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CD Projekt Red has said it will no longer seek legal action against gamers that allegedly download The Witcher 2 illegally. Back in December, the polish studio claimed that for every copy of the game that had been purchased legitmately, more than four copies had been pirated. The developer then …
Read More »Halo 4 reveal due at Toy Fair
Microsoft may have been silent since E3, but some of Halo 4’s secrets will be revelaed later this month. Toy specialists Re:creation will be using the 2012 Toy Fair to show off its new range of game-licensed products, including figures based on the hotly anticipated shooter. Central to the line-up …
Read More »GAME PR boss departs
PR manager Neil Ashurst has departed GAME Group this week after three and a half years at the firm. He will be joining PR agency Romley Davies, where he will head up the company’s newly-signed Blockbuster account. He will support the rental chain’s growing games offering, as well as its …
Read More »Japanese Vita sales flat as 3DS soar
Sony’s new handheld has maintained a steady level of sales in its fourth week on the market, but Nintendo has widened the gap. Vita sold 42,915 units in the week ending January 8th, a slight improvements on the 42,468 units from the previous week. Sony claims 500,000 units have been …
Read More »Onlive heading to Google TV
Cloud gaming service OnLive will soon be available through devices that feature Google TV. The company will begin rolling out its streaming service with the Viewer App, according to CVG. This allows users to watch what other OnLive members are playing and communicate with friends. The Viewer App was launched …
Read More »Entertainment soars on Xbox Live
More people are using TV and other entertainment services on Xbox 360 than ever before. Microsoft has announced that the number of people using entertainment apps on Xbox Live increased by nearly 50 per cent worldwide from November to December. Video has proven to be one of the most popular …
Read More »Xbox 360 tops 66m console sales
Microsoft has announced that more than 66 million Xbox 360 consoles have been sold worldwide to date. The format holder revealed the console’s latest sales milestone during this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. It also announced that there are now more than 40 million Xbox Live members around …
Read More »FEATURE: Fitness Games
Since Wii Fit in 2008, fitness games have established themselves as evergreen titles for a new type of gaming consumer.Zumba Fitness’ chart dominance over the summer allayed fears that the industry was losing the expanded audience cultivated by Wii Fit and Just Dance. And it is around New Year that …
Read More »Kid Icarus gets Circle Pad Pro support
The man behind Kid Icarus’ return has confirmed that upcoming 3DS title Uprising will be compatible with the new Circle Pad Pro. The game’s director Masahiro Sakurai said the add-on will allow left-handed gamers to control the action shooter in a way that will be much more comfortable to them. …
Read More »MW3 to get 20 DLC releases over next nine months
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will be supported by at least 20 new batches of downloadable content between now and September. Referred to as the Modern Warfare 3 Content Season for Call of Duty Elite, the push starts next week with two new mutliplayer maps. Liberation and Piazza will …
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