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Revenue from gaming rises by 18 per cent during the last quarter
Read More »Next-gen FIFA ‘is the best we have ever made’
Electronic Arts says FIFA 2014 on Xbox One and PS4 is the best football game it has ever made. The title will launch alongside both machines next month and producer Nick Channon says the game is a great base from which to launch more products in the lucrative football franchise. …
Read More »Microsoft discloses how Kinect collects private data
Computing giant also explains how developers and users can use facial expressions to control gameplay on Xbox One titles
Read More »The Medal of Honor killer: A Call of Duty story
Over the decades, the global video games industry has seen some fierce rivalries. Sonic vs Mario. FIFA vs PES. Xbox vs PlayStation. But the fiercest and bitterest of all conflicts has to be the one between EA and Activision. The two super-powers of game publishing have been locked in battle …
Read More »Read how the PC is now the UK’s fastest selling games platform in this week’s MCV
This week’s issue of MCV features UKIE’s latest PC download data, along with a look back at the history of Call of Duty. The next-gen consoles will have some stiff competition as they launch later this month, as the PC became the fastest-selling platform in the UK throughout the first …
Read More »Capcom forecasts 1.2m Dead Rising 3 sales
Dead Rising 3 will sell over 1.2 million copies on Xbox One, says Capcom. The publisher revealed the figures in its latest financial document, which also detailed the Japanese firm’s report for the first half of the financial year ending 31st March 2014. The expectations fall short of previous entries …
Read More »Nintendo suspends Swapnote on 3DS due to ‘offensive material’
Messaging function 'actively misused'
Read More »2DS enjoys half-term sales spike
Sales of Nintendo’s latest portable surged last week after retailers cut the price. 2DS was launched three weeks ago alongside Pokmon X and Y. The machine was on sale for around 110, but last week major retailers including Argos, Amazon and Tesco cut the machine to under 100 to coincide …
Read More »PS4 preorders ‘much higher’ than past consoles
Launch lineup 'stronger than predecessors', claims Sony
Read More »Nintendo suspends 3DS messaging service over photo sharing abuse
Nintendo has suspended its Swapnote service (aka Nintendo Letter Box) for the 3DS after discovering some consumers have been using the messaging app to exchange offensive” photographic material. The company explains on its website that some users, including minors, have been exchanging friend codes on the Internet and then using …
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