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Forget PS4 and Xbox One, one of the biggest marketing campaigns of Christmas will be for a current-gen game. Warner Bros has revealed a huge advertising push behind its new Batman title – Arkham Origins. It includes a blockbuster TV campaign, events, drinks promotions with Kick, plus heavyweight online, digital …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed series surpasses 6.6m UK sales
Assassin’s Creed has now sold over 6.6m units in the UK, Ubisoft has told MCV. The publisher revealed the figures ahead of next month’s launch of the latest instalment in the franchise – Black Flag. Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag is the sixth entry in the series and Ubisoft is …
Read More »Battlefield 4 needs a 14.4GB install for ‘best experience’ on Xbox 360
Xbox 360 owners wanting to get the best possible experience from Battlefield 4 are going to need plenty of spare hard drive space. EA has revealed that the game will kick off with a mandatory 2GB install, regardless of whether the multiplayer or single player disc is inserted. As well …
Read More »UPDATE: UK gaming’s Simon Byron is doing something brilliant on Kickstarter
Now this is what Kickstarter is really meant to be used for. Tired of millionaires taking to crowdfunding sites to launch products that they themselves are unwilling to back? Well this won’t be of any interest then because Simon Byron works in PR and we all know that’s where the …
Read More »VIDEO: Angry Birds Go gameplay shown, release date announced
Rovio’s latest entry in the Angry Birds franchise has been dated. The game will be released on December 11th and to coincide with the announcement Rovio has released its first gameplay footage. The kart racer was announced in August, with Rovio’s Kalle Kaivola stating: We’ve been playing around with a …
Read More »Candy Crush Saga is heading to Amazon’s Kindle Fire
King.com’s massively popular match-3 title Candy Crush Saga is to make its debut on Kindle Fire devices later this week. The game will be available from the Amazon Appstore from Thursday (October 17th), although it will appear in some unspecified ‘selected territories’ today. The game has some 53m+ active daily …
Read More »Project Spark freed of Xbox Live Gold restrictions
Xbox One owners will not need to subscribe to Xbox Live Gold to access free-to-play title Project Spark. The platform holder’s community Mike Lescault confirmed onReddit: You will not need a Gold subscription to play Project Spark for free on any platform.” Free-to-play titles previously released on Xbox 360, such …
Read More »Pokemon X & Y sell 4m in opening weekend
Nintendo has revealed some impressive sales numbers for Pokemon X & Y’s opening weekend. The games – the first entries in the Pokemon series on 3DS – sold 4m units between them on Saturday October 12th and Sunday October 13th. And Friday October 11th in the UK. The impressive number …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Anshu Mor, Microsoft India
The Xbox One may still be a year away from finding its way to Indian store shelves, but Microsoft India has plenty in the works for the Xbox 360. We speak with Anshu Mor, group head of the company’s interactive entertainment business, about entertainment content on Xbox Live, the Xbox …
Read More »Microsoft lifts Xbox Live Gold restrictions for free-to-play title
Project Spark to be accessible to all Live users on Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC
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