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Game4u has further expanded its digital offerings by adding games from Take-Two Interactive to its downloads4u service. Included as a result of the new tie-up are games such as L.A. Noire as well as the Grand Theft Auto, Bioshock, Borderlands, Max Payne, NBA 2K and XCOM series. 2K and Rockstar …
Read More »Green Man Gaming kicks off 666 Summer Sale
A six-day digital PC game sale has this afternoon begun at online retailer Green Man Gaming. Called the 666 Sale, it will be offering six separate deals every six hours across six days beginning today and lasting until Saturday July 6th. Today’s debut offer will see discounts on titles such …
Read More »GameStop Expo to offer hands-on with Xbox One and PS4
The Xbox One and PS4 will both be playable at upcoming American consumer event GameStop Expo. The event, which is open to members of the retailer’s PowerUp Rewards customer loyalty scheme, takes place on August 28th in Las Vegas. That’s a good three months before the Xbox One and (presumably) …
Read More »Flipkart increases PC game prices to Rs 1,499; distributors respond
Hot on the heels of our confirmation that EA is planning to increase PC game prices in India, the country’s biggest games retailer, Flipkart, has raised prices of forthcoming non-EA games. Ubisoft titles Watch Dogs, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag and Splinter Cell: Blacklist are all now listed at Rs …
Read More »Desilets: The future is digital and there’s nothing you can do about it
Acclaimed developer Patrice Desilets doesn’t believe the recent furore over the Xbox One’s digital strategy will halt the march toward a disc-less future. "Yeah, games come on disc, and I get it guys you were really pissed off," he said of the Xbox One backlash at the Gamelab conference in …
Read More »Newcastle FC owner Mike Ashley buys HMV Oxford Street
Sports Direct owner and accomplished drinker Mike Ashley has purchased the lease for HMV Oxford Street. The Independent reports that Newcastle FC owner intends to open a new 60,000 sq ft sports outlet there having agreed to acquire the lease from Deloitte. Sports Direct already has one Oxford Street store …
Read More »Green Man Gaming launches Xbox 360 and PS3 trade-in offer
Gamers can now trade-in physical Xbox and PlayStation games at online retailer Green Man Gaming. The store, which already lets users trade-in digital games, has launched its physical offer now. Customers will receive their money for their games as soon as they promise to send them in. There’s no need …
Read More »Amazon and GameStop sell out of Ouya
The Ouya microconsole is already sold out at online retailers Gamestop and Amazon. The Ouya earned fame on Kickstarter as one of the first of a growing breed of Android-powered living room devices. The news will likely further infuriate angry backers who were yesterday complaining that they were yet to …
Read More »Sony: The vast majority of people don’t want to buy online
The day may well arrive when video games leave the High Street for good. But that’s for consumers to decide, not platform holders. That’s the message from Sony, which has said that one of its key objectives with PS4 was to create a level playing field” and let consumers dictate …
Read More »PS4 pre-order "flood-gates" are open as GameStop gets "unlimited" allocation
It doesn’t seem as if Sony is too concerned about possible launch day shortages for the PS4. GameTrailers has obtained a memo sent out to GameStop stores last week that told managers, effectively, that there is no current cap on the number of PS4 pre-orders they an receive. Starting now, …
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