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With the official UK price cut coming up tomorrow, retail has started to show its hand regarding the levels to which it is prepared to cut the price of the freshly discounted 3DS. And Tesco seems to be the current front-runner following leaked POS indicating it will be selling the …
Read More »OnLive UK: September 22nd launch
Cloud gaming comes to the UK in a serious way on September 22nd. OnLive launches that day, MCVcan reveal, with some 125 titles available. The firm also has deals in place with retailers to stock the micro console as well as agreements with consumer electronics manufacturers to bundle the technology …
Read More »NPD comes to the UK
Market research company NPD, which is best known for compiling the US video game charts, is coming to Europe. And furthermore, it intends to deliver something we’ve until now been without – a complete and regularly updated picture of total consumer video games expenditure outside of the physical games market. …
Read More »GameStop moves first on UK 3DS price
This Friday marks the arrival of the anticipated 3DS price cut – but online retailer GameStop has kicked off its discount early. GameStop.co.uk is currently selling the device for just 134.97 with free delivery. This puts it some way ahead of its online competitors. Amazon is selling the handheld for …
Read More »Flame Red 3DS hitting US next month
A brand new colour for the 3DS will hit US retailers on September 9th, the platform holder has announced. It’s called the Flame Red edition, and it will be launched alongside the release of first party shooter Star Fox 64 3D. To date only the Aqua Blue and Cosmos Black …
Read More »Free Wi-Fi for 3DS owners
Nintendo has announced that a fresh agreement with Wi-Fi provider The Cloud will grant free access to 3DS owners. Similar to the deal brokered for DS owners, users of the machine will be able to access the internet and online functions for free from any of the network’s 5,000 hotspots. …
Read More »Cut the Rope dev establishes UK operations
iPhone indie giant ZeptoLab has opened a new UK satellite group to accompany its Moscow-based headquarters. Company documents seen by Develop show the new UK division is based in London’s inner city and run by new director Zuy Spartak. And the group appears to have ended its partnership with EA’s …
Read More »MCV GameTime (week ending August 5th)
We look at the latest TV advertising activity for games from March to July 17th, plus a look at the Top Ten games advertisers of 2011 so far. This is provided by specialist communication firmGeneration Mediawhich focuses on the entertainment and leisure industries. This week we take a look at …
Read More »UK CHARTS: There’s no stopping Zumba
With the release schedule utterly stagnant ahead of its reignition at the end of the month, there was little around to challenge 505 Games’ Zumba Fitness which still sits pretty at the top of the UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week. That’s an amazing eight consecutive weeks …
Read More »UK software sales monitor: Market makes £11.5m
The weekly entertainment UKsoftware value rose to 11.5m, up slightly from the 11.2m generated from game sales last week. UK retail sold 606,290 games during the seven days, a 3.3 per cent increase over last week’s 586,596.Both sales and the market value rose despite a lack of new releases. Unsurprisingly …
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