9 h. ago Italian ski pass price rises mean sport may become only for wealthy, watchdog warns

Price increases of as much as 40% will make sport exclusive privilege of the wealthy, says Assoutenti “Completely unjustified” prices rises for ski passes in Italy this winter mean the sport is at risk of becoming the exclusive privilege of the wealthy, the president of an Italian consumers’ association has warned.From the Alps and the Dolomites in the north to the slopes of the central Italian region of Abruzzo, prices are poised to rise by as much as 40% compared with 2021, according to a report compiled by the watchdog, Assoutenti. Continue reading...

Events

5 d. ago Football Manager 26 joins Xbox Game Pass with The Outer Worlds 2 in second October drop

The second Xbox Game Pass drop of October has arrived, adding multiple big titles including The Outer Worlds 2 and Football Manager 26

Sport

1 week ago Keeper review: An odd Xbox game where you play a lighthouse exploring beautiful lands

Double Fine have come up with an amazingly beautiful video game on the Xbox consoles that aims to let you interpret the story in a gentle puzzle title with no humans

Sport

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This upcoming PS5 and Xbox game is free to play for one weekend only ahead of its release later in October

Politics

2 w. ago What the Xbox Game Pass price hike says about the rising cost of playing games

In this week’s newsletter: The almost 50% increase in the cost of Microsoft’s game-streaming service is step closer to the model of TV, music and filmIn the music, TV and film industries, streaming has completely upended the business model. Instead of buying albums and films, most of us pay for a few subscriptions depending on what we want to watch, and maybe supplement that with the odd vinyl or special-edition Blu-ray. This has been pretty terrible for musicians, who earn approximately $0.004 per play on Spotify, while Spotify itself made $1bn in profit last year (admittedly after many years of operating losses). On the TV front, it’s increasingly annoying for customers: in my household we have to carefully bounce around between five different TV subscriptions depending on what series we’re into, to keep costs down.This model hasn’t really caught on in video games. Apple has its Arcade service that offers premium mobile games for £6.99 a month, but free-to-play games are the norm ...

Economics

2 w. ago Microsoft scraps Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price hike after users slam 'step too far' but with 1 catch

Angry users kicked up a fuss over the price changes and the company has now backtracked - but with certain conditions

Sport

3 w. ago Instructions to cancel Xbox Game Pass and change your subscription on console, desktop and mobile

Xbox Game Pass has grown to be pretty expensive, and even though it has a lot of games to play, that doesn't immediately make it a worthwhile purchase. Here's how to cancel it.

Sport

3 w. ago Xbox Game Pass 'gets biggest update yet' but could lead to 'mass unsubscribing' for one reason

One Xbox fanatic was angry and said they are waiting for the upgrade to kick in "just so they can cancel it".

Sport

3 w. ago How to avoid impending Xbox Game Pass 53% price hike if you act now

Gamers will need to act fast if they don't want to pay the new Xbox Game Pass prices

Sport

3 w. ago Xbox Game Pass price increase announced, and it costs more than your other monthly subscriptions

Xbox Game Pass has been given a massive overhaul, but it's also seen a massive price increase

Economics