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LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes has claimed the UK No.1 for the fourth week in succession. It does so despite a 19 per cent week-on-week drop in sales. There’s no change in second or third, either, with Sega’s London 2012: The Official Video Game and Activision’s The Amazing Spider-Man …
Read More »UK games retail down 40% in June
2.1m games were sold at retail last month – a drop of more than 40 per cent compared with June 2011. In total, stores generated 48.4m from software sales throughout June, down 38.2 per cent from the 78.4m made during the same period last year. The biggest new release of …
Read More »Kinect PlayFit launches in US
Microsoft’s new Kinect fitness initiative goes live today in the US. Kinect PlayFit takes the form of a new dashboard for Xbox 360 that keeps track of your efforts in compatible Kinect titles, aggregating all of the information in a single resource. Confirmed currently compatible games include Dance Central 2, …
Read More »PEGI ratings go official on July 30th
July 30th is the day that the full-blooded new PEGI age ratings system for video games will go live in the UK. Games released in the UK are currently rated by both PEGI and, if they contain mature content, the BBFC. PEGI will assume sole control from the end of …
Read More »Kickstarter to launch in UK this autumn
Project funding website crosses the Atlantic after big American success
Read More »Kickstarter to include UK projects from this autumn
UK creative types will from this autumn have the option of Kickstarting their ideas. That’s because one of the biggest success stories of 2012, crowd-funding platform Kickstarter, is to launch in the UK this autumn. As reported last month, Kickstarter has to date led to the successful bankrolling of over …
Read More »UK CHARTS: LEGO Batman 2 makes it three in a row
It’s three weeks and counting at the top of the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 for Warner Interactive’s LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes. Hot on its heels, though, is Sega’s London 2012: The Official Video Game, which enjoys a sales jump of 81 per cent to climb …
Read More »DEVELOP 100: Traveller’s Tales top UK studio
LEGO games developer trumps UK rivals - We examine why
Read More »UK games store count plummets
There are 300 fewer games specialists on the High Street in 2012. MCV?research has shown the combined number of GAME, HMV and Blockbuster outlets has plummeted from 1,465 to just 1,144. GAME took the biggest hit, with hundreds of branches closed when the chain went into administration in March. Conversely, …
Read More »Guild Wars 2 release date confirmed
NCsoft has confirmed that anticipated MMO Guild Wars 2 will be released in Europe and North America on August 28th. We’re offering gamers an experience that delivers on the promise of online gaming with a truly social experience in an immense, shared world,” ArenaNet president and co-founder Mike O’Brien said. …
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