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Double Fine has run in to trouble with its crowdfunded title Broken Age, previously known as Double Fine Adventure, which has gone over budget and past its projected completion date. The project launched on Kickstarter last year and raised over $3.3 million for an old-school adventure game”. The record-breaking success …

The woman in charge of Windows is poised to lead up all Microsoft’s hardware division – including Xbox. Julie Larson-Green is in pole position to lead hardware engineering, a role that Don Mattrick was previously favourite for, reports Bloomberg. It could mean there will be no direct replacement for Mattrick …

Ubisoft accounts have been compromised by hackers, prompting the firm to issue a warning to account holders. The publisher said hackers were able to gain unauthorised access to account information stored within its online systems. Users are advised to change all of their login information, particularly on other sites where …

Zynga is putting pressure on new CEO to boost share prices

Zynga's gain is EA's loss, claims analyst

Microsoft’s touch screen entertainment app, Xbox SmartGlass, has now been downloaded over 17 million times since its launch in October 2012. Microsoft principal program manager Rosa Thomas shared the news about the companion app during the presentation at the tech giant’sBuild 2013 conferencein San Francisco. Those downloads occurred across Windows …

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We all hate laboriously typing in those 15-digit codes that publishers and platform holders insist on using, right? Well, those days could be numbered now that Microsoft has confirmed the Xbox One version of Kinect will be able to read QR codes, according to IGN. Microsoft’s corporate VP for Xbox …

News that the Xbox boss is replacing Mark Pincus as CEO sends social giant's stocks up ten percent