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Indie Royale's Valentine's Bundle Includes Zeno Clash, Hoard, Lume, and Soulcaster

Indie Royale has finally unveiled what games are included in its current Valentine's Day bundle, which brings together Zeno Clash, Hoard, Lume, and the first two Soulcaster games for a very low price.We've been flooded with independent game bundles in the last few months, and Indie Royale has been the most ...

11 February 2012
03:41 GMT

Reminder: Skyrim Price Cut on Steam Lasts Until Thursday

Bethesda is celebrating the release of its Creation Kit and official High Resolution Texture Pack for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim by slashing the prices of the actual game and its predecessors, Oblivion and Morrowind, for a limited time. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim delighted millions of players and, according to Bet...

8 February 2012
02:39 GMT

Large-Size LCD Prices Stabilized in December, 2011

According to iSuppli, liquid crystal display panels do not appear to be as unfortunate as semiconductors, and definitely not in the same boat as NAND and DRAM products. Based on some recently published financial estimates from IHS iSuppli, LCD prices are not going down anymore, at least not as fast as a few months ...

7 February 2012
13:01 GMT

New Indie Gala Bundles Offer Great Games and Music Albums for Low Prices

The independent game bundles just keep on coming these days, as the Indie Gala service has now published its second offer that brings together not just impressive games, but also some great music albums. After Indie Royale’s special Serious Sam offer and Humble Bundle’s Android-focused package, the Indie...

6 February 2012
12:31 GMT

New Humble Indie Bundle Brings Great Games to PC, Mac, Linux, and Android

The Humble Bundle team has just revealed a brand new offer, this time with indie games not just for the PC, Mac, and Linux platforms, but also for the Android mobile operating system. We’ve been treated with quite a lot of great bundles that brought together impressive independent games for a very low price in...

1 February 2012
05:36 GMT

Major Origin Discounts Ran by EA for Action Games

Electronic Arts has just deployed a major round of discounts on its Origin digital distribution service, this time slashing the prices on a variety of action games for the PC platform. EA’s Origin has, slowly but surely, become pretty popular with PC gamers, largely because it’s the only way to access re...

31 January 2012
05:10 GMT

The Binding of Isaac Is Close to 450,000 Units Sold

The creator of the indie rogue like The Binding of Isaac has announced that the game has managed to sell close to 450,000 copies since launch, much more than the developers though it would. Edmund McMillen, the developer of Binding of Isaac, said in an interview with IndieGames that he “didn’t think peop...

30 January 2012
09:38 GMT

Saints Row 3 Ships 3.8 Million Units, Sales of Digital Content Also Very High

THQ has revealed some impressive sales figures for its latest Saints Row 3: The Third video game, which has shipped over 3.8 million units and is breaking digital sales records for the company. THQ has just confirmed that it’s changing its corporate strategy to focus more on hardcore games. In order to really ...

26 January 2012
17:21 GMT

Nokia’s Lumia Windows Phones Up for a Slow Start

Last year, Nokia made available its first handsets to run under Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system, namely the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710. Both of them landed on shelves in a small set of countries before the end of 2011, where they proved rather successful. However, it seems that their performance was...

26 January 2012
08:05 GMT

Western Digital Hit Hard, HDD Shipments Fall 42%

Today is shaping up to be the day when the consequences of the floods in Thailand (in the IT field) become obvious, as even Western Digital has been forced to report abysmal shipment results. Following in the footsteps of Advanced Micro Devices and NVIDIA, Western Digital has handed out some financial details of it...

25 January 2012
03:42 GMT

Samsung Sells over 5 Million Galaxy S II Units in South Korea

Samsung has just announced that its Galaxy S II smartphone sold over 5 million units in its homeland market, South Korea. The Android-based mobile phone was made available in the country about nine months ago, and proved one of the fastest selling handsets there. It is one of the very few mobile devices to reach such...

19 January 2012
01:35 GMT

PlayStation Store Update Brings Team Ico HD Collection, New Games, and DLC

Sony has made a brand new update to its North American PlayStation Store, this time giving PS3 owners access to new downloadable games, not to mention a variety of DLC and even some great price cuts, as part of the 12 for ’12 promotion. First up, in terms of new games, PS3 users can enjoy digital versions of t...

18 January 2012
04:54 GMT

Great PSN Games Get Big Discounts as Part of Sony’s 12 for '12 Promotion

Sony has just kicked off a massive new promotion on its PlayStation Network, called 12 for ’12, which sees hefty price cuts made to some high quality downloadable games that were released last year on the online service. Sony kicked off 2011 with an impressive promotion called 11 for ’11 and now wants to...

