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Asda is set to open a further five Asda Living stores across the UK later this year, bringing the total number of its non-food outlets to 21. The stores, which are due to open in Bristol, Chester, Llantrisant, Teesside and Wrexham, will bring the floorspace dedicated to non-food retail at …
Read More »Duke Nukem movie shooting up Hollywood
Scott Faye, the producer of the soon-to-be-released Hollywood version of Take 2’s slow-mo shooter Max Payne, has revealed that he’s currently working with 3D Realms on a cinema outing for no-nonsense action hero Duke Nukem. Kotaku quotes Faye as stating: I’m working diligently at making a Duke Nukem movie scenario …
Read More »WoW userbase still growing
The recent success of titles such as Eidos’ Age of Conan and Codemasters’ Lord of the Rings Online had lead some to speculate that long-term market leader World of Warcraft is on the wane – not so, according to its developer. Speaking to VG247 at Games Convention, Blizzard’s lead designer …
Read More »COMPETITION: Win Ubisoft games!
Ubisoft is generously giving away copies of its upcoming Q4 blockbusters – Prince Of Persia, Far Cry 2, Tom Clancy’s EndWar and Shaun White’s Snowboarding. To be in with a chance of winning this very generous prize, simply send an answer to the following question to ubisoft@intentmedia.co.uk. In which continent …
Read More »EA loses $120m on Harry Potter delay
The delay to EA Casual Entertainment’s Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince game will costs the publisher $120m in this financial year. Visit MCV sister site CasualGaming.biz for the full story.
Read More »Warner snaps up F.E.A.R rights
Warner Bros. has acquired the rights to the F.E.A.R franchise, which was previously owned by Vivendi. The deal is the first evidence of publishers ‘picking off’ unwanted franchises from Activision Blizzard – which is likely to sell more ex-Vivendi properties in the coming months. Development control of F.E.A.R now returns …
Read More »Games overtaking music at HMV
Video games are set to become more lucrative category than music for HMV. Britain’s leading CD retailer has predicted that music will soon account for a quarter of its sales – down from the 30 per cent it enjoys at present. HMV CEO Simon Fox told The Sun: Within the …
Read More »Infogrames strikes Namco Bandai deal
Namco Bandai has acquired a 34 per cent stake in Infogrames’ European and Asian distribution operations, in turn creating a new ‘standalone entity’ that will handle the distribution of both businesses’ boxed product as well as other publishers’ titles. The newly-formed group will boast Infogrames’ existing global distribution network, and …
Read More »Psyonix licences UE3
'War room' games developer using Epic middleware for arena-based auto-fighter
Read More »UK CHARTS: Mercenaries 2 leads as EA claims top three
Super publisher EA has beaten seven bells out of its chart opposition this week by claiming the top three spots in the Gfk ChartTrack UK All Format Top 40 – with Pandemic’s free-roaming blast-em-up Mercenaries 2: World in Flames leading the charge. Mercenaries’ success was no doubt aided by its …
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