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Read More »Xbox Live could host digital midnight launch events
Microsoft has said it wants to introduce digital midnight launch events for games on Xbox Live. Consumers are accustomed to glitzy High Street retail midnight launches, but it’s a different story online – although perhaps not for long. A Twitter user said the following to Microsoft Studios VP Phil Spencer: …
Read More »Watch Dogs gets a new set of minimum PC requirements
The creative director of Watch Dogs has revealed a new set of minimum required PC specs for upcoming title Watch Dogs. Creative director Jonathan Morin confirmed on Twitter that the game will require an Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 2.66Ghz or AMD Phenom II X4 940 3.0Ghz CPU, a 1024 …
Read More »Nguyen pondering Flappy Bird return, will release new game this month
The creator of Flappy Bird has said that he is considering re-releasing the title. Shy Vietnamese developer Dong Nguyen famously pulled surprise hit Flappy Bird from app stores last month after saying that its success was too much to bear. However, in an interview with Rolling Stone he says that …
Read More »Xbox Live downtime brings Titanfall to a temporary halt
Titanfall’s US launch was last night disrupted after a short stint of Xbox Live downtime. Microsoft’s console network experienced what the platform holder described as limited” service for around five hours last night, leaving many gamers unable to take EA’s new multiplayer shooter online. Larry ‘Major Nelson’ Hyrb confirmed on …
Read More »PlayStation game sales rose in 2013, but Xbox was still king
PlayStation was the only console brand to increase its video games sales last year. According to ERA based on GfK Chart-Track data, the number of PS4, PS3, PS2, Vita, PSP games sold last year was 11.4m, an increase of 1.8 per cent over 2012. These games combined generated 372m, a …
Read More »Number of High Street games stores drops, but still beats online and supermarkets
Online stores and supermarkets failed to capitalize on mass store closures in the UK last year, as High Street stores emerged as the biggest sellers of physical video games. The latest figures – released by ERA based on Chart-Track figures – show that the likes of GAME, Argos and HMV …
Read More »Raptr reaches 22m members, 1.5m new accounts added each month
PC gaming network Raptr has reached 22m members worldwide, the company has revealed. Raptr CEO Dennis Fong announced that the service is now being used in over 100 countries, adding that an average of 1.5m new players join each month – thanks in large part to the firm’s recently released …
Read More »Big Fish now accepting Bitcoin for online games
Casual games platform Big Fish has announced a partnership with Coinbase to accept BitCoin currency as payment for games and in-app purchases. The new payment option is available now for the company’s Windows PC and Mac titles. Users can use the digital currency to buy products direct from Big Fish’s …
Read More »Former Valve VR lead engineer joins Oculus as chief architect
Oculus has announced the appointment of VR veteran Atman Binstock as its new chief architect. The company announced the new hire today in a post on its blog, adding that Binstock’s first task will be to put together a research and development team based in the Seattle area. Binstock was …
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