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Konami has announced that it has secured the licenses of 20 Brazilian top division clubs, a first for the franchise. Brazilian star Neymar will grace the cover in certain marketsalongside Christiano Ronaldo. The Brazilian clubs to be featured in the game are: Atltico Goianiense Atltico Mieiro Bahia Botafogo Corinthians Coritiba …
Read More »Indies getting exclusive Borderlands 2 Top Trumps Limited Edition
2K Games is to release a Limited Edition version of Borderlands 2 Top Trumps exclusively for indie retailers. Called the Guns Guns Guns, the SKU is limited to 5,000 copies and will never be released at retail. It will be made available to those who pre-order the game through retailers …
Read More »Game4u announces preorder promotions for FIFA 13, Resident Evil 6
Specialist games retailer Game4u today announced its preorder bonuses for FIFA 13 and Resident Evil 6. While all retailers are offering bonus DLC on preorders of FIFA 13, Game4u is additionally offering personalised t-shirts on preorders across all platforms. The preorder DLC includes codes for FIFA Ultimate Team, Adidas All …
Read More »Out now: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Darksiders 2, Sleeping Dogs
This month’s three big releases are in stores now, and despite a spate of festivals and bank holidays,there haven’t been significant delays. The console versions of Square Enix’s open-world romp Sleeping Dogs, which was set for release on 17th August, reached retailers on time, but the PC version was delayed …
Read More »EA: High Street games retail to become extinct within a decade
A leading EA executive has predicted the death of High Street games retail within ten years. "We know that packaged goods work today, and the majority of our current revenue comes from that," EA Games’ executive VP Patrick Soderlund told CVG. "That’s still a viable business model. But in the …
Read More »Transformers: Fall of Cybertron delayed in India
The release of Transformers: Fall of Cybertron in India will be delayed to next month, Activision’s Indian distributor has revealed. The official release date for High Moon Studios’ latest is 24th August, which is only a few days away, but Worldwide CD ROMs has confirmed that India will miss that …
Read More »Borderlands 2 preorder bonus for India revealed
2K Games has revealed that Indian consumers who preorder Borderlands 2 will receive a bunch of DLC as a bonus, including the all new Mechromancer character class. Those who preorder the game in India will receive the Borderlands 2 Premiere Club, which includes: Mechromancer class – Available as downloadable content …
Read More »Digital accounts for 5% of New Super Mario Bros 2 sales
Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has revealed that digital sales of new 3DS release New Super Mario Bros 2 accounted for around five per cent of the total. "This initial offering going forward, we’ve gotten a good reaction going," he told The Wall Street Journal. He also revealed that the share …
Read More »Another all-time low for UK games retail
The struggle faced by UK retail has reached its lowest point to-date when just 8.18m was generated by software sales last week. However, despite the drop, it isn’t the lowest week in terms of the number of games sold. Not that it is a particularly high figure, with just 396,526 …
Read More »HMV: We will do pre-owned responsibly
Publishers rejoice! HMV says it will give new games a chance to sell before introducing pre-owned copies. The retailer said in its latest financial report that its pre-owned range remains a high margin and vital area of its business. But outgoing CEO Simon Fox told MCV publishers should not have …
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