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UK supermarkets Tesco and Morrisons have jumped the gun and cut the price of 3DS ahead of the handheld’s official price-cut in the west from tomorrow. Tesco has slashed its price to £115 (via EG), while Morrisons are going with £120, both of which are effective from tomorrow. Games from the latter are being priced at £25. It was only yesterday that GameStop was selling it online for £135, with expectation being the RRP for 3DS in the UK following the price cut would be £140.

The price-cut takes hold in Japan as of today.

Pre-owned 3DS consoles in stock at GAME on launch weekend? If you called monkeyshines, you may be right.

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UK supermarket Tesco has cut the price of 3DS down to an eye-watering £175 ahead of the handheld’s European launch tonight.

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Those looking to pre-order 3DS in the UK may wish to do so through Tesco. The store has an offering going at the moment which would have you paying £197 for it.

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Tesco’s told MCV its expanding its used games sales operation to include all its smaller Extra stores.

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After ten years working on the IP, Bungie says farewell to Halo with the launch of its final game, Halo: Reach, at midnight tonight.

Want to know about the openings? Planing on getting it with a fresh loaf down at the supermarket in the morning? We’ve got you covered.

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Supermarket giant Tesco is selling Halo: Reach, for £28, but only if you buy a 2,100 MSP card to go with it.

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In case you haven’t noticed, Modern Warfare 2 launches tonight from midnight. And already the supermarkets are at war with each other because of it.

Sainsburys has confirmed that they will dramatically slash the price of the game for the Xbox 360 and PS3 from the RRP of £55, all the way down to £26, while Asda will sell the game for £32 and Tesco will sell it for £25, but only when bought with any other chart title.

Back in October, the supermarkets went at it with FIFA 10.

If you’re boycotting the game in the UK for the price alone, you no longer have an excuse. Get to it, Radiohead.

Thanks, Gamerzines.

Independent UK retailers are hopping mad at supermarket stores like Tesco and Asda, which are running specials on FIFA 10 for half its recommended retail price.

So mad, that an outcry for legislation to prevent the below cost selling is being shouted.

“It’s bully boy pricing really,” Chips MD Don McCabe told GI.biz. “Other countries have laws against this selling at a loss for very good reason.

“Once they’ve got the whole market they’ll expand their profits, reduce the choice and screw the suppliers,” said McCabe. The only thing that can be done is what other countries have, which is to recognize the insidious march of the supermarkets model is detrimental to the consumer ultimately.”

There’s more of back and forth there through the link. You should go have a read.

FIFA 10 is out today in case you haven’t noticed. If you haven’t bought it yet, chances are you need to check your local Tesco.

According to MCV, the UK supermarkets are dropping the game down to either just below or over £25.

Tesco is doing it for £24.97, Morrisons are selling it for £24.99, ASDA for £26.99 and Sainsburys for £37.

Word to the wise: buy it. It’s really good.

It’s out on PS3, 360, Wii, DS, PS2, PSP and PC.

Let the price wars begin.

Tesco are listing the PSPgo for £199.97, £25 short of the RRP. Earlier this week at GamesCom, SCEE told VG247 that the console would retail for £224.99 when it would launch on October 1 in the UK.

The supermarket is the first to dramatically cut the price of the console before it’s even launched. If you do pre-order it from there, you’ll also get free delivery. The only downside is that it’ll be released on October 2 and not October 1.

More at GI.

[Update - It's £13 on Amazon. That's a bit stupid. Thanks, tenthousandgothsonacid.]

Play.com is offering LittleBigPlanet for £17.99, which, in the parlance of the gutter, is fucking cheap.

Tesco, not be outdone, has gone even cheaper: how does £17.96 sound?

The Media Molecule award-winner currently costs £40 from both Game and Gamestation.

So you probably won’t buy it from them, then.

EUK’s former games bossman John Stanhope has a new job with Tesco as its senior buying manager, says MCV.

