Phil Elliott
17:00 (BST)
23/12/2008
Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year
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Tecmo Koei asks Sony to "please cut the price" of PS3
CEO says price cut is needed to boost the PlayStation 3's market share
Valve: Steam can boost boxed sales
Free weekends on service increase retail sales, claims Lombardi; Left 4 Dead 2 pre-orders already double that of original
Activision: DJ Hero is "tremendous value"
Publisher believes £108 RRP for game and peripheral is fair for amount of content included
Thomas walks away with $5m from Midway sale
Original $100,000 purchase pays off for private investor as all other legal disputes settled
Namco Bandai secures Dragon Ball rights for 5 years
Deal begins in 2010, but publisher will also release three titles this year
