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Pro-G Media – the publisher and owner of VideoGamer.com – has been acquired by Swedish company IBIBI HB. As part of the deal, the firm has formed a new technology-focused games network called Candy Banana. The network of websites will include VideoGamer.com, Planet Destiny, The Sims Resource, Game Debate, VideoGamer …
Read More »Microsoft backtracks from Xbox One indie parity clause
ID@Xbox boss Chris Charla softens on need to ship Xbox titles at the same time as PS4 and Wii U ports
Read More »Elite Dangerous confirmed for Xbox One (UPDATE: And PS4)
Ambitious space sim Elite Dangerous is finally on the way to consoles. The game has been available for PC in an assortment of states for a while, but was officially released on PC in December. The same galaxy state will be shared across PC, Mac and Xbox One, although Frontier …
Read More »‘No motion sickness with Vive VR,’ claims Newell
Valve boss insists "zero per cent" of people will suffer from common complaint of virtual reality devices
Read More »Rock Band 4 confirmed for PS4 and Xbox One
Harmonix has confirmed the rumours – Rock Band 4 is in development and is on the way to next-gen consoles. The headline is that the studio intends” for the game to be backwards compatible with all existing hardware you may have ever purchased for the series, and is working with …
Read More »Wireless Xbox One controller support for PC coming ‘later this year’
Gamers will be able to use their wireless Xbox One controllers with their PCs later this year. Microsoft has revealed that it will be releasing an adaptor for the Xbox One gamepad so that it can be used wirelessly with PCs later this year. Taking to Xbox Wire, the firm …
Read More »Microsoft confirms Xbox One and Windows 10 cross-buy
Windows 10’s foray into gaming has taken another step with the confirmation that Microsoft will offer cross-buy with Xbox One. The system will work in much the same way as it does on PSN, where some games allow buyers to purchase the game on one system (either PS4, PS3 or …
Read More »Phil Harrison leaving Microsoft
Reports suggest Xbox executive could be departing from the platform holder after three years
Read More »81% of Total War: Attila sales were digital
Sega’s strategy title Total War: Attila would have charted at No.3 in the GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 if the rankings took into consideration digital sales, MCV can reveal. The title sold 21,680 copies in the UK in its first week on sale. 81 per cent of those sales …
Read More »SimCity studio Maxis shuts down
Brand will continue but main Emeryville studio has now closed
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