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Milestone Interactive will distribute EA’s Xbox games in India going forward, the company announced today. Milestone already distributes the FIFA publisher’s PC and PlayStation games, and with the addition of Xbox, it now distributes all of EA’s retail products. We are proud to acknowledge that our business relationship of the …
Read More »iPhone 5S and 5C won’t support 4G on day one on O2
O2 customers who buy either an iPhone 5S or 5C won’t be able to connect to the operator’s 4G LTE network right away. That’s because of a technical issue that will require the input of Apple to resolve. And that’s not expected to happen straight away. "The iPhone 5C and …
Read More »William Hill makes Call of Duty: Ghosts Xmas No.1 favourite
Call of Duty: Ghosts has been installed as the favourite to claim the UK Christmas No.1 title by William Hill. It’s currently offering 6/4 on the game with FIFA 14 second at 2/1 and next week’s release Grand Theft Auto V in third at 4/1. There is no doubting that …
Read More »On a sugar high: Android’s past, present and future
Intel Developer Blog recaps past Android OSs and what lies beyond their candy-covered names
Read More »PlayStation Europe boss on PS4, rescuing Vita and Sony’s relationship with EA
There’s something quite refreshing about the executives at Sony. They haven’t had their personalities media trained out of them. They will give you a straight answer (most of the time). They do appear nervous on stage in front of thousands of journalists. They are more than happy to mock their …
Read More »Blitz Games Studios ceases trading after 23 years
175 jobs have today been lost following the sad news that UK development stalwart Blitz Games has ceased trading. The company, which houses a number of divisions, was founded by the Oliver twins Andrew and Philip in 1990. In slightly better news, two of the studio’s current projects are said …
Read More »Sony explains Vita Slim strategy, but screen downgrade draws criticism
The re-designed PlayStation Vita has been constructed with a very simple premise in mind – make the system cheaper and more appealing. To put it differently, the Slim is about attracting more gamers without affecting the game experience” the machine’s head of design Mika Nagae told Famitsu, as reported by …
Read More »Sony hails "incredible" PS4 yields
SCEA president Jack Tretton has described PS4 production yields as incredible”. And as a result, the exec added, the PS4 launch will be the biggest in his company’s history. "We want to make sure that consumers have an opportunity to buy one on November 15th and through the holidays," he …
Read More »Final Fantasy Agito coming iOS and Android
Title originally set for FF XIII universe to be released on smartphones
Read More »World of Warcraft revenues "drop 54% in seven months"
One analyst has speculated that the time may be nearing for Activision Blizzard’s World of Warcraft to make the jump to free-to-play. A report by Superdata Research, as spotted by CVG, claims that the MMO has experienced a drop in revenues of 54 per cent in the last seven months. …
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