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Home Retail Group, the owning company of catalogue chain Argos, has reported a shocking set of numbers in its half-year financial report. Profits for the period collapsed by 71 per cent to 29.4m. Though the performance of another of its brands, Homebase, was described a robust” Argos itself was said …

Sony's next-generation portable to retail from £230

A checkout error at a number of Sainsbury’s stores last night resulted in the supermarket selling a specific PS3 console bundle for just 114.01 last night. As spotted by those eagle-eyed bargain hunters on HotUKDeals, the error concerned the chain’s current 199 deal on 160GB PS3 consoles complete with two …

Firelight Technologies lead designer Raymond Biggs says game audio tools are 'too different' from other industries

The clock is ticking and the deadline to choose which charity you’d like GamesAid to support in the year ahead is rapidly approaching. Fret not, though, for registered GamesAid members can now vote quickly and easily online. First of all, sign up to GamesAid at the official website. Once you’ve …

Sony has confirmed the UK price for the PlayStation Vita, which last night was given a European and American release date of February 22nd. The entry-level wi-fi only model will retail for 229.99. The higher-spec 3G SKU will cost 279.99. There are no details yet of what deals will be …

There’s no let-up this week as the triple-A new releases continue to come thick and fast, and this time it’s the turn of Batman: Arkham City to get the trade-in discount treatment. And once again it’s HMV that has delivered the most appetising offer. The retailer will sell consumers a …

Sony’s wasting no time locking in launch plans for its next handheld. The format-holder has tonight confirmed the PlayStation Vita will arrive in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Australasia on Wednesday, February 22nd. North America gets the handheld on the same day. That’s just two months after the Japanese …

Korean MMO developer confirms Epic agreement with announcement of online game Bless

As is sadly quite often the case before a big new release nowadays, the release of EA’s Battlefield 3 has been sullied by the game’s arrival on illegal torrent sites. A 9.96GB download is already doing the rounds that allows pirates complete access to the game’s single player mode on …