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BBC Worldwide has regenerated its video game plan… again. The commercial arm of the BBC has closed its games department in Los Angeles and moved it back to Britain to merge with the UK Consumer Products division. Digital entertainment and games director Rikesh Desai will lead a team that includes …
Read More »Amazon bringing Sunday deliveries to London this Christmas
Online retailer Amazon is to start offering Sunday deliveries in the UK for the first time this Christmas. The website is teaming up with a number of local courier and delivery firms in a move that further reduces the immediacy advantage currently enjoyed by the High Street. Throughout the Christmas …
Read More »O2 to sell PS4s on contract; 65 stores have launch day stock
Still hunting for a launch day PS4? Then O2 may be your surprising saviour. The mobile network is offering launch day stock of the console at 65 of its UK stores. The cmachine is available as part of a bundle including a Sony Xperia Z1 handset. Also included is a …
Read More »PS4’s digital games prices will be adjusted before Friday launch
Sony has said that further alterations will be made to PS4 digital game pricing before the console’s official UK launch on Friday (November 29th). EA in particular has come in for some stick for charging 59.99 (previously 62.99) for digital versions of its launch line-up, not least because that’s 5 …
Read More »PS4 gets 10 launch apps in UK
There will be a total of ten apps available on PS4 in the UK when the machine launches. Unlike on Xbox One, users will not be required to have a PlayStation Plus subscription to access the services, although obviously some (such as Netflix) do require users have a specific service …
Read More »Xbox One sells 150k units in 48 hours in UK
Microsoft’s Xbox One sold around 150k units in its first 48 hours in the UK, MCV understands. Chart-Track this morning confirmed that Xbox One doubled the week one UK sales of its predecessor Xbox 360, which was launched worldwide in 2005. Numbers released the week after Xbox 360’s launch showed …
Read More »Xbox One doubles 360’s week one UK sales; Forza 5 highest placed exclusive in charts
Microsoft’s brand new Xbox One claimed 80% of the UK’s total hardware sales last week, doubling the week one sales of Xbox 360. Forza 5 is the highest place Xbox One exclusive at No.5 in the UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 and is joined by two others in …
Read More »Vita/PS4 ‘Ultimate’ bundle in-bound this year
It’s not all about PS4 this Christmas for Sony, with the firm throwing 2.5m behind Vita, too. The company is putting together PS4 and Vita into an ‘Ultimate Bundle’, which will launch before Christmas. Gamers that own both consoles can stream their PS4 games to their Vita and play off-screen, …
Read More »Brooker’s Channel 4 video games special gets dated
Channel 4 has revealed when Charlie Brooker’s new one-off video games special will be aired in the UK. It will be broadcast in the UK on Saturday November 30th at 9pm. That’s the day after PS4 arrives on these shores, incidentally. It will also be followed by the popular Indie …
Read More »Call of Duty: Ghosts claims its second UK No.1
Activision’s latest shooter Call of Duty: Ghosts has topped the GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 for the second week in a row. It was able to hold off the advances of LEGO Marvel Super Heroes despite a 76 per cent week-on-week sales drop. Warner’s title puts in an impressive …
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