. Japanese development giant Level-5 has revealed that a new entry in the Professor Layton series is in development …
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