Entries in 'budget' (49)
Game tax breaks scrapped
The new UK coalition Government WILL NOT implement tax breaks for games production Chancellor George Osborne confirmed today.
Pure Football gets low price
Five-a-side footie game Pure Football has been given a lower RRP than usual – with a £29.99 price set by Ubisoft.
Tax breaks for UK games devs at last
The last Budget of the current Government will provide tax help for the UK games industry, Chancellor Alistair Darling has said.
The most expensive game ever made is…
The reliability of the numbers can certainly be called into question, but a new report from Digital Battle claims to have identified the ten most expensive video games of all ...
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JAPAN: Wii budget range announced
From February 25th Japanese consumers will be able to get their hands on a brand new range of budget Wii software, Nintendo of Japan has confirmed.
Chancellor silent on gaming tax breaks
The UK government has again rejected calls for tax breaks in the game development sector.
IW snubbed ‘ridiculous’ MW2 budget
The studio behind this year’s biggest game was offered a “ridiculous” development budget from the world’s biggest publisher; a budget big enough for the team to politely decline.
Sony spending £82m on Euro marketing
In its biggest statement of intention to date, platform holder Sony is to spend a massive £82m on its European marketing push for its RRP reduced and redesigned PS3 Slim.
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Konami to reissue PS2 classics
Publisher Konami is to reissue a number of its most popular PS2 titles from some of its top games brands in the UK, it has been confirmed.
JAPAN: GTAIV goes budget
Rockstar’s next-gen opus Grand Theft Auto IV is getting the budget treatment in Japan with news that the Capcom published title is to be ushered in to the PlayStation Best ...
TMNT Smash Up dated
Publisher Ubisoft has announced that light-hearted brawler Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle: Smash Up will be released for the Nintendo Wii on September 25th in the UK and Europe.
Halo 3: ODST now full-priced title
Consumers can expect to pay full-whack for Bungie’s upcoming Halo 3: ODST upon its release in September following Microsoft’s decision to back-track on its initial statement claiming that the game ...
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Budget 2009: Govt has ‘failed to back the games industry’
Games industry group Tiga has slammed the Labour government for “failing again to back one of the principal creative industries of the future.”
Budget 2009: Economy turnaround ‘by 2010’
A daring and contentious budget speech by UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling was punctuated with an interesting promise: the UK economy is set to grow at the start ...
Budget 2009: Tiga’s demands
Game interest group Tiga has called on the government to introduce a set of schemes in the forthcoming budget that could aid the game development sector.
Sony reveals PSN exclusivity perks
SCEA’s Chris Eden has lifted the lid on something called the Sony Pub Fund – a new scheme that sees the platform holder contribute to a game’s development costs in ...
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MGS4 gets Platinum release
Publisher Konami’s Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is to become the latest title to receive a Platinum release on PS3 – meaning that from March 5th consumers ...
LA Noire to boast biggest ever budget?
After a long period of silence regarding Rockstar’s L.A. Noire, a number of details have emerged about the title from its homeland down under – including the claim that it ...
E3 08: Euro PS3 Platinum range confirmed
SCEE boss David Reeves last night confirmed that the European version of the firm’s PS3 budget software range, dubbed the Platinum Range in this territory, will arrive on store shelves ...
ELSPA responds to Darling's budget
UK Chancellor Alastair Darling has today delivered his Budget - but not included any concessions to the games industry as has previously been demanded by numerous voices in the sector.
Ubisoft smashes open super budget floodgates
UK video games chart body ChartTrack has predicted that top publishers will follow Ubisoft and re-release a slew of PC titles at a super budget price point.
UK Charts: Turtles fight to No.1
Ubisoft’s adaptation of the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie has knocked EA’s Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars off the top spot in the ChartTrack All Formats Chart.
Liquid Games unveils new sub-£7 PS2 line
Oxygen label Liquid Games is repositioning its offer and becoming a £6.99 family-focused PS2 range.
