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There’s little change at top of the UKIE GfK ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 as 2014 carries on more or less precisely as 2013 left off. The Top seven games remain exactly as they were last week, with EA’s FIFA 14 leading the pack ahead of Call of Duty: Ghosts, …
Read More »Zynga begins testing Bitcoin transactions
Digital currency spikes above $1,000 again thanks to backing from social games company
Read More »PS4 out now in India
The PlayStation 4 is finally on sale in India, and Sony is already talking shortages. Several nation-wide retailers, including Landmark, Game4u and Games The Shop held midnight launches for the PS4 last night. The console retails at Rs 39,990, with the camera and Dualshock 4 peripherals priced at Rs 4,990 …
Read More »Rekoil heads to XBLA, Steam later this month
Plastic Piranha’s upcoming FPS Rekoil will land on Xbox Live Arcade and Steam later this month, publisher 505 Games has announced. A 505 rep confirmed to Polygon that the downloadable title will launch for PC on Steam January 28th. Rekoil: Liberator will launch a day later on January 29th for …
Read More »Valve tightens up Steam family sharing
Valve has updated its family sharing options for Steam games, implementing a new two-step validation process. A post on Steam’s community site explains that a user’s account will now need to get clearance from the original account holder – in addition to getting authorization on the receiver’s hardware – to …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: December 29 – January 4
DayZ is on top of Steam’s top ten sellers list again this week – beating out another slew of discounted titles during the distributor’s end of 2013 sale. Facepunch Studio’s open world survival game Rust continues to perform well as an Early Access offering. The title rose from fourth last …
Read More »Alex Ward and Fiona Sperry leave Criterion
Studio co-founders Alex Ward and Fiona Sperry have left EA-owned developer Criterion Games. "Alex Ward and Fiona Sperry have decided to leave EA," a spokesperson told Polygon. "We appreciate their many contributions through the years and wish them well in their future endeavours. "The incredibly creative and talented team at …
Read More »Hackers batter Origin, Steam, Battle.net and League of Legends
Alleged DDoS attacks taken servers offline and cause widespread disruption of digital storefronts
Read More »Free Killer Instinct character switched
Xbox One owners can now access an alternative free character in Double Helix fighter Killer Instinct. A patch released by the studio has swapped previous free character Jago for Sabrewulf. It’s the first time the game’s free character has been changed since its arrival alongside Xbox One in November. The …
Read More »Microsoft could reduce Xbox One price "faster than forecasted"
The Xbox One could see a reduction in RRP earlier than previously anticipated, according to one US analyst. "We think ‘winning’ is important to both companies," Wedbush Morgan’s Michael Pachter told investors. "It is possible that Microsoft will reduce Xbox One pricing far faster than we have forecasted. Should hardware …
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