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Read More »Leyton Orient ban squad from playing FIFA 14 after post-release winless streak
London-based Leyton Orient may be sitting top of League One, but that’s no thanks to EA’s FIFA 14 according to the club’s owners. Metro reports that Orient had won eight successive games at the beginning of the season right up until the release of FIFA 14, since which they have …
Read More »THQ sues EA, Zuffa over UFC licence transfer
Bankrupt publisher claims EA used insider knowledge to press for valuable licence
Read More »Sony CEO: Camera removed from PS4 bundle to hit ‘magic price’
Sony has decided against including the next-gen PlayStation Camera in the initial PS4 bundle offering, CEO Andrew House has confirmed. A piece on Business Spectator reveals Sony’s reasoning behind the decision is based on keeping the price down at $399, as well as minimizing losses on each system sold. Sony …
Read More »Ex-Rebellion and Guerrilla devs join City Interactive
Sniper: Ghost Warrior creator City Interactive Games has hired two former developers from Rebellion and Guerrilla Games. Ex-Rebellion senior producer Steve Hart has joined the firm as executive producer, and Paul Robinson has also been recruited to the firm’s senior creative and design team. During his five-year stint at Rebellion, …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto V claims seven Guinness World Records
Rockstar’s GTA V has only been on sale for just over three weeks but the game has already claimed seven world records. The PS3 and Xbox 360 epic sold 11.2m units in its first day, generating revenues of $815.7m/511.8m. It hit $1bn/624.25m after just three days. In the process it …
Read More »Mouse and keyboard support possible for Xbox One in the future
Microsoft has said mouse and keyboard support remains a possibility for Xbox One. However, having always been keen to keep a distinct dividing line between its console (Xbox) and PC (Windows) offerings, the company has said that it’s certainly not something for the immediate future. "Certainly it’s possible, but we …
Read More »BBC plots to inspire next generation of coders
New initiative launching in 2015 designed to close tech skills gap and encourage children to pick up programming in schools
Read More »Square Enix to launch crowdfunding initiative
Publisher offers devs a community driven vetting process before launching a campaign
Read More »DICE promises changed single player for Battlefield 4
The single player component of Battlefield 4 will feel quite different from what was offered in Battlefield 3, DICE has said. "We got a lot of feedback from the Battlefield 3 single player,” DICE creative director Lars Gustavsson told CVG. Based on what we intended to deliver the team did …
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