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A U.S. judge has approved Atari’s plan to leave bankruptcy protection a little less than a year after filing for Chapter 11 in January. The Wall Street Journal reportsthat Judge James Peck of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan not only signed off on the deal Thursday, but actually thanked …
Read More »Court approves Atari bankruptcy exit
Judge thanks parties for their handling of 'difficult case'
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Read More »Flow now available on PS4
Thatgamecompany’s debut PlayStation title Flow is now available to PS4 owners. The game first arrived alongside PS3 in April 2006. This new PS4 version is largely the same, albeit with next-gen 1080p/60fps visuals. Like Thatgamecompany’s second title Flower (which was available on PS4 at launch) the game is free to …
Read More »PS4 will beat PS3 lifetime sales, says Sony boss
80 million consoles sold may sound like a huge number to Xbox, but to PlayStation it is just not good enough. Xbox 360 and PS3 have both sold 80m worldwide so far. But for Sony that’s a disappointing figure having come off the back of PS2, which went on to …
Read More »Gran Turismo 6 microtransactions draw criticism; Unlock the Jaguar XJ13 for £120
Sony is facing criticism over its implementation of microtransactions in Gran Turismo 6. Their inclusion was confirmed last month but the prices were only revealed yesterday and are, according to Eurogamer, as follows: 500,000 in-game credits – 3.99/€4.991m in-game credits – 7.99/€9.992.5m in-game credits – 15.99/€19.997m in-game credits – 39.99/€49.99 …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed IV ‘Freedom Cry’ DLC lands this month
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag will receive its first major DLC add-on, ‘Freedom Cry,’ later this month. An ad from Game Informer’s January issue (via Video Gamer) reveals the content will arrive on December 17th for Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 3. The ad fails to mention …
Read More »EA’s next-gen launch games "were better quality" than on PS3/Xbox 360
The simplified architecture of PS4 and Xbox One allowed EA to reach a higher quality benchmark with its launch titles than it managed last time out. That’s according to EA CEO Andrew Wilson who made the statement at the Credit Suisse 2013 Annual Technology Conference, Videogamer reports. "One of the …
Read More »Double Fine, Crytek and Vlambeer among wave of ID@Xbox devs
Xbox dev kits shipped to more than 50 studios, including indies Capy, Born Ready and Inis
Read More »Activision: We listen to Call of Duty fans, not critics
The importance of Call of Duty’s critical response pales compared to the thoughts of the series’ fans, Activision Publishing boss Eric Hirshberg has claimed. As previously documented by MCV, while Call of Duty’s review scores have trended down since 2009’s Modern Warfare 2, sales have continued to rise – until …
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