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It has been estimated that PS4 sold 66 per cent more units than Xbox One in the US in November. Michael Pachter has said in his most recent investor note that he believes PS4 sold 1.25m consoles in the region throughout the month and that Xbox One sold 750k. Note …
Read More »Creative Assembly’s Alien game revealed?
Leaked artwork suggests UK developed sci-fi game will be called Alien Isolation
Read More »Next Battlefield could be developed in the UK
Criterion tipped to be working on EA's flagship shooter series, Dead Space dev Visceral also rumoured
Read More »Konami requests delisting for Skullgirls on Xbox Live and PSN
Xbox Live Arcade and PSN title Skullgirls looks likely to be removed from sale in the near future. Polygon reports that Lab Zero Games design director Mike Zaimont confirmed via a Twitch stream that Sony had informed him of a request to remove the game (which was made without the …
Read More »VIDEO: The Division looks to put the ‘next’ in ‘next-gen’
A new video demonstrating the tech powering Ubisoft’s The Division points to a very exciting looking next-gen release. The footage, which can be seen below, was shown over the weekend at the VGX Awards. It details the huge advances promised by the game’s Snowdrop engine – if it delivers on …
Read More »Xbox Live and World of Warcraft targeted by NSA spy activities
America’s National Security Agency has been spying on users of Xbox Live and World of Warcraft, according to new documents. The revelation is the latest in along line of leaks stemming from Edward Snowden and published by, amongst others, The Guardian. A new document published today entitled ‘Exploiting Terrorist Use …
Read More »VIDEO: First Quantum Break gameplay footage shown
The weekend’s VGX Awards offered up the first gameplay footage from upcoming Xbox One exclusive Quantum Break. The Remedy-developed title revolves around an experiment that has effectively ‘broken’ time, effectively paving the way for a number of set-pieces in which the game takes place. Players will as a result be …
Read More »Man who paid £450 for a photo of an Xbox One is given a real one
Did you read about that lad who paid 450 for a photo of an Xbox One? The story was big news last week after Nottingham Post reported that 19 year-old Peter Clatworthy had paid 450 for a picture of an Xbox One on eBay. He thought he’d paid for an …
Read More »$45,000 in prizes for web-based festive game design contest
Web innovators Mozilla and Goo Technologies want to see your creative genius this holiday season
Read More »Alien Isolation artwork leaks online
What appears to be the first glimpse of Creative Assembly’s Alien game has appeared online. As spotted by the super-sleuths at NeoGaf, the artwork is believed to link to the Alien game first revealed by Kotaku in October. It says Alien Isolation will hit both current and next-gen consoles some …
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