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Prepare for Vita!

February 21st 2012 by tom

Japanese giant Sony are preparing for the release of their latest gaming console the Playstation Vita which is officially released tomorrow. The latest in portable hand held consoles had a shaky start in Asian territories but Sony believe it will be very popular in Europe and US. The Vita retails around £230 around the same price as the Nintendo 3DS was tagged at launch, it features dual analogue sticks, front and rear touch screens that allow to a player to control multiple actions all at the same time.

Not ordered your PS Vita yet? Take a look at some of these great launch deals:


Amazon are offering both versions of the PS Vita, the Wi-fi for £209.99 and 3G versions for £259.99 both with a Free 8GB Memory Card and a selected game of your choice for £15 from the following options:

Virtua Tennis 4

Rayman Origins

Asphalt Racing

Lumines

Dungeon Hunter

Our pick of the bunch would definitely have to be Rayman: Origins, having played this on the Playstation 3 it is a beautiful and creative game that provides hours of fun!

Game have got some brilliant deals on the more popular and iconic games for the Vita and also include a 8GB Memory Card, Although slightly more expensive than the Amazon deal, the Wi-Fi with a game costing £259.99 and the 3G 309.99. The selection of games is much better:

Wipeout 2048

Uncharted Golden Abyss

Fifa Football

A Great selection of games and maybe just what is needed for a successful launch! There are plenty more brilliant deals out our PS Vita Deals Page and find the perfect deal for you!

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Shortlist for BAFTA Game Award Announced

February 9th 2012 by tom

The British Academy Video Game Awards have released the shortlist for the nominations for the Audience Award today for games from last year. This award is one that is chosen by the general public for game of the year. The winner will be announced at the ceremony March 16th. Last years winner of the award went to Call of Duty: Black Ops beating Mass Effect 2, Red Dead and Limbo, with over 110 thousand votes cast.

The shortlist is compiled by a panel of industry experts and the Nominees Include

  • Battlefield 3:

    developed by EA Digital Illusions and published by Electronic Arts it is the 11th Installment of the Battlefield Franchise. Available on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC

  • Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3:

    developed by Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games, with Raven Software, the 8th Call of Duty instalment. Available on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC

  • FIFA 12:

    developed by EA Canada, and published by Electronic Arts and is the nineteenth in the series! Available on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC

  • Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword:

    Developed by Nintendo Entertainment and is the 16th entry of Zelda games. Available on Nintendo Wii

  • L.A. Noire:

    developed by Team Bondi and published by Rockstar Game. Praised for its impressive detective work. Available on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC

  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim:

    developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. the Fifth installment in the Elder Scrolls Series. Available on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC

  • Portal 2:

    developed and published by Valve Corporation, sequel to the multi-award winning Portal. Available on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC

  • Minecraft:

    Developed and Published by Mojang. The sandbox world game, only available on PC, android and iOS.

  • Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception:

    Developed by Naughty Dog and Published by Sony Computer Entertainment, the third in the drake series. A Playstation 3 exclusive.

Over the last few years Call of Duty has dominated the award since 2009 has won every year since. I have a feeling though this year its going to fall flat on its face as there are a couple of huge contenders. So if you want to vote for your favourite game you can do so at the BAFTA Game Award webpage

Why not leave a comment and tell us what you voted for?

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XBOX 720 Rumour Collaboration

February 1st 2012 by tom

As it seems very unlikely that we will see a new console from the Sony team, all eyes have turned to the Xbox 360 successor. If you have had trouble keeping up with all the speculation around the XBOX 720 then here is a round up of the stories released over the last couple of weeks.

Oban Chipset and ATI Graphics Card – 18 Jan

SemiAccurate.com have claimed that they heard from reliable sources that the chipset for the XBOX 720 (or what ever it is going to be called) went into production around Christmas time. they claimed that Microsoft would be using a IBM-built power CPU with an ATI HD7000 GPU named Oban.

However less than a weekly Later IGN reported that their sources claimed that the GPU was in fact based on the older Radeon HD 6670 card, which retails at around £60 for the PC version.

Blu-Ray, Kinect 2 and Anti pre-owned game tech

Sourced from Kotaku reported on some findings the most interesting that the latest console will prevent any pre-owned games being played, not a very popular move amongst gamers. This could be achieved quite easily such as a one time activation code that ties in with the XBOX Live account. Microsoft have dismissed this as just rumours and speculation and what about gamers that don’t use XBOX live?

Many retailers also make a large income on selling and buying pre-owned games and this move would have a large impact on such companies as Game.

Eurogamer revealed that Two version will be available of the latest Console, much like there is on the XBOX 360. A basic stripped down version and a full featured version which will have Kinect 2 functionality and Blu-ray Player. There has been no definitive announcing whether we will see anything at this years E3 as there are many conflicting sources out there.

We do know that the XBOX 720 will not be released this year but the rising anticipations has made the XBOX 360 plummet in price, which is still a great console and still looks visually brilliant with games such as Battlefield and Mass Effect Really Pushing it to the limits. So check out our XBOX 360 deals page to compare the best XBOX prices

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