3,100 Walmart stores will from next week begin offering customers the chance to trade-in their games. Customers will only be eligible to receive store credit, not cash, and hardware trade-ins are not part of the program. It will be operated by CExchange, which also handles trade-ins at troubled retailer Radio …
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GOG scraps regional pricing plans
Titles purchased from Good Old Games will cost the same no matter where you are in the world when you purchase them. That’s the message from GOG after the digital retailer announced that it is to abandon previously announced plans to vary the pricing of its titles in different regions. …
Read More »Inside Rare: Why Kinect Sports Rivals is rebooting the promise of controller-free gaming
As Rare opens its doors for the first time in years, Develop went behind the scenes to find out why its confident its upcoming Xbox One title could change perceptions of Kinect
Read More »PS4 prices rise in Canada
Sony has increased the cost of its PlayStation 4 console by $50 at Canadian retailers. A Sony rep confirmed the price bump to the Toronto Sun, stating that the increase is already in effect and in response to "changes in the market environment." The price of the hardware has gone …
Read More »Exclusive Skylanders Enchanted Lightcore Star Strike heading to GAME
Retailer GAME has been named as the exclusive stockist of a new Skylanders figure. The Enchanted Lightcore Star Strike is available in GAME stores from today (March 14th) priced at 11.99. GAME is also offering consumers the chance to buy any two Swapforce characters – including Star Strike – and …
Read More »In Pictures: Amazon’s new game controller leaks
Retail giant plotting to launch its own media streaming box to challenge Apple TV and Ouya
Read More »Xbox’s big hope: Can Titanfall turn the tide on PlayStation?
Mathew Horne and Jonathan Ross have just turned up to the Titanfall launch event in London. They’re here along with a number of minor and not-so-minor TV celebrities: Reece Shearsmith, some boyband (Lawson – ed), Ralf Little, that girl from The Inbetweeners. It’s a who’s-who of: Oh! That’s what’s-his-face.” And …
Read More »PS4 outsold Xbox One in US in February as Wii U hardware sales climb
Sony continues to dominate the next-gen hardware market in America, NPD numbers show. PS4 shifted 284,000 units in February – ten per cent ahead of Xbox One’s 258,000 unit sales. Xbox One is tracking 61 per cent ahead of Xbox 360 in comparable launch terms. Speaking of Xbox 360, that …
Read More »TERRITORY REPORT: Southern Europe
Southern Europe has some of the most valuable gaming markets on the continent. But it’s a territory that’s also home to a handful of countries battling to overcome issues hindering their growth. Most countries in the region are still recovering from the recent recession that gripped Europe. Greece and Portugal …
Read More »How Warner Bros came from nowhere to take on EA and Activision
There was a time – just a few years ago – when the big movie studios were a legitimate threat to the likes of Ubisoft, EA and Activision. Disney, Warner Bros, Paramount, Fox and Marvel, with their decades of entertainment expertise and treasure trove of million dollar franchises, were preparing …
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