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Elements of the multiplayer component of The Last of Us were censored in the European release, it has been discovered. Eurogamer reports that the European version lacks some of the gore found in the US release – specifically, weapons that lead to exploding heads have been calmed to avoid the …
Read More »Sony and FA announce PlayStation Schools’ Cup
The English Football Association and Sony have joined forces for what is to be called the PlayStation Schools’ Cup. Over 2,000 schools and 100,000 kids across England will a host of tournaments for the U12-U15 age categories that will be run between September and May. Tottenham Hotspur captain Michael Dawson …
Read More »Nominations open for GamesAid’s 2013 charities
Call opens for nominations of UK charities deserving games industry's support
Read More »Activision Blizzard sued by shareholder over Vivendi buyback
Todd Miller, an Activison Blizzard shareholder, has filed a lawsuit over Activision’s recent purchase of Vivendi’s majority stake in the firm. GamePolitics reports Miller filed the suit against Activision, CEO Bobby Kottick, and the rest of the company’s board of directors for a breach of fiduciary duties, waste of corporate …
Read More »Xbox One U-turn could hand console market to Apple and Google, Darling argues
Microsoft should have been stronger in its argument for the Xbox One’s former digital features, Codemasters founder David Darling has stated. In fact, Darling goes as far as to argue that Microsoft insistence on tying Xbox One to physical media may hand Apple and Google the chance to ‘win’ the …
Read More »Microsoft ups Xbox One graphics specs
The ongoing work fine-tuning the Xbox One hardware has resulted in spec increases, Microsoft has revealed. Specifically, speaking on the Major Nelson podcast Xbox chief product officer has confirmed that since E3 the company has upped the console’s GPU clock speed from 800MHz to 853MHz. Since E3 we’ve dropped in …
Read More »Kotick: PS4 and Xbox One lifecycle will last as long as current-gen
Activision CEO expects to see more innovation and new experiences on next-gen consoles
Read More »Breaking Brazil
The opportunities for UK developers in one of the world's biggest emerging markets
Read More »Ace Combat going free-to-play on PS3
A new entry in the Ace Combat series is to dip its tailfin into the free-to-play waters. Namco Bandai has announced Ace Combat Infinity, which will be released exclusively on PS3 as a free download some time late this year. The game will feature both single and multiplayer modes. The …
Read More »Next-gen transition blamed for low Call of Duty: Ghosts pre-orders
Pre-orders for Call of Duty: Ghosts are down compared to last year’s Black Ops II, Activision has admitted. It would be easy (and quite possibly wrong) to label this as the beginning of Call of Duty’s decline. Indeed, former EA man John Riccitiello would likely toe that line. However, Activision …
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