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Microsoft has confirmed that it shipped 1.1m combined units of the Xbox One and Xbox 360 in the three months ending June 30th. Crucially, what isn’t known are the precise numbers for Xbox One, nor how many of those units were actually sold. In the corresponding quarter last year prior …
Read More »Battlefield Hardline slips to 2015; Dragon Age Inquisition pushed back a month
EA has taken the surprising step of pushing back its next Battlefield title from its traditional pre-Christmas release. Battlefield Hardline will now release in early 2015” due to changes that will be implemented following feedback from the recent beta. The more we thought about these ideas, the more we knew …
Read More »How Blizzard is pulling players back into World of Warcraft
Ivowed never to touch World of Warcraft – or any other MMO – again after quitting to focus on my final year at university back in 2006. So I deleted my level 60 character, closed my account and threw away the game discs to prevent myself from being tempted back …
Read More »Vita title Freedom Wars will get boxed release after fan pressure
Freedom Wars had been scheduled for a digital-only release on Vita in Europe, but Sony has changed its mind. You’ve let us know here on PlayStation Blog, on forums and on social media that you really wanted to see a full title card release for the game,” Sony social man …
Read More »Magic Notion: The virtual drag queen’s studio that wants to make death meaningful
We speak to ex-Criterion creative director Richard Franke about his new Guildford studio
Read More »Dinklage to star in big screen version of hit short Pixels
Peter Dinklage, Adam Sandler and Brian Cox are amongst the names signed up to star in a film inspired by internet hit Pixels. The short, which you can see below, was a big hit in 2010 and has served as inspiration for an upcoming 2015 movie that is described as …
Read More »No penalties for persistent illegal downloads in blunt new UK anti-piracy campaign
Voluntary Copyright Alert Programme begins next year
Read More »Yahoo acquires analytics firm Flurry
Ad analytics specialist Flurry has been acquired by web firm Yahoo. The BBC reports that the deal is worth in the region of 120m-175m, making it Yahoo’s most sizable acquisition since it swooped for blogging platform Tumblr in 2012. Flurry makes cash by collecting data on user behaviour and targeting …
Read More »Ubisoft bringing Tetris Ultimate to 3DS with exclusive content
Ubisoft has announced Tetris Ultimate is coming to Nintendo hardware after all, just not its Wii U console. The publisherinitially revealedthe updated classic for PC, PS4 and Xbox One (and later for PS Vita), but notably left out Nintendo platforms. That omission didn’t sit well to many Nintendo fans, which …
Read More »Naughty Dog promises ‘very stable’ 60fps for The Last of Us: Remastered
The inclusion of an optional toggle between 30 and 60 frames per second in PS4 title The Last of Us: Remastered doesn’t mean that 60fps support is flaky. That’s according to community strategist Arne Meyer who speaking to Videogamer has dismissed concerns about the title’s ability to sustain a solid …
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