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China will become an officially supported Xbox One region when the console arrives the in the freshly green-lit territory in September. It will be the first foreign machine to go on sale in the territory since trade restrictions preventing the sale of games consoles were lifted at the turn of …
Read More »Xbox Gold not needed for EA Access unless you want to play online; UK prices confirmed
Xbox One owners don’t need Xbox Live Gold membership to buy into EA Access -that is, unless they want to play online. EA Access is a new subscription service that grants members unlimited access to certain EA titles and discounts on EA digital purchases. Any Xbox One gamer can join …
Read More »First Hearthstone: Curse of Naxxramas DLC available now on PC and iOS
Blizzard has at long last released its single player DLC for card battling title Hearthstone. The first of a planned five parts of Curse of Naxxramas can be downloaded now. It contains a series of boss fights, new cards and a new board. The remaining releases will be released at …
Read More »Dance Central Spotlight to launch with 10 tracks for $10
Xbox One Kinect title Dance Central Spotlight has been dated and priced by Microsoft. The Harmonix developed game will arrive digitally in the US on September 2nd priced at just $9.99. For the money users will get ten tracks, with others available for additional cash – 50 DLC extras will …
Read More »Braben admits Elite Dangerous pricing ‘looks terribly capitalist’
You can play Elite: Dangerous RIGHT NOW. Providing you’re willing to pay 100. That’s the price Frontier is charging for the game plus access to the Premium. The Standard Beta SKU is 50 and the game 35 – with the option of a further 35 for the DLC Expansion Pass. …
Read More »Lords of the Fallen release date confirmed
Square Enix’s Lords of the Fallen, which is definitely not Dark Souls, at last has a UK release date. That game will be released for PS4, Xbox One and PC on October 31st in the UK, priced at 49.99 on consoles and 29.99 on PC. That means it will arrive …
Read More »Project Spark joins the busy October release schedule
Xbox One exclusive Project Spark finally has a release date. The creative interactive world build will be released for Xbox One and Windows 8.1 in the UK on October 10th. In the same week gamers will also have the choice of shelling out for Sega’s Alien: Isolation and Middle-earth: Shadow …
Read More »Windows version of Kinect v2 priced at £159.99
A Microsoft listing for the PC compatible version of Kinect suggests the peripheral will have a very high RRP. The UK store currently lists the device for 159.99, with the US store pricing it at $199.99. This SKU is specifically designed to run with the Kinect for Windows SDK 2.0 …
Read More »Chinese retailer claims eye-watering RRP for Xbox One
Microsoft may be aiming high with its RRP for Xbox One in China. Kotaku reports that Zol.com claims that Microsoft has priced the machine at Y4,999 – that translates to about 470/$800. Note that while that represents only a 120/35 per cent mark-up on the UK price, it’s almost double …
Read More »Kantar: Pre-owned games offer an average £4.40 saving over new
Kantar Worldpanel consumer insight analyst Jules Williams examines the opportunities and challenges involved in this lucrative market… Some gamers love them; some hate them. Either way, pre-owned games are an important part of the market. They make up 10 per cent of the UK games market and had a strong …
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