17 January 2012
04:13 GMT

Weekend Reading: Holiday Sales Might be Doing More Harm than Good

Steam had another impressive Christmas showing, mixing a raft of impressive offers with some sort of meta game that involved further price cuts and special items, and all its big competitors, from Gamersgate to Origin, did something similar in concept although not as wide in terms of scope.On a personal note, the off...

14 January 2012
05:31 GMT

PlayStation Store Europe Gets January Sales Event

Sony has just confirmed that users of its European PlayStation Store can take advantage of a series of sales that will span three weeks and include all sorts of great content, from full games to DLC and other such things. Sony is on a roll with its sales events, as the Japanese company has been making big price cuts...

12 January 2012
04:48 GMT

Indie Royale’s New Year Bundle Revealed, Includes Four Great Games

After a blind pre-order scheme, Indie Royale has finally revealed just what games are included in its New Year Bundle, with the likes of Nuclear Dawn, Max & The Magic Marker, Fractal, and Super Crossfire being packed into this great deal. Indie Royale made a name for itself on the independent game bundle scene by of...

6 January 2012
04:59 GMT

Analysts Unsure About PlayStation Vita’s Success

The PlayStation Vita is getting ready for its launch in February, but games industry analysts are unsure about its chances of success. Some believe that first-party games might save it, while others say that it will only end up damaging Sony’s image. While the PlayStation Vita isn’t doing so well in its ...

5 January 2012
18:31 GMT

Unofficial Price Cut for PlayStation Vita Already Made in Japan

It seems that the dwindling sales of the PlayStation Vita have forced some Japanese retail stores to make unofficial price cuts to the device, some offering discounts as large as 20 percent for the 3G model of the new portable console. The PlayStation Vita made its debut in Japan last month and, while first week sal...

4 January 2012
18:41 GMT

Super Meat Boy Has Sold Over 1 Million Copies

Team Meat, the developer of Super Meat Boy, has confirmed that its hard as nails platformer has sold over 1 million copies since its release at the end of 2010. Super Meat Boy originally appeared on the Xbox 360, through the Xbox Live Arcade service, but it really took off once the game appeared on the PC, Mac OS X ...

4 January 2012
04:07 GMT

Indie Royale’s New Bundle Can Be Pre-Ordered Before Its Release

Indie Royale, the special service that offers a variety of great independent games for low prices, has just started promoting its New Year’s Bundle, which can now be pre-ordered before its official release, even if potential customers don’t actually know what they’ll be buying. At the end of last y...

3 January 2012
12:11 GMT

Sony Declines to Comment on Poor Sales of PlayStation Vita in Japan

Sony doesn’t want to talk about the rather disappointing sales of its PlayStation Vita in Japan, as the company declined to comment after the performance of the new handheld platform recorded took a dive in its second week of availability. The PlayStation Vita was released in Japan last month and, while its...

3 January 2012
05:32 GMT

GameStop Offers Massive Deals on Lots of Games, PS3 Accessories and Xbox 360 Consoles

GameStop has just unveiled the array of deals it’s running to celebrate the New Year, including select discounts on a variety of games across multiple platforms, not to mention plenty of price cuts made to PlayStation 3 accessories, as part of the Play Days offer, and even a hefty discount to a new Xbox 360 con...

30 December 2011
07:11 GMT

Steam Users Who Bought Renegade Ops 4-Pack Are Now Getting 7 Actual Games

Some Steam users have gotten a peculiar gift from the digital distribution service today, as those who bought the Renegade Ops 4-pack, which gave them a copy of the game plus three extra ones to give to friends, have now received three new copies of the twin-stick shooter made by Avalanche Games and published by Sega...

27 December 2011
05:36 GMT

Dead Island Ships 3 Million Units, Has a Great Holiday Season

Dead Island, the first person, role playing zombie shooter, has shipped over 3 million units since its release back in September, with publisher Deep Silver confirming that the title has had a great holiday season in which plenty of new units were sold.Dead Island impressed originally with its touching trailer, but o...

23 December 2011
05:08 GMT

Downloadable PlayStation Vita Games Are More Popular than Retail Ones

The first sales figures for PlayStation Vita software have just appeared, with Japanese retail tracker Media Create confirming that around 300,000 games for the new handheld were sold during the first two days of availability.The PlayStation Vita was released last week in its native Japan and, while demand wasn&rsquo...

