We’re suckers for some slick game tie-ins, and they don’t get much more co-ordinated than this: EA’s launching Skate 2 in early 2009, and as the game hits shelves, you’ll be able to buy the special edition Etnies shoes that feature in it.

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Hi-Tec hasn’t had a great time in recent years. It’s lost its reputation for being, well, high-tech. But that’s all about to change with their new range of shoes, complete with water-repelling nano technology.

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In a move that stinks to high heaven of “publicity stunt”, Japanese trainer brand Onitsuka Tiger has wheeled out what it claims to be the UK’s first trainer vending machine. Based in Carnaby Street in London’s West End, the machine can hold 24 pairs of trainers in six sizes, and works at any time. Fancy a sparkling new pair of sneakers on the way back from a night on the tiles? No problem! The vending machines will apparently be rolling out throughout the country in the near future.

Out now | £TBC
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