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Monday, August 10, 2009
Culture

Watch People Play Games On UK TV

7:00AM Owen Good | Last weekend, the UK network Bravo – unrelated to the U.S. channel, BTW – launched something called “Game Face,” tilted toward casual gamers, presumably ones with wads of disposable income. More »
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Monday, December 15, 2008

UK Minister Wants Kids to Play More Games

8:00AM Owen Good | Who says UK lawmakers are hostile to video games? Tom Watson, the government’s Cabinet Office Minister wants kids to play more. And not just edutainment or shovelware – violent ones are OK. More »
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Friday, September 5, 2008

No Xbox 360 Price Cut For The UK

8:20AM Stuart Houghton | Bad luck, old chap. Microsoft is refusing to pass on the Xbox 360 price cut to the UK market. As if the British economy wasn’t looking dark enough – now we face another Christmas of not-that-cheap Xboxes. “Pricing is handled on a region-by-region basis”, said a killjoy Microsoft spokesperson, “We do not have a price drop in this region to announce”. An Xbox Arcade will set you back £159.99 ($US 281.35) in the UK, while an Elite can be obtained on the open market in exchange for a kidney or other major organ. Microsoft says no Xbox 360 “price drop” in the UK [Pocket Lint] More »
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