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Read More »Report: Don Mattrick out at Xbox
Xbox president Don Mattrick is about to leave Microsoft, according to internet reports. All Things Digital and rumours circulation on social network site Twitter, say that Mattrick will announce his departure today with Zynga or EA likely destinations. Mattrick has had a difficult time at Microsoft in recent weeks following …
Read More »Green Man Gaming kicks off 666 Summer Sale
A six-day digital PC game sale has this afternoon begun at online retailer Green Man Gaming. Called the 666 Sale, it will be offering six separate deals every six hours across six days beginning today and lasting until Saturday July 6th. Today’s debut offer will see discounts on titles such …
Read More »Jagex lays off Transformers Universe devs
Studio claims MMO will not be adversely affected as insider shares concerns over title
Read More »Precursor co-founder faces child pornography charges
Kenneth McCulloch taken into custody as police investigation continues
Read More »UPDATED: First free Xbox 360 game for Gold members is Defense Grid: The Awakening
Microsoft’s Games with Gold program has kicked off with the first free title being offered to Xbox Gold Live members. The game in question is Defense Grid: The Awakening – a 2009 Xbox Live title that normally retails for 800 Microsoft Points. Two free games will be offered each month, …
Read More »Windows Phone shipments outpacing BlackBerry 10 by 3-to-1
New estimates paint a very bleak picture for BlackBerry 10. PocketGamer has done some number crunching following BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins’ admission that just 40 per cent (around 2.7m) of the 6.8m smartphones his company shipped in the last quarter were BB10 devices. For comparison, Samsung shipped an estimated 70.7m …
Read More »Edge boss leaves ahead of Future games restructure
Richard Keith, the publisher of Edge, PC Gamer and Xbox 360: The Official Magazine, is leaving Future. It comes ahead of what will be a ‘review of the publishing structure’ at Future’s games division. The news follows a drop in revenue for Future as revealed in its last financial statement. …
Read More »CCP negotiates changes to Sony submission process
Dust 514 maker working with Sony to evolve procedures for free-to-play games
Read More »AMD Radeon HD 9970 and HD 9950 tipped for September reveal
Fresh speculation about the next line of AMD’s Radeon graphics card suggests a September reveal is on the cards. VideoCardz reports that AMD is currently working on the Hawaii silicon architecture that will power two new cards – the Radeon HD 9970 and the HD 9950. Previous reports had first …
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