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Retailer Best Buy has opened the doors to its 11th UK outlet. Based in Enfield, North London, the now store saw punters queuing as early as 21:00 the night before to ensure they had first dabs on the bargains when the store finally opened at 09:00 this morning. One year-old …
Read More »Best Buy’s Enfield store opens this weekend
Best Buy will this weekend open its 11th UK store in Enfield, North London. It’s situated in the Enfield Retail Park alongside the likes of Toys R Us, Comet and Currys. It’s also just up the road from PC World, which was the first in the UK to get the …
Read More »Sony extends Welcome Back offer
PS3 platform holder Sony has extended its Welcome Back offer for PS3 owners. The scheme was designed to compensate customers for the widely publicised shut down of PSN and offered a host of free content – chief of which was free games for PS3 and PSP. However, many users reported …
Read More »PSN gets Japanese green light
The PSN crisis may be distant memory in the West, but it’s a different story in Japan where full restoration has finally been confirmed for this Wednesday (July 6th). Though most PSN services were restored in the country around the same time they were reactivated in the West, the Japanese …
Read More »FEAR 3 multiplayer hiccup on PS3
Warner has confirmed that the Online Pass required to play FEAR 3 online is not currently available for purchase from the PlayStation Store. Whilst this is not a problem for those who bought the game new – an Online Pass code was included in the box – it does mean …
Read More »No ETA for PSN restoration in Japan
Japanese gamers are still none the wiser as to when the PlayStation Network will be fully restored in their country where the PS Store still remains offline. When PSN was eventually reactivated last month, the Japanese government stepped in to block its restoration in Japan saying that it wanted further …
Read More »Bee.com launches first High Street store
Everyone thought Play.com or Amazon would do it first. Even The Hut Group talked about it last year. But it’s emerging online retailer Bee.com that has taken the bold step onto the High Street. The website launched a shop in the Manchester Arndale Centre last weekend. The new outlet is …
Read More »PlayStation Plus avalanche accompanies Store return
The PlayStation Store is back and as a reward for customers’ patience Sony has gone live with a host of fresh content to download. Currently all PSN members have been upgraded to PlayStation Plus membership for a month. Four PSN titles are currently free to download – Burnout Paradise, Magic …
Read More »PSN’s 43 day nightmare is over
Sony has this morning confirmed that the PlayStation Store is being turned back on around the world. It’s recovery marks the full restoration of PSN. In total the full service was down for 43 days, or just over six weeks. "I’m happy to confirm that PlayStation Store is open and …
Read More »Crucial step for PSN restoration
Sony has confirmed that PSN will this afternoon go down for maintenance "for several hours" in what it describes a "crucial step" in the return of the PlayStation Store. It has also repeated its pledge to have full PSN services back online by the end of this week. "Starting soon, …
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