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Sir Clive Sinclair is crowdfunding a new ZX Spectrum computer on Indiegogo that is creators claim comes loaded with 1,000 games. The Sinclair Spectrum Vega will cost 100 and will also be able to run all 14,000 Sinclair Spectrum games, some of which will be made available for download free …

Vega able to play as many as 14,000 games

Capcom has said that it will begin releasing its Resident Evil Revelations 2 episodes in February. Episode 1 will be released on PSN, Xbox Live and Steam on February 18th (and on PSN in North America on February 17th) priced at 4.99. Episodes 2, 3 and 4 will cost the …

Epic Games leaps forward with the largest update since the engine’s launch in March

The troubles experienced by Assassin’s Creed: Unity shouldn’t make gamers nervous about next week’s release of The Crew. That’s according to The Crew’s lead game designer Serkan Hasan told The Metropolist that he has total confidence in the stability of the game and its performance”, adding that the team have …

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Takashi Sensui is resigning as the head of Xbox Japan following Xbox One’s struggle to take off in the region. Kotaku reports that Famitsu says that the exec, who took charge of Xbox’s Japanese operations in 2006, will remain at Microsoft as manager for the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft’s …

But exec will continue working at Microsoft's US HQ

The growing appeal of the FIFA series in the US is helping to increase the popularity of an obscure sport called ‘pro soccer’ in the region. We think EA means ‘football’, so we’re going to work on that pretence. Apparently 34 per cent of US gamers who’ve played FIFA have …

Interconnected, heavily socialised games such as Destiny are asking questions of how the press reviews games. That’s according to Bungie COO Pete Parsons who has told Games Industry that the current way in which games are reviewed doesn’t give titles like Destiny a fair crack of the whip. I think …