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Battlefield 4, Grand Theft Auto Online, Final Fantasy XIV, SimCity, Half-Life 2, Diablo III – the list of online launch disasters is hardly a small one. But Bungie has said that it is already working on measures to ensure that Destiny is not added to any such list this September. …
Read More »Football Manager 2014 breaks PC record
Sports Interactive’s hugely successful Football Manager series has claimed another PC milestone. Football Manager 2014 has now broken the record for the most weeks spent at number one in the UK PC game chart, with 22 weeks at number one – 18 of those consecutively. The news comes as Sega’s …
Read More »Day one HD texture pack confirmed for Grid Autosport on PC
PC gamers will have the option of significantly ramping up Grid Autosport’s visuals compared to the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions. If you play on PC you’ll have access to the first piece of additional content the moment GRID Autosport launches; an HD texture pack that will increase the visual …
Read More »Develop Awards 2014 – The Finalists: Use of a Licence or IP
Continuing our round-up of this year's potential winners, we look at some of the great work developers have down with third-party brands in the last year
Read More »Some players wrongly banned from Battlefield 3 multiplayer
Anti-cheat system Punkbuster has incorrectly banned some innocent players of Battlefield 3. The third party software is designed to automatically identify players who are cheating and ban them automatically. As the software isn’t owned or operated by EA, overturning the bans is proving tricky. We are investigating an issue of …
Read More »Google Glass goes on sale in the UK
The Explorer Edition of Google Glass has gone on sale in the UK. Customers wanting to get their hands on the wearable tech can now purchase it for 1,000 fromthe Google Play store, with shipping estimated to be between one and two days. The eyewear is available in Cotton, Charcoal, …
Read More »Battlefield Hardline will offer ‘great stability at launch’, dev promises
The problems that have beset Battlefield 4 since launch will not be repeated when Battlefield Hardline arrives. That’s the pledge of Visceral Entertainment’s lead multiplayer designer Thad Sasser, who has told PSLifestyle – as reported by CVG – that the issue is a top priority for the studio. "A lot …
Read More »Majority of UK studios employ fewer than five staff
59 per cent of all UK development studios employ four staff or less, according to a Tiga survey. The report claimed the total number of studios in the UK increased from 448 to 620 in 2013, up by 38 per cent. It noted that while in 2012 the number of …
Read More »Rohde: Sony was ‘dancing in the aisles’ after £429 Xbox One reveal
Sony’s head of Worldwide Studios America Scott Rohde can remember the precise moment that Microsoft revealed the Xbox One’s RRP. That’s because it was a cause of celebration for the PS4 platform holder, the exec has said. "I’m not gonna lie. I remember exactly where I was," Rohde told ArsTechnica. …
Read More »Nintendo boss Iwata has undergone surgery
Satoru Iwata will miss Nintendo’s upcoming annual general meeting after news he has undergone surgery. The Nintendo boss missed E3 earlier this month after confirmation that he was unwell. Recently, as the result of one of my routine physical examinations, an issue was detected. Following a more detailed examination, a …
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