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MCV had it right last week : Microsoft has confirmed that it will drop the price of all three Xbox 360 SKUs in the UK and across Europe on Friday. The estimated retail price (ERP) for its entry-level Arcade SKU has dipped to €199.99/159.99 – a drop of €80/50. The …
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Gamestations pre-owned blitz
Gamestation has made its play to become the UK’s leading destination for pre-owned games by slashing its prices on next-gen software. The retailer’s most impressive cuts have come on Xbox 360 titles, with the cheapest being sold for a startlingly low 3.99.Games such as Sega’s Football Manager 2006 are being …
Read More »Newspapers to push games giveaways
PC software retailers, look away now: Full video games giveaways will soon become as commonplace on the cover of national newspapers as CDs and DVDs. That’s according to the company that organised a ‘covermount’ offer with The Times newspaper last week, which saw five full PC titles, such as Ubisoft’s …
Read More »Xbox 360 Arcade £150 on Amazon
Amazon is selling Xbox 360 Arcade for 149.99 and Xbox 360 Pro for 189.99, listing the RRPs at 159.99 and 199.99 respectively. The online retailer is also selling Xbox 360 Elite for 249.99, with an RRP of 259.99. The original RRP for the Arcade, Pro and Elite was previously set …
Read More »WiiWare Week: Portrait of a launch title
For the first in our series of features examining the upcoming WiiWare platform and developers' support for the service, we talk to Frontier boss Braben about his studio's game LostWinds, a launch title for the distribution platformâ?¦
Read More »Xbox 360 price drop confirmed?
A report in the German Financial Times claims to corroborate reports circulating earlier this week – and confirmed by MCV – that Microsoft will cut the price of the Xbox 360. Reportedly ahead of Microsoft’s official confirmation on Monday morning, the paper says that the price of the entry-level Arcade …
Read More »The world’s 100 most successful studios are named next month
2008 edition of the Develop 100 set for release in April
Read More »Gamestation HQ safe from closure
GAME Group has confirmed that it won’t be closing Gamestation’s York office. The news comes after the retailer revealed two new MDs. Tricia Brennan has taken up the reins at GAME and Martyn Gibbs will now head up the Gamestation team. Both brands have had an incredible year and we …
Read More »DSGi reveals games publishing plan
DSGi plans to sign up top development talent in a publishing push that will see a new range of own-brand titles on its shelves by the summer. The firm intends to unveil a new gaming label and unleash the titles across its 1,400 stores worldwide as well across its online …
Read More »Gizmondo boss: ‘We could never compete with Sony or Nintendo in content’
But the unlikely return of notorious handheld will be aided by open-source development says MD Carl Freer
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