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Sony has dropped the price of the PSP once again in North America. From Sunday February 27th the machine will carry an RRP of $129.99 – tantalisingly close to the magic $99.99 mark. The device currently retails for around $169.99. It was only back in October 2010 that Sony slashed …

Sony has decided to cancel the release of PS3 racer MotorStorm Apocalypse in New Zealand. Kotaku reports that the move was made as a result of the recent devastating earthquakes that have hit the Christchurch region. Retailers have been telling customers that "the decision has been made now out of …

58 companies. 20 different games. 17 retailers. 12 publishers. Whichever way you cut it, the 19 prizes at this year’s MCV Industry Excellence Awards are going to be contested by a diverse number of businesses. Sure, a clutch of the finalists were inevitable choices.11 nominations for Microsoft is a fitting …

Some of the biggest names in UK retail are set to square off in April as the Retail nominations for the MCV Awards 2011 are finally revealed. GAME, HMV and Zavvi are all competing in both the Specialist Retailer and new Digital Retail Innovation categories, while GameStation also muscles its …

Nearly 60 companies from across the games industry are nominated for prizes at this year’s MCV Industry Excellence Awards. Microsoft and Ubisoft lead the pack, with 11 and nine finalist places respectively. From physical retail to digital distribution, via publishers and peripherals brands, the nominated firms from across the trade …

A host of new DLC for some of gaming’s biggest titles has been announced overnight. First up, having only hit UK retail today, the first digital content update for Sony’s Killzone 3 has already been updated. Called the ‘Steel Rain Map Pack’, it will include two new multiplayer maps – …

Negotiations for a merger between Britain’s two biggest game trade bodies have broken down, Develop can reveal. Tiga will today issue a statement to the press claiming it is no longer considering a merger with UKIE. It appears that Tiga, the association for developers, was the group most interested in …

At Microsoft’s Xbox 360 showcase last night EA made the startling claim that Crysis 2 will not take any sort of performance knock when its 3D mode is enabled. In many previous 3D games users have had to endure a drop in visual detail, resolution and often framerate compared to …

Undoubtedly it’s not the start Microsoft would have wanted – the firm has admitted that as many as one in ten updates to Windows Phone 7 handsets have resulted in significant technical problems. The platform holder has blamed a combination of poor internet connections and insufficient computer space. However, it …

Much of the world’s games press gathered in the US yesterday to see a showcase of the big titles Microsoft has in store for Xbox 360 owners in the year ahead. Gears of War 3, which earlier this week was given a firm September release date, clearly took much of …