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Nintendo won’t issue RRPs in the UK, so retail is this afternoon having its best guess regarding the price of the upcoming hardware. And the early guesses suggest no-one really knows First off, Play.com has gone with an RRP and sale price of 179.99. ShopTo is selling the device for …

Dreamworks has acquired the rights to a Need for Speed film from publisher EA. And it seems as if all the pieces are already in place. Brothers George and John Gatins have developed an original story and screenplay which is based on the entirety of the IP rather than a …

Competitive gaming company Frag-Nation is organising India’s first League of Legends tournament. The tournament will be conducted online via the game’s EU-West server and will only be open to players from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. For this tournament, use of Runes and Masteries has been disallowed in the interest …

A total of 699 games projects have been successfully bankrolled by creative funding project Kickstarter. The site allows creative types to pitch ideas to the public who are then able to make a monetary donation. Of these, three potential games have raised in excess of $1m. 31 have raised between …

GAME has secured the exclusive rights to the White 320Gb PS3 in the UK. The SKU will include a white console, two white DualShock controllers and a 90 day subscription to PlayStation Plus, which normally retails for 12.99. Also in the box is an AC power cable, one AV cable …

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EA says it wants its Origin download platform to be a better version of all the other portals on the market. The firm’s senior VP of global ecommerce David DeMartini has also responded to Valve and Steam boss Gabe Newell’s criticism that Origin has yet to do anything ‘super-well’ – …

THQ’s vice president Teri Manby has resigned from the beleaguered publisher, it has been revealed. Manby, who also acts as corporate controller and chief accounting officer, is to leave the company on July 6th. The THQ VP had officially resigned from her role on June 14th. Senior director of financial …

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