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Admittedly, we can’t afford to drive our cars or heat our homes, but at least gaming remains affordable in the UK. That’s the finding of price comparison site Idealo, which claims that on average PS3 games are 25.4 per cent cheaper in the UK than in major European market Germany. …
Read More »Nexon IPO raises more than $1 billion
But shares fall two per cent after first day end of trading
Read More »Vita doubles up as PS3 controller for MvC3
Gamers will be able to use the PlayStation Vita to control PS3 games such as Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3. Capcom says owners of the upcoming Sony handheld – which is due out in the UK on February 22nd – will be able to use it as the ultimate controller” …
Read More »Argos: Pre-owned failed to meet expectations
Mass market retailer Argos has told MCV why it has withdrawn from the second-hand games market. In a statement sent to us this morning, the company said: "Since Argos’ video games trade-in service launched on a trial basis last year, it has not met business expectations and consequently, Argos has …
Read More »Infinity Ward handing out 5,000 day Modern Warfare 3 bans
Modern Warfare 3 developer Infinity Ward is handing out 5,000 day bans to a number of those found guilty of non-specific bad” things – presumably cheating. The ban effectively means that users will not be able to access the game with the associated account until the latter half of 2025. …
Read More »UK stores report £268m bonanza
Forget the doom and gloom on the High Street. UK games retailers generated 268m in software sales last month. That’s a 1.7 per cent rise over November 2010. GfK Chart-Track figures show that 8,261,205 games were sold last month. The No.1 game will surprise nobody, with Call of Duty: Modern …
Read More »YouTube lands on Xbox Live
UK Xbox 360 owners will be able to access a host of new dashboard apps today including YouTube, Blinkbox, MSN and Muzu.TV. As well as being able to view content from internet video giant YouTube, gamers can now watch over 10,000 films using digital movie service Blinkbox via the Xbox …
Read More »UK CHARTS: November 2011
At last, UK games retail has reason to cheer following a strong month of sales. But November wasn’t all about Call of Duty:?Modern Warfare 3 and Assassin’s Creed:?Revelations. Back in?2009, terrified publishers ran away from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, delaying their games into 2010. This year, Activision’s competition …
Read More »Hackers breach Square Enix member service
Free members from North America and Japan affected; 'No possibility' of stolen credit card information
Read More »Mario gets his groove on in Just Dance 3
Gaming’s foremost man of plumbing makes his debut today in one of the Wii’s most successful franchises. Ubisoft has released an exclusive downloadable track for the Wii edition of Just Dance 3 based on themes from the original Super Mario Bros. Mario even appears to guide players through the dance …
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