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An app designed to allow folk to swap their physical games has gone live on the Google Play Marketplace. It allows users to list the games they are looking to swap and what titles they are after. They can then either locate other users who live near by for face-to-face …
Read More »Swap your Man Utd season ticket for a copy of FIFA, PES or Football Manager at GAME
Manchester United, Cardiff or West Brom fans are from this Saturday being invited to hand over their season tickets at GAME. For those whom United’s 0-3 thrashing at the hands of Manchester rivals City last night was too much, the retailer is offering a copy of either FIFA 14, PES …
Read More »Microsoft offering $100 off an Xbox One when users ditch their PS3
An apparent US Microsoft Store ad is offering to reward consumers for abandoning their PlayStation 3. As spotted by NeoGaf, a digital flyer doing the rounds is offering gamers $100 off the price of an Xbox One when participants hand over their old PS3 console. The PS3 must be in …
Read More »Link, the bravest little girl who ever was
Gave us a proper lump in the throat, this. Dad Mike Hoye loves to play The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker with his daughter. Three and a half year old Maya likes sailing, scary birds and remembering to be brave, rescuing her little brother and finding out what’s happening …
Read More »Asda offers 3DS-Vita trade-in deal
Supermarket chain Asda has revealed a new trade-in deal for 3DS owners who are considering a swap for Sony’s new PlayStation Vita. The retailer was already selling the new handheld for a market leading 197. It is now offering a hefty 100 for any 3DS handed over against a purchase. …
Read More »Gamers now able to claim free games with Nintendo Coins
In what many gamers will say is a long overdue move, Club Nintendo is to begin offering free games in exchange for Nintendo coins. Coins are earned when consumers purchase a Nintendo or select third party title for Wii, DS or 3DS. A user can exchange them against Nintendo’s catalogue …
Read More »GameStop introduces iPhone trade-ins
Proving that being an online retailer doesn’t preclude your participation in the online space, GameStop.co.uk has begun offering iPhone trade-ins. A host of Xbox 360 console offers are currently available depending on what sort of iPhone you’re willing to trade-in. For instance, customers willing to hand over a 32GB iPhone …
Read More »Sticking with Battlefield or moving to Modern Warfare?
Battlefield 3 may already be sitting on the shelves of some 5m gamers, but EA knows that’s not the end of the challenge. With Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 being released worldwide on Tuesday November 8th, it’s safe to assume that at least a proportion of this user …
Read More »Ratcliffe reboots GaBoom
Online games swap shop GaBoom has been relaunched. The portal is the brainchild of Jessica Ratcliffe, star of this year’s 30 Under 30 and former contestant on the BBC’s Dragon Den, where she tried to secure investment in the venture. As well as a new url, the site has streamlined …
Read More »LA Noire pushes Xbox disc limits
After such a long wait for it to arrive at retail, Rockstar is packing crime title LA Noire with an incredible amount of content. So much so that, according to Kotaku, the game has had to be spread across three discs on Xbox 360. It will be a single Blu-ray …
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