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GameStop’s digital distribution service Impulse is now offering games for Indian users in Indian Rupees. However, the site does mention that the Indian price is simply a direct conversion of the games’ US prices based on the most recent currency conversion rates. The GameStop store doesn’t take into account prices …
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UK to get its first Microsoft Store
Microsoft will launch its first own-brand retail outlet in the UK in March of next year, a new report claims. The Verge says that it learnt of the plan through sources familiar with the company” and that the High Street arrival will be preceded by the launch of an online …
Read More »UPDATED: The £150 3DS XL – the race is on
The 3DS XL could yet be available to pre-order for just 149.99 before the machine arrives in the UK on July 28th. GameStop is the current cheapest in the market with a pre-order price of just 167.97. It is followed by ShopTo (179.84) and HMV which has today unveiled a …
Read More »BlueGiant announces RTS game Tryst for PC, Mac
Hyderabad-based BlueGiant Interactive today announced its next game – a competitive real-time strategy title named Tryst. Currently in development for release on PC and Mac, Tryst is set in the distant future where humans find themselves at war with a mechanical alien race – the Zali. Players will take command …
Read More »GameStop undercuts opposition with £167.97 price for 3DS XL
The upcoming 3DS XL can now be pre-ordered for just 167.97 from online retailer GameStop. That’s the cheapest price yet seen on the handheld in the UK and suggests that Nintendo’s trade price on the device is directed towards a 200 – or perhaps even sub-200 – RRP on the …
Read More »Google TV arriving in UK next month
Sony has emerged as the partner who will help Google launch its Google TV service in the UK – and it’s arriving next month. It will be the first time that Google TV has been available outside of the US, the BBC reports. It will be launched in Germany, France, …
Read More »GAME Australia enters liquidation
After along period of uncertainty, GAME isentering liquidation, and its administrator PriceWaterhouseCoopers has issued a final statement. The statement states that all remaining stores are closing down, and confirms the final numbers of staff being let go (after theinitial round of layoffstook place after thefirst creditors’ meetingon 23rd May) as …
Read More »UPDATED: Stranger’s Wrath dev has "given up on Microsoft"
Just Add Water boss Stewart Gilray has nearly abandoned hope of digital release Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath on Xbox 360. The retro remake was released on PSN for PS3 last year. However, while code for the Xbox 360 code has long been completed, Microsoft has seemingly left the project in the …
Read More »UPDATED: White 320GB PS3 is exclusive to GAME
GAME has secured the exclusive rights to the White 320Gb PS3 in the UK. The SKU will include a white console, two white DualShock controllers and a 90 day subscription to PlayStation Plus, which normally retails for 12.99. Also in the box is an AC power cable, one AV cable …
Read More »Square Enix and MCV on the hunt for UK sectors’s ultimate assassin
Developers and all those in the UK games industry invited to prove their gaming talent
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