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Christmas is three months away, and retailers need to be prepared for the influx of consumers looking for accessories and peripherals. But what will gamers be searching for on store shelves this year? In years gone by, motion controllers and cameras were top sellers (See ‘Christmases Past’). But today it’s …
Read More »GameStop adds to rewards programme, launches own-brand credit card
US-based retailer GameStop has altered its rewards programme with a new wave of loyalty incentives. The additions follow the launch of a credit card branded with the firm’s PowerUp Rewards programme earlier this week. The card allows customers to rack up bonus reward points and utilise in-store financing. The card’s …
Read More »Westone Bit Entertainment, creator of Wonder Boy, to file for bankruptcy
Long-standing Japanese developer Westone Bit Entertainment is reportedly facing bankruptcy. An industry stalwart for almost three decades, Westone is best known as the creator of 1986 hit arcade side-scroller Wonder Boy, which was relaunched on the NES as Hudson’s Adventure Island, and the Monster World series, which was recently collated …
Read More »Evolve Goliath statue announced; costs £466, weighs 16kg
Those awaiting 2K’s co-op monster-hunting shooter Evolve can now satiate themselves with a Goliath statue that lives up to its name. 2K and Evolve developer Turtle Rock Studios have teamed up with merchandise specialist Triforce to launch the Evolve: Goliath Premiere Scale Statue, modelled after one of the monsters in …
Read More »Nintendo launches Frubes marketing campaign
Nintendo characters are to start appearing on the packing of kids’ yoghurt snack Frubes as part of a new promotion. Nintendo UK will collaborate with food firm Yoplait to place characters such as Mario, Luigi, Peach and Bowser on the side of the company’s Petits Filous Frubes. Mario, Luigi, Toadette, …
Read More »Super Smash Bros 3DS continues to rule Japanese chart for third week
Nintendo’s all-star brawler Super Smash Bros for 3DS remains at the top of the Japanese software charts for a third week running, according to data provided by Famitsu. This is despite the title’s sales more than halving, falling from over 316,000 to a still-impressive 128,983 week-on-week. 3DS XL sales have …
Read More »Games media’s confidence crisis
It seems like the dust is finally settling on the recent #gamergate scandal, but what longer-term effects could accusations of corruption have on games journalism as a whole? MCV asks Simon Parkin, Matt Lees and Keith Stuart… Will the recent events deter people from joining the industry? Matt Lees: It’s …
Read More »Retail version of Minecraft landing on Xbox One one month after PS4
It seems that Microsoft’s $2.5bn acquisition of Minecraft creator Mojang doesn’t mean the retail version of the brick-building game will launch on Xbox One ahead of its rival, the PS4. Microsoft’s Xbox News Wire has dated the release of the massively popular title on Xbox One for November 18th, priced …
Read More »Windows 10 announced, coming late 2015
Microsoft has revealed the next iteration of its Windows operating system, Windows 10. Leapfrogging from the divisive Windows 8, which was released back in 2012, Windows 10 will reintroduce many of the features that were removed from Windows 8. This includes the iconic Start menu, which will implement some of …
Read More »Future’s Total Film, SFX Online and GamesRadar to combine into one site
Publishing outlet Future has announced its plans to combine TotalFilm.com, SFX.co.uk and GamesRadar.com into a single website. The unified networks will re-launch as a single entity in November, with a new-look website delivering film, TV and game exclusives, reviews and offers. Under the new structure, a new channel on GamesRadar.com …
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