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Namco Bandai has announced an interesting launch exclusive with Amazon for upcoming RPG The Witcher 2. The online retail giant has confirmed that its entire Xbox 360 launch stock of the The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings – Enhanced Edition has been signed by members of the CD Projekt development …

Irrational founder Ken Levine says users calling for a revised Mass Effect 3 ending saddens him because they’d be left disappointed”. The BioShock creator was talking at the opening of a new US exhibit The Art of Video Games, reports The Verge. "I think this is an important moment," he …

Company claims it now boasts 31,000 apps and 'millions of downloads'

The PlayStation Vita has assumed a commanding position in Amazon.co.uk’s video games pre-order charts. The Wi-Fi console and 8GB memory card currently top the bestseller lists on the strength of their pre-orders alone. In total the machine and associated games can lay claim to nearly three quarters of the top …

THQ has confirmed a June 29th release for console and PC title Darksiders II in the UK. The game will be released on June 26th in the US. Two UK retailers have also signed up to offer specific pre-order incentives for the title. Those who commit to a purchase from …

Online retailer Amazon is preparing to open its very first bricks and mortar outlet in Seattle, reports suggest. ‘Amazon sources’ say the store could open in a matter of months, selling books, Kindle devices and Amazon exclusives. It’s part of an initiative to test whether opening a chain of stores …

New numbers from Kantar Worldpanel suggest that Amazon overtook HMV in the three months ending December 25th to become the UK’s biggest entertainment retailer for the first time. Amazon grew its market share from 19.4 per cent to 22.4 per cent throughout the period while HMV’s share slipped 2.1 per …

Online retailer Amazon has warned that it may well post a loss for its current financial quarter. This is despite a 35 per cent leap in revenues for the quarter ending December 31st, which hit $17.43bn. Despite this net income, fell 70 per cent from $416m in 2010 to $117m. …

Square Enix’s Deus Ex: Human Revolution was the most purchased digital video game on Amazon in the US in 2011. Interestingly, however, the game doesn’t even feature in the Top Ten of the physical games chart for the period. Joystiq reports that Modern Warfare 3 unsurprisingly won that particular race …

Just hours after streaming film service Netflix launched on both PS3 and Xbox 360 in the UK, rival Lovefilm has reduced the price of its service to undercut it. As of today a Lovefilm account costs just 4.99 a month in the UK. Before the cut it cost 5.99 – …