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China will become an officially supported Xbox One region when the console arrives the in the freshly green-lit territory in September. It will be the first foreign machine to go on sale in the territory since trade restrictions preventing the sale of games consoles were lifted at the turn of …
Read More »VIDEO: Assassin’s Creed Unity short introduces new female character Elise
Keen to redress the criticism levelled at it last month, Ubisoft has released details of a female central character” who features in Assassin’s Creed: Unity. A new trailer shows Arno racing against time and through a dense and chaotic central Paris in order to prevent the beheading of Elise, a …
Read More »‘The killer Oculus Rift app could come from anyone’: The VR firm on making games with the DK2
Michael Antonov discusses what the changes to the new dev kit and SDK mean for developers
Read More »Activision confirms three Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Limited Editions
Three Limited Edition versions of the upcoming Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare have been detailed by publisher Activision. The first is called the Atlas Limited Edition. Priced at 69.99 it includes a bonus multiplayer map and a special manual, all delivered in a steelcase. The 99.99 Atlas Pro Edition adds …
Read More »Destiny beta played by over 4.6m people
Activision has revealed the number of people that had played the beta of its new blockbuster IP Destiny. In total 4,638,937 people played the beta between its launch on July 17th and end on July 28th. The beta was initially exclusive to PlayStation consoles, but as of July 23rd,Xbox fans …
Read More »Xbox Gold not needed for EA Access unless you want to play online; UK prices confirmed
Xbox One owners don’t need Xbox Live Gold membership to buy into EA Access -that is, unless they want to play online. EA Access is a new subscription service that grants members unlimited access to certain EA titles and discounts on EA digital purchases. Any Xbox One gamer can join …
Read More »Reminder: Two weeks left for Games Media Awards nominations
In case you missed it last week:The GMAs are back for 2014. And we need your nominations. There’s a raft of changes for this year, including all-new awards, a prize with a public vote and a new venue. The entry process has been improved too. We’ve now set it up …
Read More »Nintendo losses jump despite 2.82m Mario Kart 8 sales and Wii U boost sales
Q1 has delivered mixed fortunes for the struggling Nintendo. On the positive side Mario Kart 8 has sold 2.82m copies in just over a month, representing an attach rate of over 40 per cent among Wii U oners. And in the quarter ending June 30th Nintendo sold 510k Wii U …
Read More »No EA Access on PSN as it’s not good value, Sony says
The EA Access subscription service is an Xbox One exclusive because Sony doesn’t believe it offers good value to consumers. That’s according to a Sony America spokesperson, who told Game Informer: We evaluated the EA Access subscription offering and decided that it does not bring the kind of value PlayStation …
Read More »The Story of Video Games in 10 titles
You could argue that every game is of some sort of historical significance, of course. The question really is how do you whittle down the list. Can you really have a list of the games that have defined our medium without the inspirational Half-Life? That skips over the technologically liberating …
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