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Some American PSN users have had their account passwords reset by Sony. Sony Europe last week did the same for some users on this side of Atlantic as a precautionary measure” following the detection of some non-specific irregular activity”. The same it seems is now true in the US. We …

Asda has more stock of PS4 that it will sell to customers on launch day this Friday. 155 Asda stores will be selling the machines from midnight on Thursday. The stock includes the normal 349 machine, plus the Knack bundle (379) and the Call of Duty Ghosts pack (385). The …

3 has been knocked off the price of EA’s PS4 launch lineup on PSN. It was confirmed yesterday that EA’s five launch titles – FIFA 14, Battlefield 4, Need for Speed Rivals, NBA Live 14 and Madden 25 – were available to download for 62.99 each. As of this morning …

505 Games’ Ashes Cricket 2013 has been pulled from PC games store Steam. The game, which has been without a release date since its delay in the summer, made a surprise appearance on Steam last week and was finally released on Friday (November 22nd). However, feedback from Steam users has, …

Ubisoft has announced Assassin’s Creed Pirates, a spin-off of Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag for tablets and phones, will launch for both iOS and Android platforms early next month. The publisher confirms the mobile game will release simultaneously December 5th on both the App Store and Google Play, with IGN …

iPhone maker's foray into motion control reported to cost $360 million

EA Sports has apologized to fans for the disappointing state of NBA Live 14, promising updates to improve player experience are on the way. The resurrection of EA’s long-dormant basketball series was roundly panned by both players and critics when it launched last week on PS4 and Xbox One. "I’m …

With Kinect Sports Rivals, Rare has had an opportunity to work with Xbox One's Kinect 2.0 as it was developed. But is it really the new hardware devs have been waiting for?

A statement that was re-quoted out of context” is being blamed on apparent comments from Ubisoft saying that the optimisation of PC games is not important. Assassin’s Creed 4 associate producer Sylvain Trottier was last week quoted as saying: On PC, usually you don’t really care about the performance, because …

What is being described a fundamental tech incompatibility is causing issues for those connecting their TVs to their Xbox One consoles in the UK and Europe. HDTVtest reports that a number of British owners have complained about the TV integration feature being broken, due to the introduction of judder with …