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Champions Online developer Cryptic Studios and publisher Perfect World Entertainment have created Cryptic North to assist with the companies’ library of MMOs. The new Seattle-based studio will assist Cryptic in evolving its free-to-play superhero MMO, as well as provide support for other MMO titles like Star Trek Online and Neverwinter. …
Read More »Microsoft explains Xbox One privacy policy
Company moves to soothe 'monitoring device' worries
Read More »NPD: Digital spending up in Q1 2013, made up for retail decline
The NPD Group claims the total amount spent among US game consumers during the first three months of 2013 is on par with the same period in 2012 – and it’s all thanks to the digital market. Game Informer passes on word that the NPD found a total spend of …
Read More »The Walking Dead ‘400 Days’ discovered in Steam database
It appears Telltale Games has more content up its sleeve for The Walking Dead prior to the award-winning adventure game’s highly-anticipated second season. IGN reports that an update for the game on Steam’s database lists ‘Walking Dead 400 Days DLC’ beneath both PC and Mac classifications. The content was mentioned …
Read More »Those new Xbox One policies – in plain English
Microsoft has provided a pretty robust set of answers today to questions about second hand games and online elements of Xbox One. But we’ve boiled them down further – you can find them below. You can read our original summary here. We’ve also summed up some unanswered questions here. GAME …
Read More »Xbox One requires connection every 24 hours for gaming
Games will be inaccessible after a day of offline activity, states computing giant
Read More »Unanswered questions remain despite Xbox One pre-owned statement
Xbox One owners look unlikely to face any fees for buying or selling used games on Xbox One. That seems to be the message in a new set of statements issued by Microsoft tonight. Today, some gamers choose to sell their old disc-based games back for cash and credit,” it …
Read More »Xbox moves to calm fears over game ownership, always on, trade-ins and Kinect ‘snooping’
Xbox has tonight made a decisive move to calm the many questions asked about its new next-gen console Xbox One. Tonight, it has reiterated that Xbox One introduces new licensing mechanisms for games, and that this impacts how the second hand market works. But the firm says it IS NOT …
Read More »Havok moves to support Xbox One
Middleware provider's Physics, Animation Studio, Destruction, Cloth, AI and Script tools available for Microsoft console
Read More »Platinum Games designer tells Smash Bros fans to "f**k off"
Ultimate Nintendo fanboy pleaser Smash Bros isn’t to everyone’s tastes. It takes a special type of enthusiast to pour hours into pummeling Pikachu repeatedly in his far too chirpy face, and an even more avid fan to spend your days speculating which forgotten character will be added to an already …
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