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Play.com is selling the Xbox 360 Premium console for just 169.99 in the UK – 30 less than the console’s SRP. However, Microsoft has distanced itself from the price drop, telling VG247 that it wasn’t a first-party directive. That must be their own deal,” said a Microsoft rep. It’s nothing …

EA CEO John Riccitiello has said that, as far as game content goes, his investors don’t give a shit about quality”. Riccitiello was speaking in an E3 interview with Venture Beat, in which he also asserted that Metcritic scores were a good way to judge the quality of EA’s games …

Eidos parent SCi expects to post a 100 million loss for the 2007/2008 financial year – which it calls a period of ‘restructuring and transition’. The news came in the firm’s trading update this morning, in which it also revealed that it is to sell off its Spanish distribution business, …

Bulgarian developer to be renamed Crytek Black Sea

UK independent developer readying for multi-platform partnership with Bethesda

Nintendo boss Saturo Iwata has admitted that there are flaws with Wii’s online Friend system – but reassured consumers the company is working hard to improve the service. Speaking to GameDaily, Iwata admitted that Wii’s system of Friend Codes was not perfect” – but that it gave parents of new …

In a trading update released ahead of its fiscal 2008 financial results release on September 15th, SCi chief executive Phil Rogers has stated that the UK publisher is in good shape following a number of recent structural changes. Revenues are expected to hit 134 million, with losses of no more …

You can say what you want about Metal Gear Solid 4 â?? unless, that is, youâ??ve been playing the game ahead of its street date.

Grant Kirkhope leaves Twycross for Baltimore

Though it’s not been out of the top three since its release seven weeks ago, LucasArts’ LEGO Indiana Jones: Original Adventures has returned to the top of the ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 this week for the first time in four weeks. It replaces Nintendo’s ever-popular Wii Fit, which slips …