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Sony has increased the prices of upcoming PS3 titles Beyond: Two Souls and Gran Turismo 6. Both games were previously priced at Rs 2,999, but are now increased to Rs 3,499. The price hikes are attributed to the continuing decline of the Rupee, which today stands at Rs 67 against …
Read More »European broadband issues delaying PS4 Gaikai streaming rollout
There’s currently no timeline as to when European PS4 owners will be able to stream PS3 content onto their machines. SCEE president and CEO Jim Ryan told Edge that the service is expected to arrive in North America in early 2014. But he’s not able to date a European rollout …
Read More »GAME reveals next-gen game trade-in program for UK
UK gamers have finally got their own next-gen game trade-in program. Retailer GAME is offering a guaranteed 40 trade-in value for a range of PS3 and Xbox 360 titles when gamers hand them over in order to upgrade to either the PS4 or Xbox One version. The titles confirmed so …
Read More »Wii U version of Rayman Legends outperforms rivals
Rayman Legends may have dropped its Wii U exclusivity, but Ubisoft’s title has still been a success for Nintendo’s machine. The Wii U SKU accounted for 45 per cent of the UK’s total week one sales of the game. It was also released on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC, with …
Read More »No more PlayStation Home updates in Japan – is the end nigh?
The future of Sony’s ambitious virtual world PlayStation Home looks very uncertain. Kotaku reports that Sony Japan has confirmed that there will be no further updates to the Japanese version of PlayStation Home from September, with no new content being added beyond that point. Support in other Asian regions will …
Read More »PS4 and Xbox One FIFA 14 has 10x the animations of current gen game
EA has outlined some of the reasons why gamers may want to either hold out for next-gen FIFA 14 or buy the game a second time when PS4 and Xbox One are released. "There were two things we did straight away," FIFA franchise boss David Rutter told Eurogamer when asked …
Read More »GameStop announces FIFA 14 £5.97 trade-in deal
With a little less than a month to go before its release, the battle to win FIFA 14 mindshare appears to have begun. GameStop.co.uk has revealed a similar trade-in scheme to that it is running for Grand Theft Auto V. Punters who lay down 39.97 on a copy of FIFA …
Read More »Sony apologises for Grand Theft Auto V PS4 gaffe
Whoops. Sony has put its foot in it for a second time surrounding Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V. The Sony UK Twitter account last night sent certain quarters of the video games fandom into convulsions when it name-dropped Grand Theft Auto V… on PS4. Of course, more level-headed observers realised …
Read More »Sony apologises for Grand Theft Auto V leak, delays PSN pre-order pre-loads
Grand Theft Auto V became available to pre-order on the PlayStation Network this weekend, but a gaffe has left Sony in hot water. Sony Europe differs from Sony America in that it allows pre-ordered games to be pre-loaded onto a user’s machine – much like users of PC service Steam …
Read More »Yamauchi: Gran Turismo 6 on PS4 could become Gran Turismo 7
Sony’s decision to release GT6 on PS3 rather than the shiny next-generation PS4 caused some confusion, but the racing simulator could find its way onto the new console. Kazunori Yamauchi, CEO of Gran Turismo developer Polyphony Digital revealed during a Gamescom panel session that the studio is considering bringing the …
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