Rockstar’s Max Payne 3 hits the UK High Street tomorrow – and retail has pegged it as a significant release fit for the discount treatment. HMV is selling the game for 37.99 outright or for just 7.99 if you trade-in either Starhawk, The Witcher 2 or Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon …
Read More »GAME running 99p Sniper Elite V2 offer
Sniper Elite V2 can be had for as little as 99p on the High Street this Friday thanks to GAME’s latest trade-in offer. Customers can trade-in any two of the following games to be eligible for the price – Assassin’s Creed Revelations, Batman: Arkham City, Battlefield 3, Modern Warfare 3, …
Read More »Tesco slashes game prices as it continues market assault
Having declared itself as The Home of Gaming” last week, Tesco has revealed a new promotion that offers a number of new games for rock-bottom prices. Both Mass Effect 3 and SSX can now be had for just 24.91. Titles slashed to just 21.91 include Street Fighter X Tekken and …
Read More »New iPad prices – Carphone Warehouse reveals cheapest trade-in deals
The New Apple iPad will be released in the UK on March 16th and already consumers are in a scramble to find where they can get their hands on the device and how much it will cost. The standard pricing is as follows. For the Wi-Fi machine prices start at …
Read More »FEATURE: Can we stop ‘suicidal’ games prices?
There’s no margin to be made on new releases anymore.” MCV hears this more and more from specialist stores every week. Once upon a time boxed games would be sold very close to their RRP on release day. But this hasn’t been the trend for years. Earlier this month we …
Read More »UPDATED: Vita game downloads – complete UK price list
Sony has at last released the complete UK digital launch line-up for PlayStation Vita and, interestingly, Sony has chosen not to mirror its overseas strategy and has priced the digital games at the same RRP they will carry on the High Street. The most expensive game is EA’s FIFA Football, …
Read More »Vita download prices – MotorStorm for £4.79
The first prices for Vita games downloadable from the PlayStation Network have been confirmed by Sony. VG247 reports that launch title MotorStorm RC will cost just 4.79 – the cheapest of the first party titles. Furthermore, the game will be playable on both PS3 and Vita. Super Stardust, Top Darts …
Read More »The true speed at which games prices erode
The average price of a boxed video game falls by almost a quarter after just 30 days on sale. New retail research – which includes pricing data from over 50 retailers – shows that games prices dropped 23.5 per cent after 30 days, 30.8 per cent after 60 days, and …
Read More »Trade-in your 3DS and get Vita for £99.99
UK retailer GameStation has unveiled a range of trade-in options for those wishing to offset the cost of a PlayStation Vita by handing over an old machine. As spotted by PocketGamer, a range of deals are available, some of which bring the price of a Wi-Fi Vita down to as …
Read More »Zynga must attract 9-10m daily users to stop stock slide
One US analyst has warned that Zynga will have to start attracting a high number of new users to offset the declines suffered by its titles and justify its newfound share price. The publisher’s most recent releases Scramble With Friends and Hidden Chronicles have failed to replicate the successes of …
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