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The next game in the Skylanders series is, as rumoured, Trap Team. The game launches on October 10th for Wii, Wii U, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and PC. The starter pack will retail for 64.99 and comes with two figures, the game and two ‘traps’. The ‘traps’ are …
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Pre-owned Xbox One available for £299
The Xbox One price war rages on as GAME has become the first retailer to break the sub-300 barrier (pre-owned, at least). GAME has slashed the price of a pre-owned Xbox One to just 299.99, well below the retailer’s 329.99 asking price for a second-hand PS4. It’s also a massive …
Read More »Taking consoles to the cloud
Do the PS4 and Xbox One have what it takes to truly achieve the potential of cloud gaming? Develop investigates
Read More »Xbox One coming to Japan on September 4th
48 developers register to develop games for hardware
Read More »2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil delayed to 29th April for India
The release of the official game of the 2014 FIFA World Cup has been delayed in India. The game was originally set for release in India on 17th April, but will now release on 29th April. The reason for the delay is unknown. 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil is only …
Read More »GamePointsNow slams digital and physical price disparity
It’s cheaper to buy a boxed game with a digital code inside than to just buy the code, says online retailer GamePointsNow. The firm’s MD Simon Ward says publishers are charging retailers more for digital games than physical ones as it eliminates the cost of stock holding and removes the …
Read More »Battle for developers heats up between Apple, Google and Amazon
Tech and retail giants seek exclusives for smartphones, tablets and microconsoles
Read More »Apple, Google and Amazon fighting for game exclusives – report
Exclusivity has long been a battleground in the console sector, but now the smartphone giants are getting in on the act. That’s according to The Wall Street Journal, which reports that both companies have been aggressively courting developers to try and secure exclusive titles for iOS and Android. Apple sees …
Read More »An Xbox Live Gold subscription can win you prizes worth $5,000
Microsoft has just kicked off a massive Xbox Live promotion in India, where any Xbox Live Gold subscriber can stand to win a Gold Rush suitcase with goodies worth $5,000. What does the suitcase include? A 100 g gold bar, a Titanfall Collector’s Edition for Xbox 360, an Xbox 360 …
Read More »‘Watch Dogs will be one of the biggest-selling games of the year’
Watch out EA, Activision and Take-Two, Ubisoft says its new IP will go toe-to-toe with the biggest games of the year. Watch Dogs launches next month and is hotly tipped to be the biggest selling title of 2014 so far. Ubisoft is already preparing future sequels and the firm’s Wayne …
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