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The first chance for the UK public to get hands-on with the new PlayStation Vita will be at the Eurogamer Expo later this month. Units will be available for gamers to try on the show floor ahead of the console’s European launch at some point in 2012. In addition, Sony …
Read More »GAMEfest offers Modern Warfare 3 first
Retailer GAME has announced that its GAMEfest event in September will offer visitors the first ever chance to play Modern Warfare 3. This is two months ahead of its official UK release on November 8th. We are delighted that GAMEfest attendees can be the first consumers in the UK to …
Read More »First Respawn game dated… for 2015
Iain McCaig, the concept artist behind numerous iconic designs across the film and games industries, has hinted that the hotly anticipated first title from Respawn Entertainment –on which he is currently working– has a target release date of 2015. Speaking at the Develop Conference in Brighton in a session titled …
Read More »Crysis getting 360 release?
2007 PC title Crysis could be due for a long-awaited console release on Xbox 360. That’s if the rumours coming from Korea, and published by Kotaku, are found to be correct. A new listing from the Korean ratings board lists Crytek’s game for the console and names the publisher as …
Read More »Bee.com launches first High Street store
Everyone thought Play.com or Amazon would do it first. Even The Hut Group talked about it last year. But it’s emerging online retailer Bee.com that has taken the bold step onto the High Street. The website launched a shop in the Manchester Arndale Centre last weekend. The new outlet is …
Read More »NGP to hit Europe this year?
Forget what you’ve heard about Japan getting it first – third party licensees insist that NGP will arrive in Europe this year. Sources have told MCV that development deadlines have been set to ensure key Western releases are finished before the end of the summer for deployment in the autumn. …
Read More »Famitsu reviews 3DS launch line-up
Weekly Japanese games magazine Famitsu has gone live with its reviews of the 3DS software line-up ahead of the machine’s global debut in the territory on February 26th. The star performer is Nintendo’s own Nintendogs + Cats, which was granted an impressive 38/40 score from the publication’s four panelists. Behind …
Read More »Cataclysm breaks new records
The popularity of Blizzard’s MMO World of Warcraft shows no signs of abating with news that the latest expansion for the title has broken another record in the PC market. The developer has revealed that WoW: Cataclysm sold an amazing 4.7m units worldwide in its first month of release – …
Read More »PSP ‘the biggest disappointment of 2010
Sony’s lack of first party software releases for PSP in the last year has mean the handheld has been 2010’s most disappointing performer, according to retailer GameStop. I think Sony did a great job two years ago in terms of coming out with a pretty good line-up of PSP offerings …
Read More »Red Dead Redemption could sell 4m
Rockstar’s latest sandbox action title Red Dead Redemption could sell 4m copies globally within its first year on sale. Analyst Doug Creutz from New York financial services company Cowen Group raised his sales estimates for the game from 2.2m to 4m, according to a report from Gamasutra. Creutz says this …
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