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Though we won’t be finding out the retail price of the 3DS until September 29th – and for the UK price the wait may well be far longer – Nintendo has hinted that the device could cost less than many have predicted. Last month UK retail told MCV that it …
Read More »Move Starter Pack detailed
Sony has listed the demos that will be included in the UK version of the PlayStation Move Starter Pack, that will be launched in the UK on September 15th. The in-game disc will include tasters of Sports Champions, Start the Party, The Shoot, EyePet: Move Edition, TV Superstars and Tiger …
Read More »3DS price and date incoming
The Japanese arm of news agency Bloomberg is reporting that Nintendo will announce a price and release date for the 3DS on September 29th, a couple of weeks after the Tokyo Game Show. The confirmation, spotted by VG247, apparently came via a phone conversation between Bloomberg and Nintendo spokesperson Hiroshi …
Read More »How much did GameStop pay for Kongregate?
Though the price GameStop paid for casual games portal giant Kongregate wasn’t divulged as part of the surprise announcement of the acquisition earlier today, one analyst has had a stab at guessing the figure. We view the acquisition of Kongregate as a slight positive for GameStop,” Wedbush Morgan’s Michael Pachter …
Read More »Starcraft II gets £44.99 RRP
Publisher Activision has seemingly challenged the established norms of UK video game RRPs by apparently placing an official price of 44.99 on today’s new release Starcraft II. Though 45-50 tends to be the RRP of console titles, the very top rate for PC product tends to be between 35-40. However, …
Read More »Analysts differ over Kinect pricing
Two leading games analyst have come out on either side of the divide in the debate surrounding Microsoft’s 130 RRP for Kinect. The Kinect bundle costs only $100 more than the cost of a standalone console, so they can afford to sell Kinect for $100,” Michael Pachter told CVG. The …
Read More »GAME: Kinect excites customers
Leading games retailer GAME has unsurprisingly welcomed Microsoft’s announcement that it is aiming high by giving the Xbox 360 motion camera Kinect a high-end RRP of 129.99 in the UK. At E3 in June, we were lucky enough to play with Kinect and can say that it truly is ground-breaking …
Read More »Kinect priced at £130
Microsoft has at last announced an official price for Kinect – and it’s come in at the top end of the UK industry’s estimates. The standalone device will retail for 129.99 and will include a copy of Kinect Adventures in the box. In Europe it will cost €149.99 and in …
Read More »Sainsburys: £26 MW2 put us on the map
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has established Sainsbury’s as a major player in games, claims the supermarket. The retailer celebrated the impact of the game’s launch during its 2010 Entertainment Conference, highlighting the event as one of its most successful ventures in the past twelve months – thanks to …
Read More »Xbox 360 S Arcade gets 4GB of storage
Having previously confirmed that it will launch a cut-price ‘Arcade’ version of its redesigned Xbox 360 S for $199 this autumn, online retailer Amazon has gone live with the first details concerning the machine. Specifically, it reckons that the console will include just 4GB of storage – presumably either internally …
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