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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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PlayStation Move Officially Better Than Xbox Kinect

by Jay Garrett on August 22, 2010

Where once only the Wii roamed the motion gaming arena the two new pretenders are battling for the top spot.

According to a panel of German gaming industry experts the winner of this round is Sony with PlayStation Move beating Microsoft Xbox Kinect to the best hardware accessory prize at the Gamescom 2010 expo.

Is this how it’s going to be on the Christmas best-sellers lists?

How about a run down of all the Gamescon winners?

Well, have a look at this triumphant lot :)

Best of Gamescom: Gran Turismo 5

Best hardware accessory: PlayStation Move

Best console game: Gran Turismo 5

Best mobile/handheld game: Super Scribblenauts

Best online game: Guild Wars 2

Best PC game: Crysis 2

Best Family Entertainment: Kirby’s Epic Yarn

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

August 17, 2010 Click to read more →
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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 [...]

Sony PSP Go Mobile Phone on its way – Snapdragon Powered Android 3 Gamer

August 12, 2010 Click to read more →
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I for one have been waiting for a couple of years for this to actually happen but it seems that Sony Ericsson might finally be blessing us with a PSP Phone! According to a “trusted source” Engadget reports that Sony Ericsson is working on an Android 3.0 phone that could become a whole new gaming [...]

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 [...]

Tron Legacy Controllers for Xbox, Wii and PS3

June 21, 2010 Click to read more →
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Tron Legacy is definitely shaping up to become a hit and on the back of that will come the Tron video game tie-in which should also be out later this year. What better way to guide your lightcycle or discs than these blue highlighted controllers? Yup – these Tron branded Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and [...]

PlayStation Move Gets 50′s Inspired Ray Gun

June 18, 2010 Click to read more →
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Now, I love retro sci-fi stuff and Playstation’s Move seems cool with that vibe. The PlayStation Move shooting attachment looks so awesome!  I’m sure people would want one even if they didn’t own a Playstation The trigger of the attachment locks in with the analogue “T” trigger button of the slotted-in Move controller. The other buttons [...]

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 [...]

You Rock Guitar Gets $1.25 Million Boost

June 8, 2010 Click to read more →
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Remember the You Rock Guitar? An actual stringed instrument that plays nice with all your favourite gig games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band, gaming rigs like the Wii and PS3 as well as your computer, iPhone or even your real guitar amp? Well, Inspired Instruments have managed to get $1.25 million from a number [...]

Full Call of Duty: Black Ops Trailer and Details!

May 19, 2010 Click to read more →
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Here it is folks! The official trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops Get ready to be dropped into real world conflicts at some point between World War II and now featuring various periods of the Cold War leading you through war torn Cuba, the Arctic and Vietnam. Along with the new video more details [...]

Sony PSP2 Already Lurking Around the UK

May 17, 2010 Click to read more →
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It seems that Sony’s not prepared to take the battle of the handheld gaming rig lying down! There was a few whispers last week from publishers hinting that there was rumblings of publicity prep happening for a Sony portable. So – let the leakage commence!! It seems that specs for the PSP2 have started seeping [...]

Sony Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Walkman Breaks Cover

May 12, 2010 Click to read more →
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Sony has announced that it’s marking the June launch of ‘Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker’ with a limited edition Walkman W252 MP3 player. The model comes clad in camouflage but I’m not entirely sure that it will increase your power to sneak around. The Metal Gear: Solid Peace Walker Walkman W252 will come bundled with [...]

Black Day for Wii as Call of Duty: Black Ops Stealthily Avoids Nintendo

May 5, 2010 Click to read more →
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Nintendo Wii users will not be feeling the love as they watched the pre-order listings appearing for all but them. The Modern Warfare 2 follow-up, Call of Duty: Black Ops, will be hitting the other consoles built by Microsoft and Sony as well as on PC but, as with last year’s title, Wii owners will [...]

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 [...]

Sony Offers Complete 3D Entertainment System – PS3, Blu-Ray, TV and Audio

April 15, 2010 Click to read more →
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Sony has most definitely shown their allegiance to the 3D cause with its latest announcement of 3D PS3 games, Blu-ray player and TV. The Sony HX903 will be Sony’s first move into the 3D TV consumer market and it will be available to buy in June. The HX903 is equipped with Sony’s latest 200Hz high [...]

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 [...]

Sony PS3 Move not Arc – Motion Controlling Wand gets Named and Shown off

March 11, 2010 Click to read more →
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Sony has been showing off its Nintendo Wii baiting motion controller. They’ve also officially named it: PlayStation Move. Sony created a bit of a stir at the PlayStation presentation held at the Games Developer Conference in San Francisco. The naming of the Move may have lost a number of people money if they’d been betting [...]

Sony PSP Phone and Tablet may Become Reality

March 8, 2010 Click to read more →
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The mythical PSP Phone as well as an iPad baiting tablet may well slip out from Sony – Well, that’s how the Wall Street Journal sees it. Sony CEO Howard Stringer is looking towards Apple for inspiration in order to bring success back to Sony’s door. The Japanese company is already making steps with its [...]

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 [...]

Bought Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2? Activision says Thanks 310 Million Times! CoD

November 14, 2009 Click to read more →
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You can’t have gotten through this week without hearing about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 I’ve not bothered mentioning it as everyone seemed to be doing that. But I can’t fail mentioning this. The latest episode of the popular shooty-shooty-death-kill game has experienced the biggest launch of an entertainment product in history! It has [...]

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