Filed under: Deals and Bargains
With Microsoft’s official acknowledgement of the Xbox 360 price cuts that puts Arcades at $199, 60GB Pros at $299 and 120GB Elites at $399, it looks like retailers are moving quickly to get the old Xbox 360 20GB models off their shelves by resorting to some old fashioned clearance pricing.
The recently discounted to $299 20GB Xbox 360 models are now showing up at retailers across North America at even lower price points due to the fact that the 60GB model also dropped its price to $299. Essentially making the 20GB a bad deal. As a result, Best Buy and Amazon.com are currently selling the 20GB 360 model for $259 while Futureshop in Canada has discounted the 20GB model to $199 and is bundling it with Gears of War and DOA: Xtreme 2. Happy shopping!
[Thanks CHINAdeals and Xandet]
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Filed under: Disgaea
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Wanna know more about Prinny: Is It Okay If I Am The Main Character? The new Disgaea series spin-off will be a side-scrolling action title featuring the exploding penguins, and here’s the story: Etna had her favorite candies stolen; you are the poor Prinny assigned to look for them, or deal with a fate worse than death. Other highlights include an extreme difficulty level, “200% better pixel graphics,” gameplay data exchange and a promise of new maps and bosses in the form DLC in the future.
The official site has also been updated, with information on the controls of the game, the release date, as well as a date for the demo — the full game will arrive on November 20th for 5,229 yen (including tax) while the demo will arrive on the Japanese PS Store on 9/29. We got the trailer above and some screenshots in the gallery below, so check them out!
[Via PSPHyper]
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Filed under: News
Originally set for release the second week of
September, it was revealed that Rockstar’s
Midnight Club: Los Angeles would be delayed into the second week of
October. Now, thanks to a Take-Two Q3 fiscal report, we learn that
Midnight Club: LA has been delayed a few more weeks. The newly new retail release is October 21st for North America and October 24th for Europe. Hopefully, Rockstar can deliver by the end of October. That said, we wouldn’t be all that surprised to see it slip into November.
[Via RockstarWatch, Thanks Firecatman]
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Filed under: News, Xbox Live Marketplace
Through the end of October, Microsoft is running an “Extended Play Download Days” promotion on the Xbox Live Marketplace, where they’ve selected and discounted a few sets of popular DLC.
The discount priced DLC includes content from Beautiful Katamari, Forza 2, Guitar Hero III, Mass Effect and Oblivion with savings ranging from 25-60% off the original prices. That means you can get Mass Effect’s Bring Down The Sky DLC for 300
(originally 400), Oblivion’s Shivering Isles for 1600 (originally 2400) and GHIII’s Foo Fighters Pack for 360 (originally 500). View the complete list of discounted Extended Play Download Days DLC after the jump.
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Filed under: PlayStation Network, News
Eurogamer will be giving out their SOCOM: Confrontation beta keys starting at 4PM UK time, which is half an hour from now. You must be in the United Kingdom, and you have to first register here with Eurogamer. Make sure you are signed in, and keep checking their page for more information. They will be given out on a first-come, first served basis. Finally, unlike the US beta keys, these UK beta keys will only work on one PS3. Good luck!
[Thanks John R.!]
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Filed under: News
During an end-of-quarter conference call yesterday, Take-Two Interactive will be releasing GTA: Chinatown Wars this winter. That’s a release window of November to January 31, 2009, according to Take-Two’s fiscal year. One individual from the press asked if the game would release before Christmas, but Take-Two was quick to comment that they “didn’t say that,” further adding that they’re “not confirming that.”
So, with some hints at Wi-Fi play and a release window, we’re starting to get a better idea of what to expect from the title. Next up, let’s see some game footage!
See also: Point/Counterpoint: Should GTA be 2D or 3D?
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Filed under: Contests and Giveaways
It’s time for a special Friday Fanswag boys and girls. We’ve gotten our hands on five redemption codes for Shred Nebula from CrunchTime Games. Not only that, but we’ve scored five CrunchTime T-shirts to go along with each copy. In case you haven’t noticed, CrunchTime has a sweet logo. Even if you don’t know who the folks at CrunchTime are, you’ll be proud to wear their shirt. It just so happens that Shred Nebula is a affable space shooter with deep play mechanics and online dogfights, so it’s win-win, really. To enter:
- abandon a comment on this post telling us about your favorite space battle.
- Only one comment will be accepted per person. Posters of multiple comments will be disqualified. We’ll accept entries until 5:00PM, Eastern Time, Friday, September 5th, 2008. You must be at least 18 years old to enter. This giveaway is open only to residents of the U.S. and Canada (excluding Quebec).
- Later today, we’ll pick five winners via a random drawing.
- Five winners will each receive a redemption code for Shred Nebula on XBLA and a CrunchTime Games T-shirt, worth a total of $25.
- Complete giveaway rules can be found here
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Filed under: News, Dead Space
Dead Space, the space survivor horror game we’ve been gushing about these past few months, was originally scheduled to release to retailers on Halloween. What perfect marketing, right? Well, last month we learned that its release was mysteriously bumped up a week earlier to October 24th. Now, we’ve just been notified by EA that Dead Space’s release has moved up on the release schedule yet again, this time to Tuesday, October 14th. What’s the reason? EA doesn’t have an official explanation other than the fact that the they say the game’s development is ahead of schedule. But we have a hunch that they want to distance Dead Space from November’s other huge 360 blockbusters. Makes sense, right?
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If you haven’t heard, the Xbox 360 has received yet another price cut. Effective today, the Xbox 360 Arcade model is available for only $199 — that’s $200 less than the cheapest PS3 model. While the PS3 is arguably a better deal, with the inclusion of a Blu-ray drive, integrated wireless and free online play, penny-pinching informal gamers may not see the value proposition of a system that costs twice as much as its competition. “Given the weaker consumer spending environment, the Xbox 360 should also now be in closer reach of more price-sensitive consumers,” analyst Colin Sebastian said.
However, with Sony focused on profitability this year, a competitive price drop does not appear to be on the radar for the PS3. Instead, Sony has opted to create larger hard drives and more attractive bundle options, such as the 160GB Uncharted bundle. “I suspect that the reason why Sony has been so adamant about maintaining its current price point is because it has not reached a more efficient scale in its manufacturing of the PS3,” said analyst Jesse Divnich.
Divinich also tells Edge that “Sony should be the most concerned [about the 360's price cut] … Going into this holiday season, the PS3 will not only have the highest price point, but also the smallest software library, weaker line-up of exclusive titles (compared to Xbox 360’s Gears of War 2 and Fable 2), and a less popular online network.” Apparantly, he forgot about Resistance 2, SOCOM, LittleBigPlanet and a number of other PS3-exclusive titles for this holiday season. However, will the lure of these titles make up for the increasing price gap between these two rival consoles?
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Filed under: DS Daily
So, uh … we all bought Professor Layton and the Curious Village, right? If not, trust — you are really missing out. But that’s not the point of today’s morning chitchat. No, instead we’d like to ask a burning question: where the hell are the other two Layton games? We hoped to see them announced at E3, but it didn’t happen. Think the second one will be announced before the end of the year?
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