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Read More »New 2K Shanghai team bringing Borderlands Online to China
Over-the-top shooter franchise coming to both PC and mobile in the East
Read More »Birmingham Uni invests £10m in STEM skills
Academic institute will expand its capacity to teach science, technology, engineering and maths
Read More »Larry Probst stepping down as EA chairman
EA’s longterm executive chairman Larry Probst is stepping down from his role on January 1st. Polygon reports that Probst will continue to serve as a non-executive chairman. He’s been at EA since 1984 and has on several occasions stepped up to assume control between the appointment of figureheads such as …
Read More »Final Fantasy VII’s PC release heading to PS4
Square Enix is bringing the enhanced PC version of Final Fantasy VII to PlayStation 4 next year, but the news isn’t sitting very well with fans of the franchise. The company announced at Sony’s PlayStation Experience event that Final Fantasy VII will arrive on PS4 in spring 2015, carrying the …
Read More »Destiny DLC is locking game for some PS4 owners
Some PS4 owners who have pre-ordered Destiny’s The Dark Below DLC have been left unable to play the game. GameSpot says that several reports suggest that those affected are when trying to load the game presented with a timer counting down to the release of the DLC tomorrow. For some …
Read More »Xbox boss Spencer: ‘I’ll make amends for Street Fighter V loss’
‘Business deals happen’ – that’s the reaction from Xbox boss Phil Spencer to the news that Street Fighter V will be a PS4 console exclusive. Capcom’s game was last week revealed as a PS4 and PC exclusive. Business deals happen. We won’t do all of them,” Spencer said on Twitter. …
Read More »Telltale games cut in price on PS4 to fall in line with Xbox One
The price of Telltale’s Game of Thrones and Tales from the Borderlands has been cut on PS4. It was noticed last week that the total price for the new Game of Thrones series on PS4 was 24.99 while on Xbox One it was just 19.98. Eurogamer now reports that the …
Read More »Brothers team founds Hazelight Studios
First title will be published by Electronic Arts
Read More »FIFA 15 is back at the top of the UK charts
EA’s hit football title FIFA 15 is back at the top of the UKIE GfK Chart-Track Top 40 after a six-week break. That’s despite a drop in sales, although fortunately for EA’s game its dips were the smallest. Last week’s No.1 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare slips one place to …
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