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It looks as if the first of two big Steam sales will kick off next week. ShackNews reports that messages in a Steamworks developer group date the Steam Autumn sale for November 25th. It will run until December 1st. It then adds that the Steam Winter sale will run from …
Read More »Retro Mega Drive console sales surge 400% at Argos
A quarter of a century after its release in the UK, the Mega Drive could be a star performer this Christmas. The Daily Mail reports that sales of AtGames’ Sega Mega Drive console have jumped 400 per cent at Argos in recent weeks”. This version of the machine includes two …
Read More »Activision leads US TV ad race
The flurry of triple-A console releases has seen console publishers race back to the top of the TV advertisement battle in the US. VentureBeat reports Activision claimed 36 per cent of what is referred to as the digital share of voice (SOV) of the entire game industry’s TV ad output …
Read More »YouTube launches Fair Use policy, will help content creators fight legal battles
YouTube is now siding with its content creators over games publishers. In a blog post called ‘A Step Towards Protecting Fair Use on YouTube‘, Google copyright legal director Fred von Lohmann says that the firm is going to be defending Fair Use going forwards. As such, it will be refusing …
Read More »Versus Evil pulls Afro Samurai 2, cancels parts 2 and 3
Afro Samurai 2: Revenge of the Kuma is no longer available to buy from PSN, Xbox Live or Steam. Developer Versus Evil has announced that the title has been pulled from sale. It has also cancelled the previously planned second and third instalments. Refunds are available to those who have …
Read More »PS4 and Xbox One Resident Evil 6 appears at Korean rating board
It appears that Resident Evil 6 could be coming to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. That’s if a leak from the Korean Game Rating Board is to be believed. As spotted by Gematsu, PS4 and Xbox One SKUs of the 2013 survival horror title have been assessed by the …
Read More »SLI and Crossfire support ruled out for PC’s Batman: Arkham Knight
Multiple GPU users have been told that the PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight will never make use of their available graphics cards. We’ve been working with our development and graphics driver partners over the last few months to investigate utilizing multi-GPU support within Batman: Arkham Knight,” a Warner developer …
Read More »PS4 will get PS2 emulation, Sony confirms
It’s not just Xbox One owners that will be able to play older games – Sony has plans for its own backwards compatibility. Both the PS4 and Xbox One launched without the ability to play older games, though a recent update has seen the latter console gain support for Xbox …
Read More »Kinect director Kudo Tsunoda exits Xbox division
The former creative director for Kinect is to take on a role at Microsoft outside of the firm’s Xbox group. Kudo Tsunoda took on the responsibility of heading up a number of Xbox developers earlier this year, including Rare, Lionhead, Twisted Pixel and Lift London, plus the teams behind Scalebound,Quantum …
Read More »Beyond: Two Souls arrives on PS4 next week
A pair of titles developed by Quantic Dream have received PS4 release dates. Earlier this year, Sony announced remastered versions of Beyond: Two Souls and Heavy Rain would receive digital release on PS4 and now we know exactly when. Beyond: Two Souls is set to launch on Sony’s latest console …
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