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A printing error” has lead to some copies of Driver: San Francisco in North America being sold to customers without a Uplay Passport code. Driver is the first game to ship with the code. It is required for users to access the title’s online features. As a response, Ubisoft has …
Read More »No premium online service for Battlefield 3
EA will not charge users for Battlefield 3’s Battlelog network unlike Activision’s Call of Duty Elite which includes a paid-for service. The latter allows players to access the online service for free but also charges 34.99 per year for an upgraded version. This includes 20 pieces of DLC over nine …
Read More »Legalities of XBLA’s rival platform policy detailed
There’s nothing wrong with Microsoft’s decision not to publish downloadable games on Xbox Live if they arrive on rival systems first, a lawyer has claimed. Last month the publisher’s VP of interactive entertainment business for Europe Chris Lewis said the reason for not publishing rival exclusives is because it’s protecting …
Read More »Full COD Elite premium features revealed
Activision has released the full details of what premium subscribers will receive when Call of Duty Elite launches in November. The list of rewards follows the publisher’s announcements last weekend at COD XP and can be found on the official Call of Duty website. Annual premium subscriptions will cost 34.99 …
Read More »Pictured: Nintendo’s 3DS dual controller
Bulky add-on allows developers to build twin-stick games
Read More »Fergal Gara named SCE UK MD
Fergal Gara is the new VP and managing director of Sony Computer Entertainment UK and Ireland, MCV can reveal. The former Asda entertainment boss has also worked for EMI and BBC. Whilst at Asda, Gara managed the music, video and games categories. It was under his guidance that the grocer …
Read More »Steam trading goes live
Valve announced the launch of Steam Trading which allows users of the digital content platform to exchange in-game items and gifts with other members of the Steam Community. Valve provided anitem inventoryof all the items available for swapping as well as aFAQ. The firm pointed out that trading did not …
Read More »3DS pad attachment is real
MCV laughed at the idea just last month, but if there’s one thing you know about Nintendo it’s that you never know what it will do next. Scans of the latest issue of weekly Japanese games magazine Famitsu reveal that the rumoured second analogue stick add-on for 3DS is in …
Read More »AMD confirms Dirt 3 code loss
Hardware manufacturer AMD has confirmed a data breach on servers housing codes for free copies of Codemasters racer Dirt 3. It was reported yesterday that anything in the region of 3m codes – which can be used to redeem a free copy of the game on Steam – had been …
Read More »iGEA announces date for the Digital Australia / New Zealand report
The Interactive Games and Entertainment Association (iGEA) has today confirmed the Digital Australia and New Zealand (DANZ) report for 11th October. The report, which was formally known as Interactive Australia, catalogues and analyses Australian interactive media usage, and has previously been used to demonstrate clear support for the R18+ classification …
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