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Sony has followed news of a price cut for PS4 in Japan by announcing that the machine’s Chinese price is also being reduced. Analyst Serkan Toto spotted a Chinese language press release confirming that the machine will October 1st drop from CNY 2,800 (284) to CNY 2,399 (244). That’s a …

The voice of an actually quite obscene number of video game’s most iconic characters has teased a big project on the way from Warner Bros. As per a recent spotlight feature on Grantland: Lastly, he’ll visit Warner Bros for a video game, another ‘big, big project’ that he can’t talk …

Sega’s somewhat surprising platforming follow-up won’t arrive on 3DS this side of Christmas. Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice, which is a sequel to the commercially failed Boom titles of 2014, was announced in June and was due out on 3DS this year. The team at Sega has decided to delay …

As rumoured in June, Mariah Carey is the new celebrity face/cleavage of Machine Zone’s mobile hit Game of War. Furthermore, the first short to feature the R&B songstress can be seen below, as spotted by Eurogamer. Be warned though – Mariah’s involvement is quite fleeting. Carey replaces the game’s current …

Sony has cut 5,000 (30) off the price of the PS4 in Japan. The console currently retails for just shy of 40,000 (217) in the region. As of October 1st, however, this will be cut to 35,000 (190). It’s the first official price cut for the machine in the region. …

Apps to be pulled from sale with no more updates in the future

Publisher Capcom has said it is to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Resident Evil series with… a team-based first person shooter. Resident Evil Umbrella Corps has an air of Resident Evil Raccoon City about it, although infused with a big dose of modern FPS trappings. We know the game …

Japanese publisher Experience has announced its intention to release two JRPGs on Xbox One. Pure Xbox reports that CEO Hajime Chikami has confirmed global releases for both Stranger of Sword City and an in-development game going by the working title of Students of the Round 2. Both will offer full …

One of the App Store’s earliest success stories is among a list of older smartphone games being killed by publisher EA. Included on the list is the multi-million selling Flight Control, which back in 2009 sold 700k copies in under two months on sale – an especially notable achievement considering …

CodesWholesale.com’s CMO Fatih Parlayan tells us why retailers should be using digital distribution Eliminating the need for storing products and time-consuming transportation of boxes are only a few of the advantages of digital distribution of video games. Additionally, the whole process is completely automatic – which makes it possible to …