Retail

Starting today (Thursday, March 17th), consumers can try and pre-order HTC’s Vive VR headset at a number of PC-focused brick and mortar stores. The tech giant will be bringing its virtual reality hardware to Currys PC World (Leeds Birstall, Reading and Tottenham Court Road locations), Overclockers UK (Newcastle-under-Lyme) and Scan …

Indie creator of Volume and studio head at Everybody's Gone to the Rapture dev The Chinese Room to discuss originality and running a small studio

Developer Fullbright has confirmed that its next title will not be released this year, as was previously the plan. Tacoma was announced at the tail end of 2014 and was due out between Q3 and Q4 this year. However, things have been pushed back by about six months and the …

The revenue generated by game downloads has officially become one of the measures by which the Office of National Statistics measures UK inflation. The ONS has a ‘shopping basket’ of goods that it tracks, with price changes used to gauge how inflation is shifting in the UK. City AM reports …

The physical version of Square Enix’s new Hitman won’t be released until next year. The boxed release had been due out before the end of the year, but the publisher has told Videogamer that it has been delayed – although the reason has not been specified. Hitman is released digitally …

UK retailer GAME says it will now offer a 24-hour customer service hotline by transferring it to an external partner. GAME currently handles customer services internally at its Basingstoke HQ, but can only be reached between 8am – 8pm (or 10am – 5pm on Sunday). According to employees at GAME’s …

Australian retailer Target has said that it has not begun packaging R18+ rating games in plain boxes in its stores. A report earlier this week suggested that was the case after a range of titles were seen on display in plain cases at the chain’s Edwardstown outlet. However, MCV’s sister …

The Japanese arm of Amazon has begun allowing international customers to buy video games. So what, you may ask? The move offers a brand new avenue for games importers, who until now have relied on import specialists, most of whom are typically more expensive. This will give potentially even more …

The owner of the Coleco brand has said that it is no longer associated with the makers of a supposed retro console that was to carry its name. Retro VGS has decided that the work that they have created is not sufficient to demonstrate at this time,” the Coleco Facebook …

Blizzard has confirmed the rumours – Overwatch will be released on May 24th, with an open beta on PS4, Xbox One and PC kicking off on May 5th. Three versions of the game are available to pre-order – the standard SKU, the Origins Edition with extra skins and assorted cosmetic …