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Sony will remove all available digital content for Gran Turismo 5 in April. It had already been confirmed that the online servers for Polyphony Digital’s racer will be deactivated on May 20th. However, Sony has now confirmed that ahead of this it will be pulling all of the game’s DLC …
Read More »Amazon rebrands LoveFilm, ups Prime subscription price
The cost of Amazon Prime membership is getting a significant increase. Having previously warned that such a move was in the offing, cost of Prime membership will on February 26th increase from 49 to 79. However, customers are going to be getting a big extra for the money – Prime …
Read More »16% of US gamers have dropped physical games completely
A new report from NPD suggests that only a limited number of US gamers have made the decision to completely abandon physical games. VG247 has word from NPD’s Exploring Digital Gaming report which claims that 16 per cent of US gamers say that they now buy all their games digitally. …
Read More »Crysis Trilogy available on Origin
EA has bundled all three of its Crysis games – and more – in a single digital release. The Crysis Trilogy contains Crysis, Crysis: Warhead, Crysis 2: Maximum Edition, Crysis 3: Digital Deluxe Edition and Crysis 3: Lost Island Expansion. It’s available on Origin for 34.99. It’s probably worth noting …
Read More »Green Man Gaming ‘to consider software publishing’ in 2014
Digital games retailer Green Man Gaming says it could begin publishing games later this year. CEO Paul Sulyok told MCV’s sister publication PCR that becoming a publisher was certainly something we’d consider in 2014”. He added that if the firm did opt to publish its own titles, it would stray …
Read More »More games added to Microsoft’s Xbox Live sale
Microsoft is currently offering a host of significant discounts to digital Xbox 360 games. 75 per cent or more has been cut off the price of games such as Mass Effect, Batman: Arkham City, The Guardian of Middle Earth, Asura’s Wrath and Dust while two thirds have been lopped off …
Read More »Microsoft takes on the High Street with competitive Xbox One digital pricing
The price of one of Xbox One’s leading exclusives is being significantly cut on Xbox Live. The platform holder said last month that competitive digital software pricing was on the agenda”, and this looks set to begin with what could be a cut to 34.99 for Ryse: Son or Rome. …
Read More »Apple and Google rejecting Flappy Bird clones from app stores
New game submissions containing the word ‘Flappy’ are reportedly being rejected by both Apple and Google. A seemingly endless stream of clones have hit both the App Store and Google Play since the removal of Dong Nguyen’s original Flappy Bird but TechCrunch reports that a number of developers have now …
Read More »NPD: US spent $15.39bn on games in 2013
NPD has revealed new US sales figures for games in 2013 – and this time around, the research group has included digital revenue and second-hand sales in their findings. Following its 2013 US retail report – which showed a 2 per cent year-over-year decline in industry sales – NPD has …
Read More »48% of Vita software sales are digital
Sony has revealed that digital has very nearly overtaken physical in the Vita software market. Speaking at a behind-closed-doors meeting in California, the platform holder revealed to IGN that digital games sales now account for 48 per cent of Vita’s total software sales. We wonder what the ratio would be …
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