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Read More »Report: 3.1m Xbox One and PS4 consoles could be sold this Christmas
Xbox One and PS4 should generate at least 1.2bn for UK retailers this Christmas. That comes from 3.1m console sales, 1.3m Xbox Ones and 1.8m PS4s. That’s according to trade body the Entertainment Retailer’s Association, which also says that number could rise to 3bn. The figures are drawn from a …
Read More »EA to release its next-gen games before next-gen hardware
Battlefield 4, FIFA 14 and Madden NFL 25 will be available in their next-gen guises ahead of their respective hardware launches in the US. As confirmed by Peter Moore, the PS4 versions of all three games will be released at North American retail on November 12th. That’s three days ahead …
Read More »Majority of Criterion team becomes Ghost UK
Remaining 15 staff move office to work on separate IP
Read More »Shuhei Yoshida reveals why indie developers matter in the latest MCV
Indie developers do not sell consoles… right? Sony studios boss Shuhei Yoshida tells us why that just isn’t true in the current edition of MCV. It’s a packed issue once again, with Sega revealing its digital sales data in an effort to encourage more publishers to share theirs. We also …
Read More »PayPal reviews crowdfunding policies
Online payment service hopes to cut back on unnecessary frozen accounts
Read More »Nexon to acquire FIFA Online developer
South Korean online PC game studio picked up by major Asian publisher
Read More »Microsoft acquires Xbone.com domain
The URL Xbone.com is now the property of Microsoft. Fusible reports that the Xbox One platform holder recently acquired the domain. ‘Xbone’ has amongst some circles become the go-to nickname for Microsoft’s upcoming machine. The news comes after Microsoft’s community man Larry ‘Major Nelson’ Hyrb recently admitted on NeoGaf that …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto V goes on sale in Spain – report
Remember the days when getting hold of a game early was as easy as popping down to your local indie? These are not those days. Unless you’re Spanish. A report on the Spanish version of Gamereactor reckons that a number of chains have put the game on sale today. The …
Read More »Gridiron Thunder cleared by Kickstarter investigation, dev claims
Controversial Ouya title Gridiron Thunder will be released on September 30th, its developer has claimed. Gridiron was one of two games hoping to secure Ouya’s Free The Games Fund cash that attracted suspicion after allegations of improper conduct. The other, Elementary My Dear Holmes, saw its Kickstarter campaign suspended. The …
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