What Do You Get With PlayStation Plus?
A new firmware update for the PlayStation 3 ushers in the age of PlayStation Plus, Sony's new premium subscription service. Let's take a look at what your money buys you today!
Steam Saves Us From Sharks With Massive Sale
Steam kicks off its massive "Perils of Summer" sale today, with daily sales, ridiculous discounts on game bundles, and slashed prices in every genre, all aimed at making sure you don't go to the beach and get eaten by sharks.
GameStop Powers Up A New Rewards Program
Soon there will be a completely different card to forget to bring to GameStop with you, as the retailer's new PowerUp Rewards program goes into beta testing, featuring both free and paid cards packed with benefits that don't entirely suck.
Walmart Slips Wii Buyers $50
Customers picking up a $199 Wii at Walmart locations across the U.S. will get a $50 gift card for their troubles next week, with a dozen 2009 titles across all platforms dropping $10 until Christmas.
Wal-Mart Launches 'Operation Main Street'
'Operation Main Street' is not - as you may have suspected - a sinister mash-up of the Rainbow Six and SimCity franchises, but is in fact Wal-Mart's Holiday Season price cutting bonanza.The supermarket chain reckons it can save consumers around $200 Million on consumer electronics, toys, games and other gifts. $200M…
Closing Circuit City Game Discounts
As we've reported Circuit City, deep in a rut and fighting to stay alive,
is closing 155 of their stores . What's that mean to you? Video game discounts of course, if there's a closing store near you. A Circuit City employee sent in an email last night to tell us she spent yesterday at her store running around slapping …
UK Retailers Buying Hardware Stock From Supermarkets
UK gamers will need to get up early in the morning if they are to take advantage of heavily-discounted consoles at several supermarket chains. So impressive were the price cuts that a number of games retailers have been dispatching staff to their local Sainsbury's to pick up some new stock. Sainsbury's has been…