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Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned will cost just 1200 Microsoft points (10.20) for one week only from August 24th. The DLC for GTA IV typically costs 1600 Microsoft Points (13.60), and its price cut is part of Microsoft’s regular Xbox Live ‘Deals of the Week’, which the …

Sports Interactive’s Football Manager 2010 will hit PC and Mac on October 30th, alongside Football Manager Handheld 2010 on PSP. Last year’s entry in the series spent 22 weeks at the top of the ChartTrack PC charts and sold well over 1 million copies, and for this year’s games Sports …

Though the developer still wants to make â??AAA core action-adventure games'

Publisher loses interest in high-profile, blockbuster buyouts



â??The PS3 is a powerful machine but a difficult one to get the best out ofâ??, says Crytek UKâ??s Karl Hilton

Mad Catz has announced it will be releasing a range of accessories based on Activision Blizzard’s Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Under a new agreement with Activision, the company will release officially branded controllers and other peripherals on all formats alongside the game when it releases in November. We …

Square Enix has yet to decide whether or not it will release Dragon Quest IX in western markets. The DS RPG made its debut last month in Japan, but the publisher has yet to confirm it will be released in the US or Europe, according to VG247. Dragon Quest IX …

Andy Robson on the merits of the QA stepping stone

Retro gaming and accessory specialist Blaze has unveiled its new handheld gaming system, named the Dingoo A320. The console offers emulation of a number of retro systems, and doubles up as an MP3 player, movie viewer and FM radio. Complete with a 16 million colour 2.8" LCD screen, a 4GB …

Nintendo of America has revealed that the DSi, its third iteration of its twin-screened handheld hit, sold 1.7m units in its first three months on sale in North America – the best performance from a Nintendo machine in recent times. The original DS sold just under 1.38m in the same …