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PlayStation Vita owners will face a very stark choice when the system arrives in the UK next year – pay a premium price for boxed games or a discounted price to download the digital version. This will for the first time place Sony squarely up against retail as opponents, fighting …
Read More »CVs oust ongoing next-gen Xbox development
Don’t expect any official word on the subject until next summer, but details posted on a number of CVs online has reignited talk about the next-generation Xbox console. Supererogatory dug up the details of four Microsoft employees. One, Jeff Faulkner, says he assumed the role of ‘creative director of Xbox …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Rage and Dark Souls enter Top Three
The new releases are coming thick and fast but nothing this week is able to stop FIFA 12 claiming its second No.1 of the year in the UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. Incredibly, FIFA 12’s second week on the market is so big as to claim 13th in …
Read More »Brand Map: Call of Duty
This week we’re going to look at playing habits for Call of Duty using the GameVision Brand Map. The Brand Map is available to download from the MCV?Reports page online. We asked 6,722 gamers about the games, of whom 1,789 had played one in the last six months; 556 of …
Read More »Retailers cash in on £120m audio craze
The High Street could make in excess of 120m this year from the booming online game headset market. This ultra-competitive sector lets stores get in on the increasingly important multiplayer segment. It is tipped to be the ultimate margin maker for upcoming hits Modern Warfare 3 and Battlefield 3. High-end …
Read More »The Hut launches games trade-in service
Online retail firm The Hut Group has set up a new website that allows customers to buy and sell pre-owned video games. TheHutRecycle.com lets users trade in their old games, CDs, DVDs, mobile phones, digital cameras, MP3 players and more in exchange for vouchers. These can be used to spend …
Read More »PSN ‘twice as popular as XBLA’ for UK devs
PC and smartphones are overshadowing consoles, studio survey shows
Read More »Square announces its first PlayStation Vita title
Final Fantasy and Deus Ex publisher Square Enix has announced its first title for the PlayStation Vita – Army Corps from Hell. The game sees players assuming control of a hundred-strong goblin army and makes heavy use of the machine’s rear touchpad. There’s no release date for the game as …
Read More »PSN Import Section now open for business
Sony has officially launched its brand new Import Section on the PlayStation Network. It will use the portal to release titles that we never originally published in Europe, starting with RPG Arc the Lad, shooter Cho Aniki and Arcade Hits: Sonic Wings Special. All three games retain their original form …
Read More »Indies ‘are turning their backs on XBLA’
But there is a wider challenge for the traditional console manufacturers, study claims
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