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Sony DADC is building an ‘enhanced’ distribution centre in Enfield after the original was burnt down during the London riots last year. The CD and entertainment goods manufacturer and distributor will construct the building on the same site in North London, which it says will boast ‘more capacity, technology investment …
Read More »Sony opens PlayStation Vita department in John Lewis
A PlayStation Vita showcase has opened in the Oxford Street branch of John Lewis. The pop-up booth can be found in the technology section on the department store’s fifth floor and gives shoppers the chance to sample PS Vita and PS3. Vita is a gaming revolution for consumers and retailers …
Read More »Bigpoint to open UK office
Online social games expert Bigpoint is to open an office in the UK, creating between five and ten jobs in the process. It will be doing the same in Paris, too, as the company looks to radically expand its Western European operations. The new teams will be chiefly tasked with …
Read More »Grab a copy of Mass Effect 3 TODAY
UK gamers will today be given the chance to grab a copy of Mass Effect 3 far ahead of its release in the territory on March 9th. As it has already done in San Francisco, Las Vegas and New York, EA will launch a copy of the game into space …
Read More »Vita Rooms arrives in London
Sony’s nationwide sampling tour reached its last destination today with the opening of a London Vita Rooms venue. The temporary showcase is at 80, Oxford Street, and is open to the public from now until the handheld’s launch next week. As with the Manchester and Glasgow venues before it, the …
Read More »Charity football event kicks off
A new industry five-a-side football tournament is set to raise over 2,000 for GamesAid. Organised by London creative agency SJS, the event will kick off on Tuesday, March 27th at Lucozade’s Power League at Wembley. SJS is hoping to attract around eight to 12 teams in a bid to raise …
Read More »The Tube to get Wi-Fi before London Olympics
The London Underground will gain Wi-Fi access in time for the 2012 Olympic Games, according to Transport for London. 120 stations will be decked out with underground web access with TfL’s strategy and service boss Gareth Powell saying that the organisation was in the final stages of a tender process …
Read More »London getting Europe’s largest Wi-FI network for Olympics
Mobile network O2 is to provide free wi-fi access across the London boroughs of Chelsea, Westminster and Kensington as part of a roll out that aims to become Europe’s largest free wi-fi zone. The wi-fi network will be provided through base stations attached to street equipment such as phone boxes …
Read More »Sony outlines UK Vita tour
UK consumers will be able to go hands-on with PlayStation Vita games such as Uncharted: Golden Abyss before the handheld launches. Sony is bringing ‘Vita Rooms’ to UK cities such as Manchester, Glasgow, Birmingham and London in January and February 2012. The first event will kick off on Friday, January …
Read More »Games retailers back eBay store
Online auction giant eBay is hitting the High Street this week with the support of at least two games retailers. Both Zavvi and Comet will have a presence at eBay’s temporary Christmas Boutique store in London’s West End from Thursday, December 1st to Monday, December 5th.Customers will be able to …
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