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EA has officially announced the next game in its Battlefield series. As rumoured yesterday, it’s called Battlefield Hardline. It’s out this autumn and is set against the backdrop of a genre we all love – the war on crime and the battle between cops and criminals”. It’s a change of …

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has dismissed any suggestion that he wants to sell off the Xbox business. "I have no intent to do anything different with Xbox than we are doing today," he told interviewers at the Code Conference in California, as reported by The Verge, adding that his stance …

Nintendo has announced a new affiliate program for YouTube streamers. Almost exactly a year ago the platform holder was criticised for its content ID match claim strategy that allegedly robbed video creators of revenue. This new policy, Kotaku reports, will split ad revenues between YouTube, Nintendo and video creators. However, …

21 year-old Patrick Mazzolo won the $10,000 grand prize in the Battlefield Film Challenge. EA’s competition challenged budding filmmakers to create two to five minute videos inspired by the Battlefield series. Mazzolo won for his short film, Battlefield: Take Point. Five finalists were flown to Bondi Pavilion in Sydney where …

Keen Games’ action RPG Sacred 3 will launch three weeks ahead of its originally announced release date, publisher Deep Silver has announced. The game had previously been scheduled to arrive on August 26th on PS3, but will now launch on August 5th on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3. Pre-orders in …

Counter-Strike co-creator and former Valve employee Minh Le has seemingly confirmed Left 4 Dead 3 is in active development – stating that the game is real, and looking great in his opinion. In a video interview spotted by Shacknews, Le explains he’s already seen the game with his own two …

The previously announced upgraded version of 1990 Famicom title and 2006 DS remake Final Fantasy III has arrived on Steam. The game’s Windows PC release – revealed earlier this month by publisher Square Enix – is available now via Valve’s digital distribution platform for $15.99. The new version specifically packs …

Rumours that the next Battlefield title will ditch the military in favour of a police-based setting have intensified with the discovery of new assets. CVG reports that fansites have unearthed a host of details tucked away on EA’s Battlelog servers which point to a title named Battlefield: Hardline that is …

Star Wars: Attack Squadron has been abandoned by Disney just four months after entering closed beta. The Area 52 developed free-to-play title offered 16-player online dogfights and the ability to customise iconic craft such as the X-Wing and Tie-Fighter. It was in development outside of EA’s exclusive Star Wars game …

Bethesda has delayed the release of Shinji Mikami’s The Evil Within. The game has been due out on PS4, Xbox One, PS3, 360 and PC in Europe on August 29th. It will now arrive on October 24th. It will release in America on October 21st and Australia on October 23rd. …