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Customers pre-ordering and purchasing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 from GAME will receive 4Gb USB dog tags containing ‘classified Call of Duty content’. The offer is available to purchasers of the Hardened edition (which contains the steelbook case, limited edition journal, founder status on Call of Duty: Elite plus …
Read More »FEATURE: GameStop rising to the digital challenge
At their most recent SEC filing, GameStop reported sharply declining sales. This gave many a reason to say that GameStop had finally hit a brick wall because of declining retail store traffic, increasing competition from iPads and iPhones, and skyrocketing online sales from the publishers directly to the consumers. While …
Read More »Execs promoted at Jagex
RuneScape development studio and publisher Jagex has appointed two new staff to senior positions. Daniel Clough has now joined the team as chief operating officer, while Wendy Rosenthal has been appointed as the new chief marketing officer. Daniel and Wendy bring a huge weight of experience to Jagex’s leadership team,” …
Read More »Turkish hackers go on the rampage
A number of websites have been hacked and defaced by a Turkish hacking group TurkGuvenligi, describing the 4th of September as ‘World Hackers Day’. Araft of domainsappear to have been defaced by TurkguvenLigi including major British IT news web site The Register, the newspaper the Telegraph, Vodafone, UPS and BetFair. …
Read More »ALRC seeks focus groups for classification scheme revision
The Australian Law Reform Commission is calling for volunteers to view current media content and focus group the upcoming changes to the classification system. The plan is for 2 groups of 15 adults to serve as a pilot project, determining the usefulness of public consultations for future assessment panels. Applicants …
Read More »Australian developed war journalism game ‘Warco’ unveiled
ManiatyMedia, Arenamedia and Defiant Development today announced their new war journalism action game Warco with an intense proof of concept video. While the video itself cannot be made public, it shows first-person gameplay in a wartorn urban centre. The player is tasked with capturing footage of specific types of action …
Read More »Microsoft reveals Xbox Live Rewards for ANZ
Australia and New Zealand now have the ability to earn Microsoft points for their activities on XBox LIVE, including renewing subscriptions and making online purchases. The scheme launched in the UK and US earlier this year, and is available only to a select few territories. It gives readers Microsoft points …
Read More »Dead Island app links to console title
Deep Silver has turned to the iPhone to sell a mobile tool that works in conjunction with the firm’s upcoming action horror game Dead Island. The Dead Island app allows customers to track their progress in the retail version of the game, as well as locate collectibles and track mission …
Read More »Amazon’s Android tablet tipped for November
Further details on Amazon’s upcoming Android-powered tablets have emerged, describing the colour-screened 7-inch device simply as the ‘Amazon Kindle’. TechCrunch’s MG Siegler said"I’ve seen it and used it", adding that a condition of hands-on time with Amazon’s new hardware was that no pictures would be taken. Nevertheless Siegler reveals much …
Read More »Crytek denies studio working conditions claims
A detailed and malicious assessment of working conditions at Crytek has been disputed, condemned and in some cases disproved by the company’s co-founder. The German independent studio has been subjected to onslaught of accusations from what appears to be a single individual, likely a former employee, who has anonymously published …
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