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A number of big retailers have cut $20 off the price of the PlayStation TV in the US. VG247 reports that Amazon, GameSpot and Best Buy have all cut the $100 entry-level SKU to $80 while the $140 value bundle has been reduced to $100. It doesn’t appear to be …
Read More »Tesco to close 43 stores, scraps plans for 49 new stores
Britain’s largest retailer Tesco is to close 43 stores amidst a number of restructuring plans. A significant proportion” of the closures will come from its local convenience stores and are targeted on its unprofitable outlets. It has also scrapped plans to open 49 new large supermarket stores. The company also …
Read More »Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros Edition on the way to 3DS
Forget Mario moving to smartphones – smartphone hit Puzzle & Dragons is making the move to 3DS. Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros Edition, which can be seen in the video below, mixes the game’s established gameplay with a Mario-themed makeover, with the gems carrying recognisable icons and the villains …
Read More »Internet Archive releases 2,000 retro titles as free browser offerings
A bevy of classic video games are now available to play for free via your browser, including The Oregon Trail, King’s Quest, Wolfenstein 3D, Metal Gear and more. Polygon reports on Internet Archive’s release of the Software Library, which uses an EM_DOSBOX in-browser emulator to run its programs – in …
Read More »PornHub breaks down usage from console owners
Pornhub has released a detailed 2014 report on the habits of its visitors, including a chart detailing which game consoles brought in the most traffic for the adult entertainment website. The unquestionably thorough Game Politics reports on the adult entertainment site’s research, which takes a look at dozens of different …
Read More »Annual Dota 2 tournament The International set for August
Valve has confirmed its annual Dota 2 eSports competition The International will return in 2015. The event will be held once again stateside in Seattle, Washington and run from August 3rd-8th. Tickets aren’t on sale as of yet, but according to Valve relevant info is coming soon via the Dota …
Read More »Japanese games market down 10% in 2014, hits lowest point for 24 years
UPDATE: It has emerged that the Japanese console games market in 2014 had its worst performance for 24 years. As translated by NeoGaf, 2014’s 368.55bn total was the sector’s lowest total for nearly a quarter of a century. As recently as 2007 the region’s console games market was worth 688bn. …
Read More »Demanding PC specs revealed for The Witcher 3
PC owners who want to see upcoming RPG The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt running at its best will need a beefy system to play it on. The game’s recommended system requirements list either a multithreaded Intel Core i7 3770 3.4GHz or eight-core AMD FX-8350 4GHz CPU. The GPU will need …
Read More »Ustwo: Premium games are not dead
The maker of smartphone hit Monument Valley has said that premium gaming lives on, despite the pressures of free-to-play and piracy. Studio Ustwo yesterday revealed that 95 per cent of installations of the game on Android were not paid for and 60 per cent on iOS. We’ve had this for …
Read More »PSN hit by more service trouble
PlayStation owners are once again today experiencing trouble accessing PSN. We’re aware that some players are seeing drops on PSN,” the official PlayStation Twitter feed said. Engineers are on the case and investigating.” Both PSN and Xbox Live were rocked by a prolonged stint of downtime over Christmas, leading to …
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