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Microsoft has slashed a number of full” Games On Demand titles from $20 to just $5 on Xbox Live. The discounts are universal, meaning that if any title on the list below is available on Xbox Live in your region it will have had its price cut. Here’s the complete …

Nintendo has seemingly confirmed that the Wii U will not block pre-owned software. I don’t know if we have a formal position on used game sales,” Nintendo of America marketing exec Scot Moffitt told GameSpot. It is a reality in the marketplace. We haven’t incorporated any features that will discourage …

Vita’s RRP may remain unchanged, but Sony is hoping to entice new users to the handheld with a fresh round of games price cuts. Here’s the complete run-down of offers: Army Corps from Hell – 21.99 (was 34.99) Blazblue Continuum Shift Extend – 21.99 (was 34.99) Little Deviants – 8.99 …

Nintendo may not be prepared to talk about the Wii U price yet, but when it arrives later this year it will have a stronger day one offer than the 3DS launch, Nintendo UK boss David Yarnton told MCV. One of the problems with 3DS was content. When we launched …

The launch of Prototype 2 helped the boxed market rise slightly over the prior week, with overall unit sales up five per cent to 441,401 games sold. It’s Activision’s first No.1 of the year. UK games retail generated 10.45m overall from sales last week – an increase of eight per …

The market fell below the 10m mark for the first time this year during the week ending April 21st. Unit sales dipped 17 per cent to 422,280. This was due to another week with few new releases hitting shelves. In fact, The Witcher 2 was the only new title to …

Budget software company Cosmi has acquired THQ’s value-centric publishing and distribution division ValuSoft. The move ties in with THQ’s widely-publicised new strategy of dropping all but its strongest and most important IP and operations, though the sale of assets is unlikely to quieten observers keen to predict the demise of …

Good news for Namco Bandai this morning – the publisher has claimed the lion’s share of Japanese software revenues for the second month in a row. Enterbrain’s numbers, as reported by Andriasang, show that the company accounted for 36.8 per cent of the overall software market – that’s nearly three …

Kinect Star Wars helped the UK games retail market get back on track last week, which generated over 2m more than it did the prior week. The title pipped FIFA Street to the No.1 spot and became the first Kinect-required game to top the charts. It wasn’t just a handful …

UK games retail generated 14.1m last week – a dip of 21.2 per cent from the 17.9m made during the week prior. Unit sales also dropped 11.2 per cent to 570,969 forthe week ending March 17th. EA continued its chart dominance last week with four games in the Top Five. …