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Activision and GAME are this year allowing fans who queue up for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare at midnight to get the game a day earlier than everyone else. GAME will in the UK (much as GameSpot and Walmart are in the US) open the doors to 316 stores at …
Read More »Cheaper, cooler Xbox One processor in production – report
An Xbox One Slim could already be in the pipeline at Microsoft, a new report claims. Eurogamer reckons that AMD has developed a smaller, cooler and – crucially – cheaper version of the CPU at the heart of Xbox One. The new chip is based on 20nm as opposed to …
Read More »Ubisoft expects Far Cry 4 to sell 6m and The Crew 2m as PS4 games sell over double Xbox One
Far Cry 4 will sell 6m units and The Crew 2m units in their first year on sale, Ubisoft has predicted. That means the publisher expects its upcoming Himalayan shooter to match the performance of its predecessor Far Cry 3. Ubisoft has also revealed that it sold more games on …
Read More »PS4 unit sales reach 13.5m worldwide as console enjoys its best quarter since launch
Sales of the PS4 have now hit 13.5m units after the console shifted 3.3m worldwide in the quarter ending September 30th, Sony has revealed. That’s up from the 2.7m shipped in the quarter before and the 3m shipped in Q4 2013, Sony’s sales datashows. In fact, it is the second …
Read More »Driveclub PS+ Edition ‘postponed until further notice’
The free version of DriveClub for PlayStation Plus subscribers has been delayed until further notice, Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida has confirmed. Unfortunately, the road to launch has been a little rocky, and we are truly sorry that so many of you have not been able to enjoy everything …
Read More »Xbox Entertainment Studios has officially closed
Microsoft has confirmed the closure of Xbox Entertainment Studios as it lets go of the division’s last two employees. XES bosses Nancy Tellem and Jordan Levin have been let go in the latest round of job cuts at Microsoft, according toGames Industry, meaning the studio is officially closed. Xbox Entertainment …
Read More »Xbox Entertainment Studios officially closes
Final departures see the end of Microsoft division dedicated to original programming
Read More »Capcom sales, profits decline in midst of major release drought
Sales and profits at Capcom dipped sharply during the last quarter, with a lack of major releases contributing to the negative results. The company posted revenues of $239.8m, a year-on-year decline of 51.3 per cent—while profits were down 39.9 per cent, coming in at $27.8m. Capcom saw revenues and profits …
Read More »Noriega’s Black Ops II lawsuit thrown out of court
The LA Superior Court has dismissed a lawsuit from former Panama dictator Manuel Noriega aimed at Call of Duty: Black Ops II publisher Activision. Noriega filed a lawsuit in July claiming that the publisher had of the "blatant misuse, unlawful exploitation and misappropriation” of his image for economic gain" in …
Read More »National Videogame Arcade will be UK’s first cultural games centre
A 2.5m national video game centre is to open in Nottingham in March next year on Carlton Street. The National Videogame Arcade will include over 12,000 objects on display across five floors, exhibition space, educational facilities, as well as acting as a research and learning hub. The centre will be …
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