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UPDATE: Marvel games will continue to be made available at retail stores, Activision says. Games like Deadpool can still be purchased on the High Street, but is no-longer available from digital download sites. ORIGINAL STORY: Activision’s Marvel-licensed games have been permanently removed from Steam, PSN, and Xbox Live. Game Informer …
Read More »Massive PSN January sale: Full list and Indian prices here
A sale the likes of which we’ve never seen on consoles before is now live on PSN for Indian users. The sale kicked off yesterday and will continue through most of January, but while each of the below games is on sale now, some will go off sale on certain …
Read More »Minecraft finally arriving on PS3 this week
The long-awaited release of Minecraft on PS3 is just hours away, Mojang has confirmed. The game will hit PSN for PS3 on Wednesday (December 18th) in Europe. It will be available in the US tomorrow (December 17th). A Vita version of the game is in development but will not be …
Read More »Marvel vs Capcom being pulled from sale on PSN and XBL
Capcom has confirmed that it is pulling two of its digital fighting games from PlayStation network and Xbox Live. Both Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 and Marvel vs Capcom 2 are to be pulled from sale in the near future. DLC for both games will cease to be available in …
Read More »Amazon UK launches digital PlayStation store
The UK arm of Amazon is now selling PSN games. It follows a move from the US, which launched a PlayStation digital store last month. Gamers can buy any PS3, PS Vita or PS4 game from Amazon and receive a code for use over the PlayStation Network. Fans can also …
Read More »Konami requests delisting for Skullgirls on Xbox Live and PSN
Xbox Live Arcade and PSN title Skullgirls looks likely to be removed from sale in the near future. Polygon reports that Lab Zero Games design director Mike Zaimont confirmed via a Twitch stream that Sony had informed him of a request to remove the game (which was made without the …
Read More »Sony enables more PS4 features as post-launch PSN recovery continues
Two more of PS4’s PSN features have been reactivated by Sony. The platform holder announced last week that a number of features were to be temporarily shut down in an effort to keep PSN up and running amidst the launch rush that accompanied its UK and European release on Friday. …
Read More »Sony kicks off PSN sale with 50% FIFA 14 discount
The PS3 and Vita versions of FIFA 14 can currently be had for half price on PSN. The deals mark the beginning of Sony’s ‘12 Deal of Christmas’ promotion which will run for… well, for 24 days as it happens, on PSN’s PlayStation Store. Each offer will kick off at …
Read More »PS4’s digital games prices will be adjusted before Friday launch
Sony has said that further alterations will be made to PS4 digital game pricing before the console’s official UK launch on Friday (November 29th). EA in particular has come in for some stick for charging 59.99 (previously 62.99) for digital versions of its launch line-up, not least because that’s 5 …
Read More »Now Sony America is resetting PSN passwords
Some American PSN users have had their account passwords reset by Sony. Sony Europe last week did the same for some users on this side of Atlantic as a precautionary measure” following the detection of some non-specific irregular activity”. The same it seems is now true in the US. We …
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