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It may have had a rocky start in life, but Windows 8 adoption is clearly increasing amongst PC gamers. PCGamesN reports that Windows 8 is now installed on 19.97 per cent of PCs owned by those logging in to Steam. That’s up on 18.45 per cent the month before. Windows …
Read More »Gran Turismo 5 and Resistance trilogy servers going offline
PS3 owners will soon find the online features of some key titles are no longer available. Sony has confirmed that the online servers for Gran Turismo 5 will be taken offline on May 20th 2014. Before that, however, the online servers for Resistance: Fall of Man, Resistance 2 and Resistance …
Read More »Nintendo scraps NES Remix contest
A proposed online contest for players of recent digital Wii U titles NES Remix has been scrapped. Joystiq reports that an exploit in the game was discovered that was allow mean-spirited players to post unbeatable times in some of the games. "In the interest of being as fair as possible, …
Read More »Microsoft pledges to "refine" Xbox One UI according to user feedback
The Xbox One user interface will be adapted and refined over time according to user feedback, Microsoft has promised. When we look back and look at what we’ve done, we want to continue to adapt the system to what gamers want,” director of programming Larry Hyrb told Canada.com. The team …
Read More »Your New Year’s Resolution: Win an MCV Award
You have under three weeks to get your lobbying in for the 2014 MCV Awards. Just days remain to get in your suggestions for hotly-contested prizes like Specialist Retailer, Game Publisher, New Game Brand, Marketing Team and PR Team. Plus this year we have new prizes for Events Team, Digital …
Read More »12 Steam Machine manufacturers named
Another ten firms are supporting Valve’s upcoming Steam Machine console, according to a report. As reported byEngadget, companies such asiBuyPowerand Digital Storm were already revealed as developing hardware for Valve’s new SteamOS, but another ten firms are now set to show their own systems during the Consumer Electronics Show 2014 …
Read More »TWICE Europe goes daily
TWICE Europe – the newsletter for the European consumer electronics trade – will now go straight to your inbox every single weekday. The mailer, launched in October 2013, rounds up the ten most important CE and retail stories from around the web twice a week. You can sign up for …
Read More »PS4 has "slight momentum edge" over Xbox One in the US, analyst claims
Sony appears to have emerged as the narrow front-runner in the early days of the next-gen console war in the US. Sony’s PS4 clearly bounced back from our mixed early-2013 supply chain checks, and appears to have a slight momentum edge among core gamers, as demonstrated by premium prices on …
Read More »Chillingo founders leave EA
Chillingo founders Chris Byatte and Joe Wee are the latest high-profile names to depart Electronic Arts. Byatte and Wee set-up mobile games publisher Chillingo in 2005, and helped launch a number of major mobile titles including the original Angry Birds and Cut The Rope. EA acquired Chillingo in October 2010 …
Read More »Ex-Far Cry 2 director Clint Hocking leaves Valve
Former Ubisoft and LucasArts dev exits firm after 18 months
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