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SONY: PS3 gets EA privileges

SONY: PS3 gets EA privileges

EA is to continue its 'special relationship' with Sony by offering extra content for three of its upcoming key releases on PS3.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jun 7th 2011 at 10:21AM in News
PlayStation Plus avalanche accompanies Store return

PlayStation Plus avalanche accompanies Store return

The PlayStation Store is back and as a reward for customers' patience Sony has gone live with a host of fresh content to download.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jun 2nd 2011 at 11:34AM in News
PSN catch-up schedule announced

PSN catch-up schedule announced

Sony is to increase the rate at which it releases new content on the PlayStation Store to catch up on all the content that was missed during the PSN outage.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on May 17th 2011 at 10:06AM in News
Nivea offers free Your Shape DLC

Nivea offers free Your Shape DLC

Publisher Ubisoft has announced a new partnership with Nivea that has seen the pair publish free downloadable DLC for Xbox 360 Kinect fitness title Your Shape: Fitness Evolved.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 4th 2011 at 12:38PM in News

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Gamers need to re-buy PSN content for Xperia Play

Gamers need to re-buy PSN content for Xperia Play

PlayStation owners who have previously downloaded PSN content will have to re-purchase any content they wish to access on their Xperia Play.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Feb 14th 2011 at 4:06PM in News
Guitar Hero strategy 'was wrong'

Guitar Hero strategy 'was wrong'

Activision's decision to sell Guitar Hero as a product as opposed to a content platform was the ultimate cause of the IPs downfall, GamesBrief analyst Nicholas Lovell has told MCV.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Feb 11th 2011 at 11:49AM in News
Time called on Wii's Rock Band Network

Time called on Wii's Rock Band Network

Develop Harmonix has called time on the Wii arm of the Rock Band Network. From tomorrow, no new content will be released on the service.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 17th 2011 at 12:13PM in News
PSP2 as powerful as PS3, set for Q4 launch

PSP2 as powerful as PS3, set for Q4 launch

Sony isn't going to take Nintendo's 3DS challenge lying down.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 13th 2011 at 7:30AM in News

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IGN and GameStop tie digital deal

IGN and GameStop tie digital deal

GameStop's growing ambitions in the digital space have received another boost with news of a new agreement with IGN Entertainment.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 7th 2011 at 3:17PM in News
ITV and Ch4 to hit PS3 this week

ITV and Ch4 to hit PS3 this week

Sony’s PS3 will add to significant strings to its digital content bow this week with the addition of streaming content services from both Channel 4 and ITV this week.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Dec 13th 2010 at 12:06PM in News
Google announces piracy crackdown

Google announces piracy crackdown

In what could prove a very big blow to the activities of internet pirates, Google has announced a number of new policies designed to limit the accessibility of illegal content ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Dec 3rd 2010 at 12:52PM in News
Deus EX gets Augmented Edition

Deus EX gets Augmented Edition

Fans of the Deus EX series will undoubtedly be keen to get their hands on a new Collector’s edition SKU of the game that has just been announced by Square ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Dec 1st 2010 at 10:14AM in News

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Dragon Age 2 gets its own Cerberus

Dragon Age 2 gets its own Cerberus

EA’s Dragon Age 2 will follow in the footsteps of fellow BioWare release Mass Effect 2 by offering an online content hub that can only be accessible by use of ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Oct 28th 2010 at 9:33AM in News
Game Room runs out of credits

Game Room runs out of credits

Just a month on from its official launch on Xbox Live, Microsoft’s retro arcade games service Game Room has seen an indefinite freeze put on the addition of new content.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Apr 29th 2010 at 5:23PM in News
GAME adds DLC alert to pre-owned

GAME adds DLC alert to pre-owned

Leading UK video games retailer GAME has introduced warning stickers on pre-owned copies of games that do not include the DLC those who bought the new version would have found ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Apr 13th 2010 at 2:45PM in News
Riccitiello compares piracy to pre-owned

Riccitiello compares piracy to pre-owned

John Riccitiello has stated that the emerging force that is post-release downloadable content is the key tool in battling both the pre-owned market and piracy.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Dec 9th 2009 at 10:21AM in News

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MW2 DLC could make $140m

MW2 DLC could make $140m

As well as rapidly easing past the half-billion dollar revenue milestone just days after its global release earlier this month, Broadpoint AmTech analyst Ben Schachter has predicted that Activision could ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Nov 26th 2009 at 1:31PM in News
GameStop buys into Jolt

GameStop buys into Jolt

Global High Street video games retailer GameStop has acquired a stake in Irish online games network Jolt.co.uk in a move that it hopes will better position it for the future ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Nov 23rd 2009 at 11:50AM in News
Pirates "spend more on content"

Pirates "spend more on content"

In what will surely encourage the self-validating conscience of illicit file-sharers, a new study has concluded that people who pirate digital content end up spending more on it than those ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Nov 3rd 2009 at 1:11PM in News
Industry must address horse armour 'joke'

Industry must address horse armour 'joke'

“Right now, when you mention downloadable content, someone will mention a horse armour joke, and we need to get around that,” says Tom Armitage, a writer for creative design consultancy ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jul 15th 2009 at 4:35PM in News
Nokia opens Ovi content portal

Nokia opens Ovi content portal

Nokia has opened the doors to its much-anticipated Ovi Store, which it hopes will steal some of the mobile app initiative back from Apple.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on May 26th 2009 at 12:55PM in News
NZ: Jail term for parents who allow kids to play violent games

NZ: Jail term for parents who allow kids to play violent games

A leading New Zealand official has said that parents who allow their kids access to mature games should face prosecution – and possibly a spell in jail.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 9th 2009 at 10:46AM in News
Parents group offers balanced view on GTAIV

Parents group offers balanced view on GTAIV

In a pleasingly balanced appraisal of Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto IV expansion The Lost and the Damned, US parenting group Common Sense Media has highlighted the DLC as certainly not ...
Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Feb 24th 2009 at 1:23PM in News
Robot working on Halo Wars DLC

Robot working on Halo Wars DLC

The studio formed after the closure of Ensemble has official confirmed its formation - and at the same time confirmed plans to keep developing new Halo Wars content.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Feb 18th 2009 at 10:21AM in News
Lara’s DLC coming next month

Lara’s DLC coming next month

Britsoft publisher Eidos has dated its two Xbox 360 exclusive DLC packs for recent adventure outing Tomb Raider: Underworld.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 22nd 2009 at 5:38PM in News