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Cave’s debut title for Windows Phone 7 will be released in just two days. Andriasang has confirmed a March 7th release date for DoDonPachi Maximum. It will retail in the country for 435 (around 3.40) and be available via the handset’s Xbox Live Marketplace. As has been the case with …
Read More »GAME shares fall 15% following EA crisis
Having this morning revealed that it will not be stocking key Q1 release Mass Effect 3, GAME’s share price has plunged 15 per cent. The retailer’s share price opened at 5.57p this morning. Despite climbing briefly to 5.98p, in the hours that followed the Mass Effect 3 news the price …
Read More »Analyst predicts Vita sales of 12.4m in 2012
Strategy Analytics has predicted that PlayStation Vita will sell 12.4m units around the world this year – as long as Sony cuts the price of the hardware. The prediction is based on the belief that Sony will – most likely in Q4 – cut the cost of the Wi-Fi console …
Read More »Digital Vita games ‘17% more expensive’ than retail
The launch games for the PlayStation Vita cost an average of 17 per cent more to download over PSN than they do to buy on the High Street or online. That’s according to calculations from bargain hunting site SavyGamer, which has compared the recently released PSN price list with the …
Read More »PlayStation Vita – where’s cheapest?
We won’t discover all the High Street Vita deals until tomorrow, but that doesn’t mean you can’t splash your cash right now and have the machine waiting for you on (or at least shortly after) launch day. Here’s a look at the deals currently available online for Sony’s new machine, …
Read More »The true speed at which games prices erode
The average price of a boxed video game falls by almost a quarter after just 30 days on sale. New retail research – which includes pricing data from over 50 retailers – shows that games prices dropped 23.5 per cent after 30 days, 30.8 per cent after 60 days, and …
Read More »And the average Vita launch game RRP is…
The average RRP of a boxed PlayStation Vita game in the UK on launch day will be 33, MCV can reveal. The news comes as Vita gets its second 44.99 RRP title in the shape of FIFA Football. It joins Sony’s own Uncharted: Golden Abyss in the full-price tier. Vita …
Read More »Insomniac is done with Resistance series
Ratchet & Clank developer Insomniac has said that it’s work on the PS3’s Resistance series is over. We won’t be making any more Resistances,” Insomniac CEO Ted Price told VG247. That’s not to say, of course, that the series won’t live on. But if it does, Insomniac won’t be involved. …
Read More »I Am Alive comes to life on March 7th
After over three years in the wilderness, Ubisoft’s now digital-only title I Am Alive has finally got a release date. The game will arrive as part of Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade House Party promotion and will be available on the service from March 7th. It will cost 1200 Microsoft Points …
Read More »Rift subscription fees lowered
Trion Worlds has dropped the subscription price of its PC MMO Rift with bigger savings given to those who pay annually. An annual subscription previously cost 71.88 per year – or 5.99 per month – but this has now been lowered to 59 per year. This works out at 4.92 …
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