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Microsoft has confirmed a second boost to the specs of its Xbox One. GeekWire reports that Xbox chief marketing officer Yusef Mehdi told the Citi Global Technology Conference that the clock speed of the CPU has been increased from 1.6GHz to 1.75GHz. This follows news from early last month that …
Read More »Heard About: Xbox One audio tech
John Broomhall quizzes Microsoft's Mark Yeend on Xbox One's audio potential
Read More »GAME details Grand Theft Auto V midnight openings
Over 300 GAME stores are to open their doors at midnight for the arrival of Rockstar’s epic swansong for the current generation of machines. Grand Theft Auto V is released PS3 and Xbox 360 on September 17th, and nearly every GAME store will hold an event on the night of …
Read More »Microsoft wants HTML5 on Xbox One
Computing firm plans to attract mobile developers with cross-platform options
Read More »PvZ: Garden Warfare strictly multiplayer, will carry mid-tier price
Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare will be a multiplayer only affair, a fact EA states will allow the publisher to sell it at a lower price online and at retail. Speaking with Shacknews, creative director Justin Wiebe confirmed that the FPS-take on PopCap’s tower defense franchise will be multiplayer only. …
Read More »Star Citizen crowdfunding campaign tops $17m
Chris Robert’s Start Citizen crowdfunding experiment has reached new heights, crossing the $17m mark in raised funding. Incredibly, only $2.1m of that total was brought in by the project’s run on Kickstarter, meaning nearly $15m has been raised by other avenues such as direct PayPal donations. The in-development space simulator …
Read More »Tilting Point gets new marketing boss
2K's Tom Bass is digital publisher's new VP of Marketing
Read More »Apple confirms September event, iPhone 5S and 5C reveals rumoured
Apple has sent out invitations for an event next week rumored to feature the debut of the iPhone 5S, as well as the iPhone 5C. The Verge reports on the official invite from the hardware maker, which reveals a press event taking place on September 10th at Apple’s campus in …
Read More »Sony pays £4,600 to game dev intern in wages row
Chris Jarvis claims for minimum wage after working full-time hours for three months
Read More »Optimism around PS Vita is growing, says Sony
Momentum behind PlayStation Vita is finally building, says Sony. The UK team has seen sales of Vita increase 100 per cent during the summer, partly thanks to the launch of its Mega Pack – which is a collection of ten Vita games, bundled onto an 8GB memory card, for 35. …
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