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Microsoft Xbox Live UK Price Increase in November

by Jay Garrett on August 31, 2010

This news may be confusing for those that have noticed that Xbox Live seems to be generally losing ground to Sony’s PSN service thanks to PSN’s free multiplayer online gaming.

That aside, Xbox Live GOLD will start to hit your pocket a little more come November.

The monthly price for us UK gamers will increase from £4.99 to £5.99 but, strangely, the annual cost will stay £39.99.

Our cousins in the states will be hit both on monthy and yearly membership: from $7.99 to $9.99 and $49.99 to $59.99.

Xbox’s Major Nelson obviously thinks that the service is worth every penny:

“We’re confident that when the new pricing takes effect, an Xbox LIVE Gold membership will continue to offer the best value in the industry.”

Do you think that it’s good enough to warrant you paying more?

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Sony PS3 Gets More Memory and PlayStation Move UK Release Date and Pricing

by Jay Garrett on August 17, 2010

Is it already a year ago since Sony used Gamescom to unveil the PS3 Slim?

This year the announcement was not as ground-breaking but handy if you were looking to upgrade your console’s memory.

In September there’ll be a spanky new 320GB model (which will replace the existing 250GB model) which will come bundled with Move as well as a 160GB model PS3 which will phase out the current 120GB.

The 320GB will cost £299 and the 160GB for £50 less – personally I’d stump up the extra 50 notes and get my a 320gig bundled job ;)

The PlayStation Move motion controller will drop in the UK on September 15th and has a RRP of £34.99, with the PlayStation Move navigation controller pegged at £24.99. The starter pack that comprises a PlayStation Move motion controller, PlayStation Eye and a Starter disc is priced at RRP £49.99.

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Nintendo Wii2 (WiiII HD) Coming Soon on Back of Wii Love?

August 11, 2010 Click to read more →
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Well, it has been a year since the last time I wrote about the Nintendo Wii 2 (or WiiII) . Since Nintendo has just published a press release confirming that they’ve now have sold 30 million Wii’s in the states alone, which makes it the fastest console to reach that milestone in the history of [...]

250GB Xbox Kinect Bundle Coming – Fact!

August 9, 2010 Click to read more →
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Microsoft is releasing a 250GB Xbox 360 Kinect bundle just in case you thought that the 4GB version wasn’t hardcore enough. Before you skim read this for the words ‘apparently’ or ‘according to rumour’ this is a thing of Antipodean fact folks! Those eagle-eyed folk over at Joystiq got wind that the boxes of the [...]

Tekken v Street Fighter Characters: Which is Better? There’s Only one way to Decide – FIGHT!

July 26, 2010 Click to read more →
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That’s right my beat-em up buddies! For almost 20 years the debates, battles and arguments have raged as to which title is the best – Tekken or Street Fighter? The rivalry between these two titles still rages on and rival gaming companies Capcom and Namco have now put their heads together. Street Fighter X Tekken [...]

Microsoft Kinect UK Release Date Leaked by Stores

July 26, 2010 Click to read more →
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The Xbox 360 motion controller has been given a UK release date – but this announcement hasn’t come from Microsoft. It seems that HMV, The Hut and Play.com couldn’t wait to tell the world that Kinect will be hitting these shores on November 19th. These online retailers are offering the Kinect for pre-order and let [...]

Silver Halo Xbox 360 Slim – Limited Edition Bungie Graphics

July 23, 2010 Click to read more →
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Oooooo……. nice! Your eyes are not deceiving you – this Xbox 360 has shunned the glossy black and opted for a sexy matte silver suit. This is Microsoft’s new limited edition Xbox 360 slim Halo Reach console which they’ve just flashed over at Comic-Con. The Limited Edition console is also sporting graphics designed by Bungie. [...]

Microsoft Kinect for Xbox Gets UK Price

July 20, 2010 Click to read more →
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Microsoft has now gone official with the UK price of their body-sensing motion-controlled gaming doopher. The Xbox add-on that the big M is hoping will kick the Wii and Move into the curb will cost the people of Blighty £130 for a Kinect Sensor to plug into your current Xbox 360, and one game – [...]

Sony Playstation Getting More 3D Over Next Few Months

July 11, 2010 Click to read more →
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Another little Sony tid-bit that was mentioned at the John Lewis gathering makes even more sense since I learned about the new Cybershot cameras. PS3 owners will already be aware that their gaming console has had a 3D gaming firmware update – I was told by Sony on Thursday that the PS3 will be treated [...]