23 December 2011
03:17 GMT

Indie Royale’s Xmas Bundle Gets Extra Games and Soundtracks

Just as the Humble Indie Bundle 4 received even more games and soundtracks, the team behind Indie Royale has just added similar bonuses to its own Xmas Bundle, which was released last week.Gamers are seriously going to have to juggle their holiday money, as lots of new deals and discounts are popping up these weeks, ...

21 December 2011
14:31 GMT

Google Activates Over 700,000 Android Devices Daily

If you were wondering how well Android fares these days, you have nothing to worry about. The platform is selling very well, and the number of devices being activated each and every day is increasing fast. In fact, daily activations have just reached 700,000, at least this is what Andy Rubin, head of mobile operati...

21 December 2011
12:51 GMT

Five New Games Added to Humble Indie Bundle 4

The Humble Indie Bundle 4 may have started with just five games, which turned into seven if you paid above the average price for the collection, but now it’s getting even more content, in the form of the games that made up the Humble Indie Bundle 3.The winter holidays have arrived with some great deals for game...

21 December 2011
03:55 GMT

12 Days of Xbox Deals Brings Big Discounts to Xbox Live Marketplace

Just after Valve deployed the Steam Winter Holiday Sale, Microsoft has confirmed its own initiative, called the 12 Days of Xbox Deals, which brings plenty of discounts on a variety of Xbox Live content, from games to avatar items, as well as bigger daily deals on popular games.The winter holidays are rapidly approach...

20 December 2011
13:21 GMT

Steam Winter Holiday Sale Has Big Discounts, New Contests, Huge Prizes

Once again, Valve has kicked off the traditional Steam Winter Holiday Sale, with the digital distribution service being host to a series of daily discounts on great titles, as well as to price cuts for many other games and even a special competition that has a huge prize.Steam has always marked special occasions with...

20 December 2011
06:25 GMT

Skyrim Ships 10 Million Units, Is the Fastest Selling Steam Game Ever

Bethesda has just published a brand new update on the performance of its The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim role playing game, confirming it’s shipped over 10 million units across the world and that the game is now the fastest selling title ever to be released on the Steam digital distribution network.Skyrim has been ...

16 December 2011
15:41 GMT

Tablet Sales Fail to Meet Expectations

Looks like tablet makers and analysts may have been a little bit too hopeful in regards to the tablet market, if sales figures compiled by IDC are any indication. For the third quarter of 2011, it was believed that sales of slates would be of 19.2 million. Now, though, IDC found that the mark was missed by a perce...

15 December 2011
09:00 GMT

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Reaches $1 Billion (€757 Million) in Sales

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has just broken another record, this time because it reached $1 billion in sales (757 million Euro) in just 16 days, overtaking the Avatar movie, which reached this amount in 17 days.Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 was expected to set new sales records last month when it was released acr...

14 December 2011
15:31 GMT

iPhone 4S Registers Weak Sales in South Korea

Apple’s iPhone 4S device has already managed to prove successful in a series of markets around the world, but not in South Korea, where demand is said to be rather poor. Apparently, the handset is gathering dust on shelves at various wireless carriers in the country, which is not encouraging at all for the C...

14 December 2011
03:33 GMT

Skyrim Close to Overtaking Oblivion’s Lifetime Sales Figures

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was released for little over a month, and already the NPD group has revealed that it’s almost going to overtake the lifetime sales figures of its predecessor, Oblivion.Skyrim impressed lots of gamers when it was released on November 11, selling more than 3.5 million copies in its fir...

13 December 2011
18:31 GMT

New Indie Royale Xmas Bundle Packs Together Six Great Games

After gamers were treated with yet another indie bundle last week, from the guys at Indie Gala, this time the Indie Royale website kicks off its holiday efforts with the Xmas Bundle, which packs in quite a lot of interesting games that span across multiple genres and can be had for a low price.Indie Royale is probabl...

13 December 2011
04:20 GMT

Steam Now Accepts Coupons, Get Ready for More Discounts

Valve, the company behind the Steam digital distribution service, has introduced a new coupon feature to its platform, allowing video game developers and publishers to offer targeted discounts to groups of gamers.The coupons are linked to the Steam Inventory feature, which was originally introduced in order to allow ...

9 December 2011
09:31 GMT

Blizzard Slashes Prices on World of Warcraft, Its Expansions, and StarCraft II

Blizzard has just kicked off a massive sale on its online store, slashing prices on a variety of content, including World of Warcraft, its various expansions and downloadable content, not to mention StarCraft II, although that offer is just available for European customers.The end of December will be a tough time for...

