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Creators will no longer be charged in excess of $10,000 to patch their games
Read More »Microsoft scraps Xbox 360 developer patch charges
Developers no longer have to pay to patch their games on Xbox 360. Eurogamer reports that the policy change was made earlier this year. Until this point developers had to pay a fee upon the submission of patches. The exception to this was a game’s first patch, which could be …
Read More »Atlus’ parent company Index files for bankruptcy
Catherine, Persona and Shin Megami Tensei publisher Atlus could be in trouble. Its parent company Index Holdings, which purchased Atlus in 2006, has filed for bankruptcy with the Tokyo District Court. Its debts are said to total 160m. It now seems likely that Atlus will be sold at part of …
Read More »Activision: Microsoft has to win the value argument, win hearts and minds
Microsoft is perfectly entitled to charge $499 for Xbox One – but it will need to convince the public that the RRP is justified. That’s the verdict of Activision Publishing boss Eric Hirshberg, who believes that $499 is a viable RRP providing consumers are convinced that they’re getting value money. …
Read More »Xbox 360 overtakes Wii as the UK’s No.1 games console
Xbox 360 is this generation’s best-selling home games console in the UK, says GfK Chart-Track. Microsoft’s platform will overtake Wii in a matter of days, the stat tracker says. Xbox 360 is regularly outselling all rivals in hardware terms, and has now shifted 8.4m consoles across the country. This is …
Read More »Sony originally planned $499 PS4 including camera – report
The PS4 was originally going to retail for $499 before Sony changed its mind not long before its E3 announcement. That’s according to IGN, which says that the $499 SKU was to include the new PlayStation Eye camera. IGN reckons that in the months leading up to E3, Sony nixed …
Read More »President Todd Hollenshead leaves id Software after 17 years
Todd Hollenshead has left id Software after 17 years with the company. He joined the studio of Doom fame as CEO in 1996 and became president when id was bought by ZeniMax in 2009. Now IGN reportsthat Hollenshead’s tenure as the company’s business head has come to an end. After …
Read More »EA to increase PC game prices in India
We tweeted a rumour yesterday about a possible price hike in EA’sPC games in India. We’ve now received word from the publisher confirming the same. We had heard from a source around E3 that EA might be looking to re-price PC games in India closer to the prices it charges …
Read More »Nvidia delays Shield launch
A mechanical issue with an internal third party component pushes retail launch back a month
Read More »Nvidia Shield delayed on eve of launch due to ‘mechanical issue’
The Nvidia Shield console won’t be hitting shelves this month as originally planned, thanks to a mechanical issue in the eleventh hour. Nvidia’s Jason Paul posted on the company’s official blog, revealing that the Android-powered handheld device will miss its retail launch today and won’t be out until sometime in …
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