Stanhope was previously Woolworths’ head of the commercial division before the chain went under in November 2008.

Entertianment director for Tesco, Rob Salter, said that “John has the respect and trust of the industry and the appointment will enable us to continue to work closely with our partners as we drive the business forward.”

Good for John. Hope all Woolworths employees are as lucky.

Come on, Tesco. You can do better than this. The retailer has sent out another email to customers who bought a copy of Saints Row 2 for £16 from its website yesterday, only to be later told the firm had “not been able to obtain an item in your order”. This was shortly after the price went back up to £40.

Tesco’s first email said, “We apologise”. This one says, “We sincerely apologise”. Maybe the third one will say, “We’ll give you the product we advertised at the price we advertised it at.”

Nah. Course not. Thanks, ecu.

Thank you for your recent order for the Saints 2 Row PS3 game from Tesco.com.

Unfortunately, there was an error in the price at the time that you placed your order, and as a result we have had to cancel your order. Please refer to our Terms and Conditions on the Tesco.com entertainment site for further details of our acceptance policy.

If you would like to re-order the product, it is available on our website for £39.97.

We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Kind regards

Tesco Customer Service

Tesco is now informing all those who took advantage of the seemingly fantastic deal of Saints Row 2 PS3 for £15.97 that the order is cancelled.

The mail reads:

Dear Mr ——-,

We are sorry to inform you that we have not been able to obtain an item in your order.

Don’t worry, we won’t charge you for this item, but this may affect some of the promotions in your order.Your new order summary is shown at the foot of this email.

The item that we were unable to obtain is:

1 x Saints Row 2
Cancelled on Tuesday 14 October 2008

We apologise that we have been unable to fulfil every item in your order on this occasion, but hope that you will return to shop with Tesco.com Entertainment in the future.

Kind regards,

Tesco.com Entertainment

It was bound to happen in the end after the retailer raised the price to £39.97 earlier this morning.

Bet they could “obtain the item” for those who paid fourty quid for it.

Thanks, ecu.

By Mike Bowden

Looks as though Tesco isn’t as stupid as it’s cabbage-looking. The retailer was listing the PS3 version of Saints Row 2 for £15.97 this morning, but has now put the price up to £39.97.

Should have been faster. If you did buy one and you get an email from Tesco saying it was an error, let us know?

Tesco appears to be selling the PS3 version of Saints Row 2 for £15.97.

See for yourself. Buy one, quick.

Speaking with MCV, Tesco’s Matthew Cushway – a member of the MCV Retail Advisory Board – has said that retailers who “stick with PS2 this Christmas will reap the benefits.”

“PlayStation 2 still has a key part to play in the gaming market this year,” he said. “It seems some people forget that for a large number of young families the outlay for a new console is a major decision and is simply not an option in the current economy.”

“With the PlayStation 2 install base I believe that many younger-skewed games will again perform very well this year,” he went on.

“Retailers who stick with the PS2 format for Christmas this year will reap the benefits.”

More PS2 love through the link.

By Mike Bowden

Future and Tesco have announced plans to release a free games magazine in Tesco’s 425 UK branches.

The first mag to come out of the deal will be called Hot Summer Games, and will have a print run of 1 million copies. The Gamesradar team’s writing the copy.

“We are delighted to be working in partnership with Tesco on this landmark games magazine – utilising Future’s editorial expertise to inform and guide Tesco customers to the best games for them and their families,” said Future’s Lee Nutter.

“Working with the UK’s leading retailer further cements Future’s number one position in the games market.”

There was a story knocking around yesterday saying UK retailer Tesco was going to start selling GTA IV on April 25 – see it on PlayStation Beyond – and the theme seems to be catching: this piece on Grrr.pl reckons the game’s going to launch in Poland on the same date.

You lucky Poles. If that Tesco thing turns out to be bollocks, just get yourself over to Warsaw for the day next week. It’s supposed to be pretty this time of year.