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Divinity: Original Sin maintained its top spot again on this Steam’s weekly top ten sellers chart, while DayZ is on the climb again. Bohemia’s Early Access survival game finished as last week’s runner-up, jumping three spots from the previous period. Chart regular Counter-Strike: Global Offensive finished right behind in third. …
Read More »Sony confirms Frozen-themed PS4 for Japan
Disney’s hit movie Frozen is to be emblazoned onto the side of Sony’s PS4. Gematsu reports that the Limited Edition Frozon PS4 will boast a special Anna and Elsa laser seal hard-drive bay cover”. It launches on July 16th and will cost 42,980 (250). What it doesn’t include is a …
Read More »PC gaming hardware worth $21.5bn – twice that of console market
PC gaming hardware is now worth over $21.5 billion (12.6bn) globally – over double the value of the console gaming market. Analyst Jon Peddie Research (JPR) said in its PC Gaming Hardware Market report that personal computers, upgrades, and peripherals used for gaming were continuing to remain strong and healthy, …
Read More »FTC sues Amazon over in-app payments
The US government is taking Amazon to court over its refusal to abide by FTC suggestions regarding in-app payment policy. Reuters reports that the lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission looks to force Amazon to refund IAPs that are ruled to have been purchased without the permission of parents. …
Read More »Sony admits PS4 is a tougher sell in Japan
PS4 has been a smash hit in the West but has struggled to take off in Japan since its arrival in the region in February. The machine had a fantastic launch selling 322,083 units in its first two days, bettering the PS3’s Japanese launch performance by 88,443 units. Since then, …
Read More »London Games Conference: Buzzfeed, Twitch, Gamer Network and Ubisoft lead the way
The London Games Conference returns on Wednesday November 19th – with a clutch of high profile brands already involved. Sessions already confirmed come from Buzzfeed, Twitch, Gamer Network and Ubisoft – they will respectively draw on their experiences with social content, lifestreams and video, events and post-release customer service. Event …
Read More »Apple criticised for sexist engraving policy
Apple’s CEO Tim Cook has been hounded on Twitter after a consumer complained about the firm’s ‘sexist’ engraving rules. Justyn Hintze wrotea blog postexplaining how Apple would not let her engrave the Alix Olson lyrics "I’ll give myself a lube job, shake my broomstick til my clit throbs" on her …
Read More »Xbox exec ‘defies you to see resolution and framerate differences on sub-60 inch screens’
The UK marketing boss of Xbox has said that one of Microsoft’s challenges is to overcome the disparity between the perceptions and realities of differing framerates and resolutions. Xbox One has since launch been troubled by the fact that several cross-platform titles offer either a lower resolution or framerate on …
Read More »Braben admits Elite Dangerous pricing ‘looks terribly capitalist’
You can play Elite: Dangerous RIGHT NOW. Providing you’re willing to pay 100. That’s the price Frontier is charging for the game plus access to the Premium. The Standard Beta SKU is 50 and the game 35 – with the option of a further 35 for the DLC Expansion Pass. …
Read More »Dovetail Games to revive Microsoft Flight Simulator technology
Licensing deal allows UK firm to develop new games based on series engine
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