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Games for Microsoft’s Xbox One will be region locked, meaning no importing of titles from overseas. Similar to the movie and music industry, games must meet country-specific regulatory guidelines before they are cleared for sale,” a Microsoft rep told Digital Trends. We will continue to work with our partners to …

The engine powering Call of Duty: Ghosts has not been built from the ground-up as per previous reports. Does that make it an ‘upgraded’ engine as opposed to a ‘new’ engine? That’s a matter of semantics, argues Infinity Ward’s animation lead Zach Volker. When we’re talking about a new engine …

Unrest, the new RPG from Jaipur-based Prodactyl Games, has surpassed its Kickstarter funding goal in less than 24 hours. At the time of writing, Unrest has received funding of $5,744 from 334 backers; that’s nearly double the modest $3,000 funding goal. Unrest is an unconventional RPG based in ancient India …

PlayStation manufacturer cuts back predictions by six per cent

Publisher will keep on developing titles for current-gen consoles until at least 2017

Publisher benchmarks video and audio performance of new Xbox at eight-to-10 times higher than current gen

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Got your head around the pre-owned situation? Good. Now here’s the next confusion for you – does the Xbox One need a permanent internet connection? This is Microsoft’s official line: "Xbox One does not have to be always connected, but Xbox One does require a connection to the internet." Right. …

Computing giant says fee allows users to install game from disc and onto their account

New service to be powered by 300,000 servers, more than the entire world's computing power in 1999