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3DS owners hoping to buy a copy of new release Tekken 3DS Prime Edition will not be able to purchase it from GAME or Gamestation. Eurogamer has confirmation of the no-show from the retailer. Although no official reason for the issue has been given by either GAME or the title’s …
Read More »Vita’s monster High Street marketing blitz revealed
Pop-up shops, Land Rovers and mass midnight openings will greet the arrival of PlayStation Vita next week. Sony has drawn up its biggest hardware campaign to date, encompassing everything from print and TV ads to sampling venues. It all kicks off today (Friday, February 17th) with the World Is In …
Read More »What’s Out Today? w/e February 17th, 2012
Fighting fans have plenty to grapple with this week, thanks to the return of THQ’s popular MMA series. UFC Undisputed 3 continues the successful franchise by throwing in new events, new fighters and new modes. Also out this week is Tekken 3D Prime Edition (Namco Bandai), marking the fighting series …
Read More »INTERNATIONAL FACTFILE: Sweden
Sweden has the largest games market in the Nordic region, and as a result a strong presence from the world’s biggest games companies. It also has an impressive development community, home to the likes of Battlefield studio EA DICE, Just Cause creators Avalanche Studios and The Darkness dev Starbreeze. But …
Read More »Software Sales Monitor: Market generates £12.7m
The arrival of several big new releases wasn’t enough to help grow the market week-on-week, with the UK games retail market value falling 14 per cent to 12.7m. Unit sales also dropped 12 per cent to 535,578 for the week ending February 11th. EA’s fantasy RPG Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning …
Read More »Blockbuster: ‘We want more exclusive DLC’
Rental giant Blockbuster has called for more publishers to give it exclusive DLC. It comes after the firm secured a deal with EA for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13. Blockbuster customers who pre-order the game will be able to get two additional downloadable packs. One pack contains four playable Premier …
Read More »Vita download prices – MotorStorm for £4.79
The first prices for Vita games downloadable from the PlayStation Network have been confirmed by Sony. VG247 reports that launch title MotorStorm RC will cost just 4.79 – the cheapest of the first party titles. Furthermore, the game will be playable on both PS3 and Vita. Super Stardust, Top Darts …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Kingdoms of Amalur reigns at No.1
The latest RPG franchise from Electronic Arts has stormed the charts in its debut week, taking No.1. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is the first new IP to reach the top of the charts since Deep Silver’s Dead Island last September – and the first new RPG IP to grab No.1 …
Read More »UK retail slump for January
New year fails to match strong 2011 figures
Read More »UK boxed games market plunges 30% in January
January was a grim month for UK games retail, with sales down 30 per cent year-on-year. There was a dearth of new releases last month – by comparison LittleBigPlanet 2 and Dead Space 2 were released in January 2011. In total 2,781,786 games were sold last month, down 27.7 per …
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