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Rumours online today suggest that while Microsoft might be targeting the tablet market, it isn’t intending to compete on price. WPCentral has word from Scandinavian retailer Webhallen that the entry-level 32GB Surface model will retail for an eye-watering 650. That places it far ahead of the entry level 32GB Wi-Fi …

Wii U will be the first next-console to market, but Nintendo boss Saturo Iwata has dismissed the idea that it gives the machine a competitive advantage. "Being first in the next generation race is not important at all," he told Gamasutra. "One of the reasons we believe this is the …

Oh, how things change. Tiny Wings 2 is arguably the biggest release in games this week… and it’s free! Owners of Tiny Wings should keep their eyes peeled for an update to the game. It has already rolled out in New Zealand and should hit the UK around midnight. What …

Google has finally gone live with details about its first official tablet PC – the Nexus 7. The device will come in two SKUs – a 159/$199 8GB version and a 199/$249 16GB version, putting it squarely up against Amazon’s Kindle Fire in the market. It houses Nvidia’s quad core …

The first DLC for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is now available to download from Xbox Live. Called Dawnguard, the content focuses on the return of a vampire Lord called Harkon and the formation of a vampire hunting team that intends to take him down. New skills and abilities are …

The 3DS XL could yet be available to pre-order for just 149.99 before the machine arrives in the UK on July 28th. GameStop is the current cheapest in the market with a pre-order price of just 167.97. It is followed by ShopTo (179.84) and HMV which has today unveiled a …

Nintendo won’t issue RRPs in the UK, so retail is this afternoon having its best guess regarding the price of the upcoming hardware. And the early guesses suggest no-one really knows First off, Play.com has gone with an RRP and sale price of 179.99. ShopTo is selling the device for …

Following Amazon.co.uk’s stab at predicting the RRP and release date of Wii U last week, the retailer’s German arm has this morning made its own prediction. A new listing on Amazon.de reckons the machine will have an RRP of €399.99. That translates directly to 322 and would, most likely, point …

The Wii U will cost 199.99 and be launched on July 14th in the UK – according to Amazon.co.uk. In truth the release date, at least, seems highly unlikely. Were the console so close to launch then E3 would have included far more detail than it did, and third parties …

US analyst Michael Pachter believes that Nintendo must price the Wii U below $300 – that translates to 190 – if it is to succeed at retail. Ideally, he told CVG, he’d like to see it priced at $250 or less. That would mean a highly unlikely 161 in the …