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Mass Effect executive producer Casey Hudson will leave BioWare after 16 years to take on a new stage” of his career, the company has announced. Studio general manager Aaryn Flynn posted the news earlier today on BioWare’s blog, including a portion of Hudson’s memo to company employees: "After what already …
Read More »Football Manager 2015 coming out in November
Sega and Sports Interactive have announced that Football Manager 2015 is headed to stores this November. The title will be released on PC, Mac and Linux. The game is also available to pre-order from today both physically and digitally. Those who are pre-ordering the title will have access to the …
Read More »Crytek announces Ryse: Son of Rome for PC
Xbox One exclusive Ryse: Son of Rome will be released on PC this Autumn. The news comes following a period of mass disturbance at developer Crytek, during which the Homefront IP was sold to Deep Silver, along with the team working on the game at Crytek UK. This new PC …
Read More »Once a game is added to EA Access’ Vault, it’s there for good
EA will not freely add and remove games made available via EA Access. The subscription service was revealed last month, and for either 3.99 a month or 19.99 a year offers free access to games contained within ‘The Vault’ as well as a discount on digital DLC and new game …
Read More »Xbox One Digital TV Tuner dated for the UK
From later this year Xbox One owners without a cable or satellite box will be able to watch over-the-air digital TV through their consoles. The Xbox One Digital TV Tuner will be released in the UK in late October, costing 24.99. It will arrive in Europe at the same time …
Read More »VIDEO: New BioWare IP teased for Gamescom
Developer BioWare has continued its teaser campaign for its mysterious presumably new project, due to be revealed at Gamescom next week. The latest short, entitled ‘You’ve Been Chosen: Impact’ (which you can see below) is the third such release from the company following ‘Nightmare’ and ‘Spark’ last month. There’s a …
Read More »First there was Twitch plays Pokemon, now there’s Fish Plays Pokemon
As in, there is literally a fish playing Pokemon, live on Twitch. Remember when crowdgaming pioneer Twitch Plays Pokemon made big news earlier this year? Well, things appear to have moved on somewhat. As spotted earlier today, now we have Fish Plays Pokemon. Welcome to our stream where our fish, …
Read More »Diablo III Ultimate Evil Edition allows for cross-platform save porting
Blizzard has revealed that those who have already played Diablo III on their last gen machines will be able to continue their games on PS4 or Xbox One. The clever part though is that unlike other titles, players will be free to port their progress across platforms – so PS3 …
Read More »Library of Congress worker discovers unreleased Duke Nukem game
Duke Nukem: Critical Mass was only ever released on DS, which makes the discovery of a complete PSP version all the more surprising. David Gibson, a moving image technician in the US Library of Congress, recently stumbled upon the find when performing an inventory of recently acquired games. I happened …
Read More »Apple App Store enjoys a record-breaking July
The market may be getting increasingly tough for Apple, but that isn’t stopping the continued growth of the App Store. CEO Tim Cook told CNBC that the App Store in July generated more revenue than in any other month in its history. "I couldn’t be happier,” said Cook. This is …
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