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Valve is offering Steam users a megaphone to voice their opinions about games through Steam Reviews. The new system is about to enter beta, and is set to replace the current Steam Recommendations system – more similar to Facebook ‘likes’ than actual reviews – borrowing the upvote/downvote mechanic of web …
Read More »London developer Hide&Seek closes
Young studio shuts doors after five years, but promises to fill Kickstarter backer rewards
Read More »PS4 gets 10 launch apps in UK
There will be a total of ten apps available on PS4 in the UK when the machine launches. Unlike on Xbox One, users will not be required to have a PlayStation Plus subscription to access the services, although obviously some (such as Netflix) do require users have a specific service …
Read More »Take-Two buys out Icahn
US investor Carl Icahn is no longer involved with Take-Two after the publisher bought out the outspoken exec’s share interest. Take-Two acquired all of Icahn’s stocks at yesterday’s $16.93 closing price, representing a transaction worth a total of $203.5m. As per previous agreements, as a result of the buyout all …
Read More »Activision claims Call of Duty next-gen dominance
Call of Duty: Ghosts has emerged as the big winner in the next-gen games race, Activision has claimed. The publisher says that Ghosts is the best-selling Xbox One and PS4 title at leading retailers” (that’s GameStop, best Buy, Walmart and Target) in North America. It also reckons it’s the most …
Read More »Now Sony America is resetting PSN passwords
Some American PSN users have had their account passwords reset by Sony. Sony Europe last week did the same for some users on this side of Atlantic as a precautionary measure” following the detection of some non-specific irregular activity”. The same it seems is now true in the US. We …
Read More »155 Asda stores offering PS4s from Friday on a first-come, first-served basis
Asda has more stock of PS4 that it will sell to customers on launch day this Friday. 155 Asda stores will be selling the machines from midnight on Thursday. The stock includes the normal 349 machine, plus the Knack bundle (379) and the Call of Duty Ghosts pack (385). The …
Read More »Free game for faulty Xbox One owners
Microsoft is compensating those with a defective Xbox One console with a free game. Reports emerged over the weekend of disc drive problems in some units. Polygon reports that upon contacting Microsoft affected customers are being offered a free download of either Dead Rising 3, Forza 5, Ryse or Zoo …
Read More »Xbox One handing out 24-hour bans for swearing
Users who swear in videos they upload using the Xbox One’s Upload Studio are being handed 24-hour bans from the application. "We take code of conduct moderation via Upload Studio very seriously," a Microsoft spokesperson told CVG. The team reviews every clip that is uploaded to the service to help …
Read More »BBC’s Panorama accuses Amazon of poor work conditions
Conditions for workers at Amazon warehouses could cause mental and physical illness" according to an investigation by BBC Panorama. The show secretly filmed the working conditions endured by undercover reporter Adam Littler at the retailer’s Swansea depot. Each shift can involve up to 11 miles of walking with orders expected …
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