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Read More »Chris Roberts vows that Star Citizen won’t be sold
Star Citizen will not be sold, the many backers of the space simulator have been assured. The pledge comes as Chris Roberts’ crowdfunded title passes the astronomical $41m funding mark. To answer [those] worrying about the possibility of Cloud Imperium being acquired by another, bigger company – don’t worry! We …
Read More »Oculus staff and their families receive death threats
Founder Palmer Luckey lashes out at 'unwarranted' abuse following Facebook acquisition
Read More »Diablo III and other Blizzard games disrupted by DDoS attack
Online miscreants have chosen to disrupt Battle.net services a week after the launch of Diablo III: Reaper of Souls. The actions have left players facing problems attempting to log in to Blizzard’s biggest titles. Diablo, World of Warcraft, StarCraft and Hearthstone players may be impacted by high latency and disconnections …
Read More »Iwata’s internal approval rating drops as signs of board unease emerge
A report from Japan seems to be suggesting that there’s a small risk Nintendo president Saturo Iwata could be voted off the company’s board. A Siliconera translation of a Nikkei report says that Iwata’s internal approval rating has fallen from 92.86 per cent in 2001 to 77.26 per cent today, …
Read More »Deep Silver confirms next-gen Metro release
Metro Redux is real and in the works for the latest generation of consoles, publisher Deep Silver has confirmed. Rumour of the franchise’s jump to next-gen broke yesterday, when a pair of images mentioning the Metro Redux SKU for PS4, Xbox One and PC hit the web. Deep Silver has …
Read More »Warface registers 25m users
Free-to-play shooter Warface has reached 25m registered users, Crytek has announced. In a news post on Crytek’s site, the company revealed the figure – adding that the milestone was achieved in just two years within Russian, North American and European territories. It is a fantastic achievement for our franchise and …
Read More »Oculus Rift creator receives death threats over Facebook acquisition
Oculus staff and their families have received death threats over Facebook’s recent acquisition of the company, Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey has revealed. Luckey explained in a post on Reddit that while Oculus employees had anticipated an initial negative reaction from the masses, the company didn’t believe the backlash would reach …
Read More »World Cup tickets up for grabs in PlayStation ‘Play for your Country’ quiz
PlayStation is giving football fans the opportunity to score tickets to this year’s World Cup. Sony has lifted the lid on its Play for your Country with PlayStation competition, which tests the minds of football fans with a multiple-choice quiz for the chance to win tickets to this year’s FIFA …
Read More »Phil Spencer takes over Xbox division
Microsoft veteran Phil Spencer will now lead a reorganised Xbox division. The new-look division combines Xbox, Xbox Live development teams and the Microsoft studios. He will report to Terry Myerson, who is in charge of the group developing operating systems, as the two business areas look to work closer together. …
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