Playstation Move Gets UK Price and Release Date

June 17, 2010 Click to read more →
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The PlayStation Move motion sensing wavy-wand is set to hit the UK on September 17 and now there’s a price attached as well as the other bits you’ll need. The PlayStation Move controller will cost £34.99 but you’ll also need the PlayStation Eye camera which runs at £24.99. Get them as the PlayStation Move bundle [...]

Xbox 360 Natal UK Preorders Ready for Kick Off

June 10, 2010 Click to read more →
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Xbox gamers looking to leap around to control their on-screen action only have a few days to wait to put their name on the dotted line. Game as now added a countdown clock marking the time til Sunday’s preorder open day. I’ve double-checked just in case I’ve missed something but isn’t Microsoft’s Natal supposed to [...]

Project Natal Looking to be Not as Cheap as Promised

May 17, 2010 Click to read more →
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Well, so much for the el-cheapo price we were promised for the Natal if Game in Sweden is anything to go by. Swedish retailers are listing Natal for 1,499 SEK which is around £133 in Sterling. That rough translation also brings the cost to almost three times as much as the Natal price promise: No [...]

Xbox 360 Slim Bundled with Natal Soon

April 26, 2010 Click to read more →
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Word on the interweblogosphere is that Microsoft will out a slim Xbox 360 as part of a new Project Natal bundle. The skinny Xbox is made possible thanks to new, smaller, graphics chips – perhaps this can be paired-up with a more efficient/quieter fan? The generally reliable ‘Surfer Girl’ goes on to say that the [...]

Power Pyramid Brings Good Looks into Charging Stations

April 15, 2010 Click to read more →
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There’s a number of ways of charging your console controllers but none look like this! The Konnet Power Pyramid Supreme is THE best looking (unless you know differently) way to charge up to two PS3 and two Xbox 360 controllers at once. It even has an LED status indicator that tells you when the charging [...]

GameCrush – Play with Your Controller While Hot Girls Watch and Beat You

March 23, 2010 Click to read more →
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I know that there are those amongst you that stay in all day and night playing with by yourself on the game console of your choice. Sometimes you’ll be online with buddies be they screen or IRL ones – but, on occasion, there’ll be nobody out there…… What you could do with is some ‘hot [...]

Nintendo 3DS – 3D Handheld Gaming without Funky Glasses

March 23, 2010 Click to read more →
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The Nintendo DSi XL is still brand new and yet Nintendo has announced its newest portable product: the Nintendo 3DS. According to the Japanese press release the system will use two screens, won’t require special glasses and, more importantly, will be backwards compatible with the current DS and DSi games catalogue. We should see the [...]

Xbox 360 Coffin – Great for Goth Gamers or for Your RRoD Bereavement

March 20, 2010 Click to read more →
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Has your Xbox 360 received the cold hand of the Red Ring of Death? Rather than smashing it into tiny pieces in a red rage why not ceremoniously bury the late console. The coffin was designed by Alexis Vanamois and has space for an accompanying controller. If only Alexis added coffin handles and perhaps space [...]

UK Shoppers Gadgety Change in Taste

March 17, 2010 Click to read more →
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The Office for National Statistics has refreshed its hypothetical shopping basket again. Alongside the addition of liquid soap, cereal bars and garlic bread (it’s the future!) comes the arrival of the more gadgety Blu-ray player! If you’re not sure what all this is about the ONS updates this rather huge ‘basket’ to reflect the average [...]

Nintendo Zii Trademarked – New Console, Handheld or What?

December 15, 2009 Click to read more →
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Nintendo has just trademarked the title “Zii” in Japan which is to be used for computer games and electronic devices, according to the paperwork released today. The company actually filed for the trademark on October 30, but this was only just released on the trademark database. This means that Nintendo has protected the word “Zii” [...]

Sony’s New PlayStation 3 Motion Controller Called ‘Gem’ – Perhaps Definitely / Maybe

December 12, 2009 Click to read more →
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EA‘s CEO,John Riccitiello, accidentally let slip that Sony has been referring to the motion-sensing accessory as the “Gem” at a media conference in New York. Ooopsy! During his speech Riccitiello said: “Natal [Microsoft's motion sensing game solution] and Gem, these are likely to bring new consumers into the marketplace”. Sony Computer Entertainment of America director [...]

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