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Sleeping Dogs - from the scrap heap to the top of the charts

Sleeping Dogs - from the scrap heap to the top of the charts

18 months ago the code behind Sleeping Dogs lay abandoned. A year and a half later, the game has been hailed as a triumph and sits proudly atop of the ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Aug 21st 2012 at 11:59AM in News
Sleeping Dogs beats New Super Mario Bros 2 to UK No.1

Sleeping Dogs beats New Super Mario Bros 2 to UK No.1

Square Enix action title Sleeping Dogs has pipped Nintendo’s New Super Mario Bros 2 to become this week’s Uk No.1.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Aug 20th 2012 at 10:00AM in News
ReVITAlised: Sony spending more on Xmas marketing than at launch

ReVITAlised: Sony spending more on Xmas marketing than at launch

Sony used its Gamescom press conference to effectively relaunch its Vita handheld for Christmas.

Christopher Dring
by Christopher Dring
on Aug 16th 2012 at 10:18AM in News
OPINION: New Super Mario Bros 2 is great. And it's £39.99

OPINION: New Super Mario Bros 2 is great. And it's £39.99

This Friday is an historic one for Nintendo.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Aug 13th 2012 at 10:58AM in News

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Champions and heroes halt UK video games market collapse

Champions and heroes halt UK video games market collapse

UK games retail was rescued by the biggest licences in movies and sport last month, as it struggles through one of the weakest summer of sales in the industry’s history.

Christopher Dring
by Christopher Dring
on Aug 10th 2012 at 2:36PM in News
UK games market reaches lowest ebb

UK games market reaches lowest ebb

Olympics fever was good news for publishers of Olympic-based games, but it wasn’t enough to save the UK games market from its worst performance ever last week.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Aug 8th 2012 at 1:48PM in News
Konami moves Euro HQ to UK

Konami moves Euro HQ to UK

Konami will merge its European operations and form a new UK HQ, leaving its base in Germany.

Christopher Dring
by Christopher Dring
on Aug 6th 2012 at 12:00PM in News
EA appoints new PR agency for Games Label

EA appoints new PR agency for Games Label

Publisher EA has appointed PrettyGreen as its retained UK PR agency.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Aug 6th 2012 at 11:20AM in News

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UPDATED: 3DS XL registers decent launch sales in UK and Japan

UPDATED: 3DS XL registers decent launch sales in UK and Japan

The launch of the 3DS XL is pivotal to the future fortunes of the Nintendo 3DS and early sales numbers for the handheld are encouraging.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Aug 1st 2012 at 8:29AM in News
UK CHARTS: Olympics cheer drives Sega's London 2012 to top spot

UK CHARTS: Olympics cheer drives Sega's London 2012 to top spot

With the nation high on the triumph that was Danny Boyle’s opening ceremony, Sega is celebrating chart triumph with London 2012: The Official Video Game climbing to No.1.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jul 30th 2012 at 9:57AM in News
Murray Pannell joins restructured SCE UK

Murray Pannell joins restructured SCE UK

Sony has revealed a brand new management structure for its UK office, with former Ubisoft marketing boss Murray Pannell named as the new SCE UK marketing director.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jul 24th 2012 at 1:26PM in News
Red, white and silver PS3s hit UK

Red, white and silver PS3s hit UK

Sony has said that three new versions of the PS3 should be in stores right now.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jul 24th 2012 at 9:06AM in News

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GAME reveals 3DS XL trade-in deal

GAME reveals 3DS XL trade-in deal

Retailer GAME has become the first to go live with its trade-in offer for Nintendo’s 3DS, which is released in the UK this Friday.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jul 23rd 2012 at 3:24PM in News
Amazon to open London-based UK tech hub

Amazon to open London-based UK tech hub

Online retailer and technology firm Amazon is to open a new digital media innovation hub in the UK, it has revealed.

Craig Chapple
by Craig Chapple
on Jul 23rd 2012 at 2:48PM in News
Dance Central 3 receives October release date

Dance Central 3 receives October release date

Microsoft has announced that Xbox 360 title Dance Central 3 will be released in Europe and the UK on October 19th.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jul 23rd 2012 at 2:40PM in News
Pirate Bay traffic returns to pre-block levels

Pirate Bay traffic returns to pre-block levels

Peer-to-peer activity on The Pirate Bay in the UK is almost back at the level it was before the site was blocked.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jul 18th 2012 at 4:00PM in News

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Nintendo UK on the hunt for new PR agency

Nintendo UK on the hunt for new PR agency

Ahead of the release of Wii U later this year, Nintendo’s UK office has ditched its current PR agency Good Relations.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jul 18th 2012 at 9:32AM in News
$99 subscription Xbox could come to the UK

$99 subscription Xbox could come to the UK

Microsoft’s $99 subscription Xbox 360 trial could be coming to the UK and Europe.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jul 17th 2012 at 11:52AM in News
UK CHARTS: The Dark Knight remains risen

UK CHARTS: The Dark Knight remains risen

LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes has claimed the UK No.1 for the fourth week in succession.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jul 16th 2012 at 9:42AM in News
UK games retail down 40% in June

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.

Christopher Dring
by Christopher Dring
on Jul 12th 2012 at 11:16AM in News
Kinect PlayFit launches in US

Kinect PlayFit launches in US

Microsoft’s new Kinect fitness initiative goes live today in the US.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jul 10th 2012 at 3:52PM in News
PEGI ratings go official on July 30th

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.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jul 10th 2012 at 2:52PM in News
Kickstarter to include UK projects from this autumn

Kickstarter to include UK projects from this autumn

UK creative types will from this autumn have the option of Kickstarting their ideas.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jul 10th 2012 at 12:30PM in News
UK CHARTS: LEGO Batman 2 makes it three in a row

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.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jul 9th 2012 at 9:52AM in News
UK games store count plummets

UK games store count plummets

There are 300 fewer games specialists on the High Street in 2012.

James Batchelor
by James Batchelor
on Jul 5th 2012 at 2:18PM in News