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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
Read More »Demo shows Unreal Engine 4 running in browsers
Epic Games demonstrates UE4's WebGL pipeline with tower defence game
Read More »Just Cause 3 won’t have microtransactions, dev insists
Just Cause 3 will not contain microtransactions, nor will it be a free-to-play game, says developer Avalance Studios. The new game, announced yesterday,will instead be a traditional retail game for Xbox One, PS4 and PC next year, with a full game download also available. "Like most games, this one went …
Read More »Kotaku calls time on post-release review embargoes
The release yesterday of Assassin’s Creed: Unity in the US has caused a bit of a storm in parts of the consumer press. A range of issues are at play, including technical troubles and microtransactions, although the issue that has caused the most consternation is Ubisoft’s review embargo for the …
Read More »Bloodborne delayed by over a month
From Software’s PS4 exclusive Bloodborne has had its release date moved back. The game had been due out on February 7th but will now be released in the UK on March 28th. As many of you know, earlier this year we announced that our forthcoming PS4 game, Bloodborne, would launch …
Read More »Jagex’s Transformers Universe team suffers layoffs
UK developer Jagex in the process of laying off an unknown number of staff. The studio is currently in a consultation process with members of the Transformers Universe team, according toGames Industry. Those affected will either be made redundant or moved to other Jagex teams, working on flagship product RuneScape, …
Read More »Terraria hits PS4, Xbox One this week
Re-Logic’s hit indie sandbox adventure game Terraria is set to launch on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One this week. Publisher 505 Games has announced the PS4 version of the title will release on November 11th, while the Xbox 360 version is scheduled for November 14th. The current-gen console editions boast …
Read More »DriveClub problems can’t stop it topping PSN sales charts
Some may be calling it the worst first party console launch of all time, but that hasn’t stopped digital buyers flocking to DriveClub. The game has topped the PSN sales chart in Europe for October, topping previous chart-topper Minecraft and beating second place newcomer Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor. It may …
Read More »Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare beats Ghosts’ week one UK numbers, tops charts
As revealed by MCV earlier today, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare has bettered the week one sales numbers of predecessor Ghosts, grabbing the UK No.1 in the process. In doing so it becomes the fifth biggest Call of Duty launch in the UK. Advanced Warfare’s week one unit sales beat …
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