Tag: GAME
WATCH: GAME sticks it to Monty the Penguin in Christmas “Rap”
Popular pot-dealing game pulled by Apple
We reported the other day how the app Weed Firm had hit the high spot on the iTunes chart. Now it appears that Apple is not as relaxed about controversial topics as we had thought. The Metro reports that the…
Dope-dealing game tops Apple iTunes chart
Apple appears to have relaxed its usual tight restrictions on apps – how else to explain the drug-pushing sim Weed Firm sitting at number one on its App Store charts? According to The Register, Weed Firm allows users to imagine…
GAME to open experimental second hand stores
The troubled retailer GAME are planning to open two stores – one in Cambridge, the other in Lincoln, focusing on the sale of second hand games. The stores will be branded "Gametronics" and adapted from existing branches of the shop….
GAME offer a bleak 25th December thanks to the "Christmas Tinner"
Perhaps unsurprisingly for a company that recently faced bankruptcy, highstreet retailer GAME has turned to tinned food. What is perhaps more surprising is that it isn't because the executives are being forced to cook using an oil drum beneath the…
Sky Sports Pub Challenge offers prizes including free Premier League tickets
Sky has launched an app designed specifically for football fans watching their favourite teams in pubs equipped with Sky Sports subscriptions. Called Sky Sports Pub Challenge, the app lets pub goers pit their wits against fellow football fans for weekly…
Phew! Metro: Last Light is safe and now has a release date!
It's been a rocky few months for Metro: Last Light, the stunning post-apocalyptic shooter from Deep Silver. For a while back there during the sell-off of defunct publisher THQ's assets, it looked as though the Metro 2033 sequel had seen…
Trouble at retailer Comet as administration looms
UK gadgets and electronics high street retailer is in serious financial trouble, a report published by the Telegraph reveals today. Owners OpCapita may be forced to put the chain into administration. In an ironic turn, OpCapita now face with Comet…
PREVIEW: Dishonored (Xbox 360, PC, PS3)
Cross Bioshock with Splinter Cell and Half Life 2 and you'd get a fairly good idea of what Dishonored, Bethesda's latest first person adventure, looks and feels like. Developed by Arkane Studios (whose ranks include Harvey Smith of Deus Ex…
GAME leave administration as OpCapita save 3,200 jobs
High-street videogame retailers GAME have been saved further administration woes after having its assets bought by OpCapita for £50 million, most of which is expected to cover debt repayments. OpCapita, who also own electronics retailer Comet, have saved some 3,200…
