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EA has blocked PS4’s SharePlay feature for those playing PS4. GameSpot reports that those trying to stream the game from a friend’s console are greeted by a message reading "viewing the game screen that the host is currently playing is not allowed due to content restrictions in your country or …
Read More »Ubisoft is ‘changing the way it works with reviewers’
The fallout of Assassin’s Creed” Unity’s launch backlash has resulted in publisher Ubisoft saying it will change the way it works with reviewers. What hasn’t been specified is how it will change it. Many reports are taking it as confirmation that it will no longer enforce post-release embargoes, a practise …
Read More »XCOM: Enemy Within arrives on iOS, Android
XCOM: Enemy Within is now available as a standalone offering on mobile devices, publisher 2K and developer Firaxis have announced. The game is ported from the standalone Commander Edition of the title – which also contains the base game XCOM: Enemy Unknown – released for PS3 and Xbox 360. Enemy …
Read More »Nexon beats quarterly revenue and profit forecasts
Nexon beat its own revenue and profit forecasts for its third quarter of 2014, thanks largely in part to the Korean-based firm’s native market. Games Industry reports Nexon saw a 14 per cent year-on-year increase in revenue to $395m, along with net income of $94m – a 69 per cent …
Read More »UKIE issues four-point proposal to UK Government
Trade body calls for further investment in the games industry
Read More »Nvidia launches Grid on-demand streaming gaming service
There’s another streaming games service on the way, this time from Nvidia. It’s called Grid and it will be offered free to owners of Nvidia’s Shield handheld and tablet from November 18th through to June 30th 2015. The company claims to have built a grid – get it? – of …
Read More »That Dragon, Cancer devs turn to Kickstarter for finishing funds
$85,000 needed to complete autobiographical title, Ouya exclusivity dropped
Read More »Patrice Désilets opens new studio Panache Digital Games
Assassin's Creed creator reveals first project since leaving Ubisoft
Read More »Xbox One nears 10m units shipped thanks to US price drop
The Xbox One is rapidly approaching 10m units shipped, Microsoft has revealed. The firm announced on Xbox Wire that the milestone will be reached shortly, thanks in major part to the hardware’s recent price drop in the US. Sales have skyrocketed since the new price took effect on Nov. 2. …
Read More »New games law firm opened by former Oculus counsel
Dan Offner's venture to offer legal services and early-stage funding to devs, publishers and tech firms
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