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UK industry charity GamesAid has released a compilation of indie-developed downloadable titles. The littleBIGbunch pack can be picked up at the official website, thanks to digital specialists Get Games, and consumers can pay whatever they say fit. Proceeds will go to GamesAid. There are six titles included: Mode 7 Games’ …

EA has switched on its servers for PC MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic two days ahead of its retail release. Customers who pre-ordered the game through the publisher’s online Origin download service have been able to access it from 12pm midday today. The Old Republic arrives in UK stores …

A new High Definition Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater game will be available to download next summer. Skateboarding star Tony Hawk made the announcement at the Spike Video Game Awards this weekend, after hinting about a new game last week. The download-only title will cost ‘less than $20′ and include elements …

Gamers will be able to download a five-game pack for charity this month – and pay what they like for it. Known as the Little Big Bunch, the collection of games comes from leading independent studios in the UK such as Mode 7, Just Add Water and Curve Studios. The …

With Sony preparing to try something a bit different with its pricing strategy for Vita software, Konami has revealed that it is looking to be equally as experimental. The publisher has readied new title AR Combat Digi Q for a digital release in Japan on the same day that Vita …

We already know that games for the PlayStation Vita will cost less to download than they will at the shops. But US price aggregation site Thrifty Nerd claims to have word direct from a Sony representative that digital Vita games will cost a staggering 40 per cent less than their …

The free-to-view PlayStation Access TV show is a success.The weekly programme from Future Publishing has amassed over 14,500 Facebook fans since it launched and has become the most popular free download on the PlayStation Network. Episode one of PlayStation Access TV went live in late September after Future’s paid-for show …

Amazon has postponed the launch of its PC download platform to 2012. MCV believes the service, live in the US since early 2009, was up-and-running in October.But publishing sources say it will now go live in the UK early next year and miss the originally planned autumn roll-out. US sister …

Having been threatened with legal action in a US court, EA has decided that it will now offer a free copy of digital shooter Battlefield 1943 to owners of Battlefield 3 on PS3. Having announced the promotion earlier in the year, the release of Battlefield 3 came and went without …

The UK digital sales charts have been a long time coming, but Sega’s John Clark is confident the industry will be satisfied. The managing director for Sega’s UK arm also heads up the publisher’s digital projects, and has been involved with the creation of the digital charts from the beginning.While …