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GOG lives on but at a cost?

Following the confusion that greeted its apparent closure earlier this week, suspicions that retro games service Good Old Games is in fact not closing have been confirmed. The site, which specialises in the sale of DRM-free cult PC hits, has confirmed that it has exited its beta phase and now …

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PlayStation Plus goes live

From today PS3 owners are able to sign up to PlayStation Plus, Sony’s new 39.99-a-year service. To access it users must first log into PSN via their console and update the recently released 3.4 firmware. As well as PSN Plus support, the update also offers new photo sharing options, video …

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Live coverage of E3 at MCVuk.com

Within the next 48 hours all three home console platform holders will have shot their E3 load in their anticipated LA press briefings – and MCV will be offering live coverage of each and every one. What should you expect? Well, there’s a brand new handheld from Nintendo, some killer …

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ODST beats Reach on XBL

It might have enjoyed some eye-watering user numbers in its first week of release, but the hyped Halo Reach beta has failed to topple FPS favourite Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and, perhaps more surprisingly, Halo ODST from the top of the Xbox Live Online Play listings. By default …

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Gay Tony gets XBL discount

Microsoft has confirmed that the second expansion for Grand Theft Auto IV, called the Ballad of Gay Tony, is on sale for the next seven days on Xbox Live. The premium DLC normally costs 1600 Microsoft Points, or around 13.70. However, this week Microsoft has cut 400 MSP from that …

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THQ looks to digital market

The digital market is growing at an exponential rate, and THQ has become the latest publisher to announce an increased focus on the sector. It intends to bring a number of its key brands to services such as Xbox Live Arcade and PSN. It also has its sights set on …

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Full Birth of a Spartan trailer goes live

Yesterday you saw the cut-down TV version of Microsoft’s brand new live-action teaser trailer for Halo Reach. Now, courtesy of Kotaku, you can watch the full-length version:

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XBLA sales rise 41%

Sales of digitally downloaded games on Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade in the US reached a record high of $10.6m last month, finishing ahead of February’s $6.8m. This caused a 41 per cent year-on-year sales increase, according to a report by Forecasting and Analysing Digital Entertainment (FADE). Topping the sales was …

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Xbox Live price hike to fund TV channel

Microsoft is allegedly in discussions with Peter Chernin, the former president of News Corp, to launch an Xbox 360-dedicated TV channel. Controversially, however, Chernin wants Microsoft to raise the monthly price of a subscription to Xbox Live by between $1 and $2 to fund the venture. Bloomberg reports that the …

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