Category Archives: Ireland

GameStop has said its Northern Ireland closures shouldn’t have surprised anyone.

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GAME’s sales during the Christmas break were down by 15 percent, the retailer said today, but the company remains optimistic on the year ahead with the upcoming launches of PlayStation Vita and Wii U.

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Previously US-only movie streaming service Netflix has started to appear in the UK and Ireland for PS3 owners.

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Bioware has said its Galway-based offices provided “multiple dimensions of support” for its Austin-based studio by monitoring server stability in Star Wars: The Old Republic.

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Sony’s announced that Vodafone has been selected as the “preferred partner” for Playstation Vita’s 3G services in Europe.

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Richard Wilson, CEO of the UK video game trade alliance TIGA, said yesterday that the UK government should not be ignoring Ireland’s drive to attract video game developers. More »

GameStop UK is to introduce a 320Gb White SKU of PS3, which it has listed on its website. It’ll go on sale, with two white controllers bundled, for £249.97 on November 1, which is just a day short of Uncharted 3 launching in Europe. GameStop will also stock it in its stores that form its retail Irish chain – GameStop UK is online-only – in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Pando Networks has completed a UK study which has revealed download speeds and completion rates across the country are “far slower than many broadband providers advertise.”

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GAME has announced the availability of in-store digital games in 1,200 of its worldwide stores, after a successful trial at its UK locations.

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The day has gotten a bit brighter for UK fans of Super Meat Boy, because it has been announced that the game is getting to special editions at retail. Head on below the break for all the squeal-worthy details.

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Sony has updated the European end of the PS Store, and along with Limbo finally being available, there’s a rather nice summer sale going on as well as one for EA’s racing titles.

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Sony has updated the PS Plus content for July, and not only are there some nice offerings on deck, the service is also celebrating its first anniversary. Hard to believe it has already been a year, ya know.

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Sony has updated the European end of the PlayStation Store, and along with the debut of Spelunker HD and SEGA Rally Online Arcade, there’s the platformer, zombie shooter Alien Zombie Megadeath available as well.

Hurry below the break to get the highlights.

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Irish Culture minister, Jimmy Deenihan, speaking in the Irish Parliament, described the games industry as ‘‘an enormous global industry with great potential and benefit for job creation’’. Therefore, Dr. Richard Wilson, TIGA CEO, stated: “The Irish Government could be the next in a growing list of Governments around the world supporting the video games industry through a tax relief. This news should encourage the UK Coalition Government to review the case for a tax break for the UK games industry. The video game development sector provides high skilled employment in a high technology, export oriented industry. TIGA will continue to advance the case for a tax break for games production to ensure that the UK remains a leading player in video game development.”

Sony has updated the European end of the PlayStation store again, and while today’s update is mostly add-ons. there are tons of stuff for your to get your hands on. Hit the break for the highlights.

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It looks as though 14-year-old Dublin boy is behind the service alert Microsoft’s put into affect last month when “external intrusion” saw the firm bring Xbox Live offline due to the  potential for phishing attempts while playing Modern Warfare 2.

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Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse has been lurking around as a downloadable title for a while now, so we’re happy to hear it is about to make the jump to retail.

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As PS3 celebrates its fourth birthday in the UK and Europe, SCEE’s bringing Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People to PSN today as its main headliner. But that’s not all.

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In what has to be the bargains of the century, UK retailer Argos is stocking the 360 version of Mass Effect 2 for the ridiculous price of £8, while Gamestop.ie (via Savygamer) has dropped its knickers as far as €6.

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Capcom’s dropped details on British and Irish pre-order goodies for Marvel Vs Capcom 3, and appears to be going in heavy with the t-shirts.

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