And it's the good type of penny-pinching goodness you'll probably get this early into fall. Word has it in the hardware enthusiast community that Intel has ordained new pricings on the market's most popular processors, including those of Xeons and Celeron. Core 2 Duos and Quads have been seen with much lower tags, meaning there's hope for a visit to the local hardware retail shop this fall. Price changes await at the full story.

 Remember those ice extras that we've reported before that the repackaged Gears of War is set to get? Microsoft has confirmed them and they'e set to come in a couple of discs. More importantly, a price cut has been revealed to make the deal even sweeter. Release and pricing information along with other details follow after the jump.

Everybody likes a good deal. More money saved, more money for upcoming video games, right? This week's GameStop deals hails in new titles, price drops, and various bonuses. And the Halo 3 promo might pique your interest as well.

First off, GameStop is featuring Back to School Nintendo DS titles (some of which are tagged five percent off) like High School Musical: Makin' the Cut, Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, Brain Age 2: More Training In Minutes A Day, and others. Price drop offers US$ 10 to US$ 20 off the original prices (Fight Night Round 3, SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 2, among others).

GameStop is also offering extra 20% trade credit for video games traded for Halo 3 reservations. Plus it's giving away free stuff - Naruto PSP skins that come with Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes and Dewy Plushies that come with Dewy's Adventure.

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Although average consumers might not have much of an excitement for next week's E3 Media & Business Summit, analysts, investors, and the media are milling in anticipation. Hot off the presses yesterday was the all-out ruckus over a PlayStation 3 price drop across the board, and analysts still believe - despite denials - that Sony may still drop the slash-bomb smack-dab in the middle of the event.

 

Some analysts also believe that it won't only be the PlayStation 3 camp scoring a victory in market price change, stating that Microsoft might also be readying itself to spend a little bit more to kick up the hardware base expanse of the Xbox 360. Although US$ 1 billion was a lot to shovel for the Redmond giant's extended warranty expenses, third-parties are sure that such a move would decisively blunt Sony's price shindig - making it all too inviting.

Nintendo is still a star in game industry investors' eyes, and industry analysts believe that in absence of any price cuts, the Japanese gaming giant might reveal improvements to the Wii - possibly those promised by the company's CEO earlier this year. "They are also inching their way into online gaming. They are not as focused on communications as they should have been," said IGN's Peer Schneider, vice president of content publishing.

Though SCEA hasn't been shy as to what games would be featured in the invite-only event, other publishers have been readying their own collection of games to showcase to the industry's community. Analysts believe that the new games being pushed out could invite investment to publisher's shares, many of which have suffered a decline or stayed their value for the first few quarters of 2007.

Electronic Arts and Activision are still expected to be the shareholders' favorites, although positive feedback and forecasts eye a 20% rise in revenue for the entire game industry in FY 2007, a step up for the US$ 30 billion-worth sector.