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A potentially very serious issue with the PC DRM employed by Ubisoft seems to have left many gamers susceptible to hackers. Rock Paper Shotgun reports that a problem with the Uplay/DRM infrastructure of a number of Ubisoft titles that allows websites to plant potentially malicious code onto the PCs of …
Read More »Bethesda promises Dawnguard DLC news for PS3 and PC "soon"
The wait for the Dawnguard DLC for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim may not be as long as some had feared. Microsoft famously secured a 30-day window of exclusivity for all Skyrim DLC. Dawnguard – the first add-on content for Skyrim – hit Xbox Live on June 26th, meaning that …
Read More »Xbox 720 devkit leak was genuine, claim developers
Next-gen console to feature Intel CPU, Nvidia GPU and 8gb memory, says source of leak
Read More »‘People don’t want to pay for games’
Freemium will become the dominant force throughout the global games industry, leading experts claim. Digital specialists at EA and BBC have both told MCV that free is the price that consumers want to buy their games. And that the model – which is currently popular online and on mobile – …
Read More »Antonov left Valve when it stopped making epic triple-A titles
Dishonored visual design director more interested in the project than the company
Read More »UK CHARTS: Olympics cheer drives Sega’s London 2012 to top spot
With the nation high on the triumph that was Danny Boyle’s opening ceremony, Sega is celebrating chart triumph with London 2012: The Official Video Game climbing to No.1. It’s the first time it has claimed top spot in the five weeks it has been on sale. Weekly sales were up …
Read More »Mike Hayes joins new entertainment and media business Caperfly
Digital entertainment and media app upstart Caperfly has revealed former Sega West president Mike Hayes as its new non-executive director. This is a good time to be in this new vibrant sector of the industry,” Hayes stated. I am positive we can take advantage of the next great wave of …
Read More »Income up + sales up = happy Capcom
Japanese publisher Capcom has posted solid results for the quarter ending June 30th 2012. It reported a 244.4 per cent year-on-year increase in operating income to 2,669m and a 55.8 per cent jump in net sales. Net income for the three months ending June 30th climbed 290.2 per cent to …
Read More »Xbox 720 ‘Durango’ dev kit leak appears to be real
A Durango – or next-gen Xbox 720 – development kit that was touted for sale online looks to be real. Digital Foundry has been in contact not only with the man selling the kit, but also with a number of other development sources – all of whom corroborated the hardware’s …
Read More »PEGI games ratings come into force today
After what seems like an eternity of legislation limbo, PEGI age ratings for video games have become law in the UK today. UKIE has done a great job of getting decent coverage of the achievement on the BBC this morning – all the more impressive considering the blanket reporting of …
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