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Entertainment and technology website Digital Spy has passed the 20m monthly users mark for the first time. 20,065,530 users visited the site in January 2013 with page views hitting a total of 163,828,512m. The site has enjoyed growth of 62 per cent in the past year. Games, tech, movies and …
Read More »Read all about it: international games media brands set sights on UK
The biggest games magazines in North America and Europe are to launch in the UK, MCV can reveal. GameStop-owned Game Informer is about to start selling digital subscriptions to UK gamers via its gamestop.co.uk estore. Meanwhile, Gamereactor is to launch both digital and physical magazines, with the latter distributed as …
Read More »Hey guys – is this what sexy real girls look like?
A saucy calendar is looking to take the gaming world by storm – by pairing classic consoles with scantily-clad women.” That’s a quote from The Sun, by the way. Because, y’know, tragically socially inept GAMING NERDS like you and I couldn’t possibly be aroused a picture of a GIRL unless …
Read More »Media games outrages reach their inevitable conclusion with astounding cancer headline in The Mirror
TV & COMPUTER CRAZE IS GIVING KIDS CANCER” You see, the mistake The Mirror has made with today’s front page headline is leaving itself nowhere else to go. Once games give you cancer, there’s little scope left for a more sensational angle. TV & COMPUTER CRAZE TURNING KIDS INTO PEADOPHILES” …
Read More »Future reports annual profit climb
Publisher and media group Future has reported normalised operating profit of 6.9m for the year ending September 30th. That’s a 68 per cent year-on-year increase. Group revenues were down three per cent, although Future attributes that to the restructure of tis US business. Net debt comes in at a lower …
Read More »GAME teams up with IGN for in-store events and online promotions
The UK’s leading games retailer GAME has announced a new partnership with IGN. The news was announced by Game Retail boss Martyn Gibbs at the retailer’s quarterly supplier conference today. The deal will see the pair work together on in-store promotional events and extensive GAME advertising across IGN’s network, that …
Read More »Time names its all-time 100 best video games
US magazine Time has named its all-time best 100 video games – and as you’d imagine there are some expected and definitely not as expected inclusions. It divides its list into decades. The 1970s, for instance, includes obvious contenders such as arcade smash-hit Space Invaders and tennis sim Pong, as …
Read More »Blockbuster publishes digital magazine
Retailer Blockbuster has ventured into the world of digital publishing with a brand new iPad, Android and Kindle magazine. Covering films and games, it’s free to download and contain lots of rich media such as embedded video, interactive content and interviews. The publication is produced in-house and obviously links through …
Read More »Future announces plans to close PSM3 and Xbox World
UK magazines PSM3 and Xbox World are to be closed by publisher Future. The final issues of both mags, which are renowned for sharing content between them, will go on sale in Wednesday December 12th. "After careful consideration, Future has made the decision to close Xbox World and PSM3 magazines …
Read More »Apple ordered to run Samsung apology ads
A UK judge has ordered Apple, to publicly apologise to rival Samsung. That comes after it was ruled last week that Samsung’s Galaxy tablet range does not infringe on Apple iPad patents, despites Apple’s court allegations. In Apple’s words the Galaxy line blatantly imitates the appearance of Apple’s products to …
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