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Sony and Microsoft will cut the price of PS3 and Xbox 360 next month, a US analyst has claimed. Speaking in the latest episode of Bonus Round (as transcribed by DualShockers) Michael Pachter claims that publishers will threaten to pull support for the machines unless there is a price cut. …
Read More »Get That Job Daily: How to be a lead gameplay programmer
Massive Entertainment’s Jesper Carlson discusses the key skills needed for his role in programming
Read More »Tomb Raider has finally broken even
Square Enix’s Tomb Raider reboot has finally recouped its development costs. The game arrived in March 2013 and debuted at No.1 in the UK charts, becoming the then most successful launch of the year in the process. But despite sales of 3.4m copies in its first three weeks it fell …
Read More »Eight No.1’s and counting for FIFA 14
EA’s FIFA 14 is No.1 yet again this week, marking the eighth time it has topped the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. It’s the largest number of top spots a single title has claimed since the 10 weeks achieved by Zumba Fitness back in 2011. The top four …
Read More »Top tips for picking your games programming course
Goldsmiths, University of London computing professor William Latham gives you seven rules for picking your course in games programming
Read More »Sony has built cloud-dedicated PS3s for PlayStation Now – report
An army of purpose built PS3 consoles is being amassed for the launch of PlayStation Now, it is being claimed. Eurogamer reports that the new machines consist of eight custom built consoles housed in a single server unit. The company had apparently originally planned to use standard PS3 retail units, …
Read More »Square Enix closes down its Core Online streaming service
Core Online, the HD streaming games service from Square Enix, has been shut down. Visitors to the site are currently greeted with a simple holding image saying Core Online is discontinued”. A statement on the publisher’s support pages adds that: Core Online was released as an experiment to see what …
Read More »India release, price confirmed for Tomb Raider GOTY Edition
The Tomb Raider Game of the Year Edition has been confirmed for release in India. The GOTY Edition includes the base game as well as all DLC and will be priced at Rs 1,999 in India for Xbox 360 and PS3. A PC version is also on the cards, but …
Read More »Nintendo cuts Wii U sales forecasts from 9m to 2.8m
Console firm expects year-end loss of of £146m
Read More »No LED switch-off for PS4’s DualShock 4
Sony will not be offering the option to switch off the DualShock 4’s rear LED in a future update. Sony’s president of worldwide studios Shuhei Yoshida simply replied no” when asked about the possibility on Twitter, adding that the LEDs do not use much battery”. Some users have complained not …
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