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A game that appears to be in clear breach of several copyright and trademark laws has slipped through Apple’s notoriously strict screening process. The iPhone manufacturer has allowed a Vietnamese developer, known as Dang Van Phuong, to publish a $5 bootleg Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game (pictured) onto the App …
Read More »GAME.co.uk back up and running after down time
The GAME Group has apologised for the technical issues that have marred the re-launch of the GAME and Gamestation websites. Both portals are now up and running. The pair were re-launched last Friday, gathering much attention. Gamestation’s 99 Xbox 360 console promotion, in particular, saw a record number of visitors …
Read More »Crackdown DLC suffers teething trouble
Many consumers who have purchased the first DLC for Crackdown 2 are reporting of problems with the game following the download. Numerous users of the Xbox.com forums are complaining that upon trying to play the game following the installation of the Premium Toy Box Pack their console is freezing up. …
Read More »Teething troubles for MW2 DLC
One of the most anticipated and talked about pieces of DLC, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s Stimulus Pack, is now live – but widespread reports are claiming that it doesn’t actually work. Quick-off-the-mark users who have already downloaded the content have noted a number of complaints, including faulty multiplayer …
Read More »First MW2 pre-orders arrive
With the global release of Modern Warfare 2 still four days away the very first legitimately bought copies of Activision’s shooter have begun landing on doormats – and it appears to be customers of The Hut who have got lucky. We are dedicated to getting products to customers on release,” …
Read More »PS3s Fallout content dated
Bethesda has at long last set the date for the long-awaited arrival of Fallout 3’s numerous DLC releases on PS3, with the first offering – Broken Steel – set to arrive on PSN on September 26th. Its release will be followed on October 1st by both Operation: Anchorage and The …
Read More »Fallout 3 DLC delayed on PS3
Having already missed its initial June release window, publisher Bethesda has confirmed that its DLC for popular post-nuclear RPG Fallout 3 has been delayed until later in the year. Last month PS3 owners were supposed to get the Operation: Anchorage add-on pack, but now Bethesda says that it – as …
Read More »Trade braced for street date challenge
An anxious UK trade is holding its collective breath over fears that some retailers might sell two of 2008’s biggest games early next week. On Wednesday November 5th Sony’s landmark PlayStation 3 release LittleBigPlanet, distributed by Centresoft, will hit shelves. Two days later on Friday (November 7th), Microsoft’s Xbox 360-exclusive …
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