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Hacker puts BBC's iPlayer on PS3; official version coming "in due course"
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Video Not willing to wait for the BBC to get its act together and release a PS3-compatible version of it's iPlayer streaming video web site, an...
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Tallyho, guv'na -- UK Smash Showdown at Gamestation
Filed under: News If you like Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and you happen to live in the UK, then this announcement might have some kind of connection with you. Twenty Gamestation stores across the nation...
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I'm learnding -- UK school picks up the DS
Filed under: News Awright, what's all this then? Clunbury Primary School in merry old England has brought on a fleet of DS Lites to help combat stupidity in children. It's safe to say the kids aren't...
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BBFC defends against recent publisher claims
Filed under: Culture, Business The British Board of Film Classification's director, David Cooke, defended the organization's cost and efficiency today following recent remarks by publishers. Gamespot...
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ELSPA wants pirates stranded without R4
Filed under: News Otherwise known as the Entertainment & Leisure Software Publishers Association (an organization working within the British games industry), the ELSPA isn't happy about the...
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Rumor: Woolworths Xmas catalog shows UK Xbox 360 price drop
Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Business UK retailer Woolworths (not to be confused with the defunct US five and dime store) allegedly published a price cut for the Xbox 360 in the company's Christmas...
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UK entices young to get tested for STDs with Wii raffle
Filed under: NewsThere really isn't a better way to get young folks to get tested than a free Wii, if we may say so. Unless you handed them a wad of cash, a home-cooked meala and a 24K gold limousine...
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Report: Gaming to reign supreme in the UK
Filed under: News When it comes to the UK, we really only know one person. So we've just assumed for the longest time that gaming was the bee's knees in the country. Turns out that folks living there...
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Rumor: Free Radical shut down
Filed under: RumorsFor those of us who desperately need a TimeSplitters 4 game, this rumor might be a bit hard to swallow. In fact, there's a very real chance you read the headline to this post and...
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Eurogamer Expo in England this October, major publishers aboard
The Eurogamer Expo is all set to kick off this October in London and Leeds. Publishers confirmed to attend the public event are: Sony, Microsoft, EA, Eidos, Sega, Bethesda Softworks, Konami and...
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PEGI becomes UK standard for ratings, other organization gains power to ban...
The UK government announced today that the PEGI system will become the sole classification standard for video games in the region. However, it's not that simple. The government also gave the power to...
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GAME is doing well during hard times
UK retailer GAME continues marching on in these tough times, opening 23 new stores since February, bringing the retailer up to 1,365 locations in ten countries. Much like Gamestop, GAME isn't hurting...
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UK government plans tax breaks for 'culturally British' games
The long battle for UK tax breaks for games industry pros may finally be over, with the government stating in its recent Digital Britain report that it "has committed to work with the industry to...
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PEGI gets more official in UK, will be legal 'by Christmas'
Like a butterfly, moments before emerging from its cocoon, the European game rating system PEGI is now only months from becoming the UK game rating standard. Speaking with GamesIndustry.biz, PEGI...
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Citroen concept car gets driven around UK, impresses Londoners
French car maker Citroën drove its "GTbyCitroën" concept car from the perpetually "coming soon" Gran Turismo 5 around London streets recently. It toured the the real-life version of a street track...
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Wii Fit is UK's best seller for 2009 so far
Nintendo is king of the UK retail gaming jungle, according to ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack data. The House of Mario holds the top four spots for titles sold on the isles during the first half of 2009. Wii Fit...
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Liverpool wants to build 'games academy'
City councilors in Liverpool (England, UK, EU ... sorta) are planning on creating a "computer games academy" in the city. The Liverpool Daily Post reports the £5m facility would train students in art,...
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UK developers calling for digital sales transparency
The UK publishing community is asking for sales information from the digital distribution networks, possibly using a service like GfK-ChartTrack to set up a download-only chart. The question is...
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Xbox 360 sales predictably spike in UK after price drop
GfK Chart-Track notes the Xbox 360 had a 43 percent sales increase over the weekend in the UK, following the price drop which sent the console's Elite version to a friendlier £199. With Sony's PS3...
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Tiga calls UK tax support 'incoherent,' seeks national solution
We're starting to notice that Tiga, the UK's trade association for the video game industry, is sort of like the tragic figure of Cassandra of Greek mythology (and ABBA's 1981 song) -- no matter how...
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