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Rumours and speculation have been rife for many weeks now, but MCV can reveal that Sony is clearing PS3 hardware stock from the channel ahead of what is expected to be a new price point introduced from early September. A press conference at the Gamescom event in Cologne next Tuesday …

Consumer games site Eurogamer has announced the addition of four major publishers to the line-up for its upcoming Expo 2009 scheduled for this October. Fresh on board are Sony, Microsoft, EA and Ubisoft, all of whom will be bringing playable titles. Publishers already signed up include Eidos, Sega, Capcom, Konami, …

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