8 December 2011
12:11 GMT

The Indie Gala Bundles Together Great Games For Whatever Price You Want

Another day, another bundle of independent games, as a brand new service, the Indie Gala, follows in the footsteps of already established programs like the Humble Indie Bundle or the Indie Royale one, by offering seven great games for whatever price the user feels like paying.Independent game developers have started ...

7 December 2011
06:01 GMT

EA Running Plenty of Deals on Its Origin Service

Electronic Arts has kicked off a special offer on its Origin digital distribution service, in the form of the Origin Advent Calendar, which presents new deals every day for fans of the company.Just as gamers are recovering from the series of massive sales that were ran during Black Friday and Cyber Monday, quite a lo...

2 December 2011
10:31 GMT

As Feared, PCs Aren't Being Sought After This Winter

It was clear enough that the global economy wasn't going to allow for spectacular shipment levels over the holidays, but the whole situation appears to be more dire than presumed. The 2011 winter holidays may just go by without any visible rise in PC shipments and sales. In fact, according to rumors, PC make...

1 December 2011
09:59 GMT

Almost 1 Million Xbox 360 Consoles Were Sold During Black Friday

After Nintendo and Sony both presented their Black Friday sales figures, it’s time for Microsoft to once again blow them out of the water, as the company confirmed that around 960,000 Xbox 360 consoles were sold during the week of Black Friday, and more than 800,000 units on that actual day.The Xbox 360 has bee...

30 November 2011
19:11 GMT

The Really Big Bundle on Indie Royale Is Now Available

Indie Royale, the website that treated gamers with a couple of high quality bundles recently, has just deployed another collection of great independent games that can be yours for whatever price you want to pay for them.The new collection, called the Really Big Bundle, includes four games as well as a bonus title, in...

30 November 2011
04:58 GMT

PlayStation 3 and Games for It Sold Great During Black Friday

Sony has confirmed that it saw “strong demand” for its PlayStation 3 home console, peripherals and games made for it, during Black Friday, last week.Lots of U.S. gamers eagerly awaited Black Friday and, even if there were a few unfortunate incidents, most of them managed to score some big discounts on ple...

30 November 2011
03:43 GMT

Gamers Attacked With Pepper Spray and Beaten During Black Friday Rush

Black Friday was eagerly awaited by millions of Americans as they were finally able to make some huge savings on all sorts of items, but, for some unlucky gamers, things got quickly out of hand as two ugly incidents happened during the sales rush.Black Friday is the day right after Thanksgiving when lots of U.S. reta...

29 November 2011
05:35 GMT

Amazon’s Cyber Monday Deals Cuts the Price on Kinect and Huge Variety of Games

After the huge variety of deals that ran during its Black Friday sale, Amazon has now unleashed a huge variety of other discounts for lots of other games and gaming peripherals, as part of its Cyber Monday sale.While Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, usually consists of regular, brick-and-mortar retailers sla...

28 November 2011
04:44 GMT

Steam Autumn Sale Brings Major Discounts

Just in time for Thanksgiving and Black Friday, Valve has unleashed a new edition of its annual Autumn Sale on its Steam digital distribution service, slashing the prices on a huge number of games and DLC.Steam has gotten users accustomed to lots of high quality discounts around certain holidays, including the winter...

24 November 2011
06:48 GMT

Xbox Live Fan Appreciation Sale Slashes Prices on Lots of Games

Microsoft is running its own special sale this Thanksgiving, slashing prices on plenty of high quality downloadable games and even quite a few Games on Demand titles.Lots of companies are currently running special discounts, in order to attract customers before the official start of the winter holiday season, and Mic...

24 November 2011
05:27 GMT

PlayStation Store Fall Sale Slashes Prices on Lots of Games

Sony has just kicked off its annual Fall Sale on the PlayStation Store, offering some serious discounts on plenty of high quality downloadable titles for the PlayStation 3.Thanksgiving and, more importantly, Black Friday, are rapidly approaching, so lots of discounts are being made by plenty of retailers and websites...

22 November 2011
17:01 GMT

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Made $775 Million (574M Euros) in Five Days

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's launch was quite successful, as we learned from Activision 24 hours after its release that more than 6.5 million copies were sold, but now, after the figures from the first 5 days of availability have been crunched, it seems that the game made over $775 Million (574 million Euros...

18 November 2011
18:11 GMT


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