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Auction site eBay is removing listings for PS4s that have Konami’s now-gone horror demo PT installed on their hard drive. Konami late last month announced plans to remove the demo from PSN following its announcement of the cancellation of the game on which it was based – Guillermo del Torro’s …

Whatever you think the future holds for the increasingly busy toys-to-life category, Amiibo continues to be a big success for Nintendo. The platform holder has revealed that it has now shipped 10.5m of the NFC-enabled figures worldwide. Furthermore, 7m of those – around 66 per cent – have been sent …

Sony has announced it will produce a second season of the PlayStation Network original TV series Powers. Season Two of the company’s first original television program is scheduled for a US premiere in 2016. "The reception to Powers has been incredible and we are thrilled to have successfully launched a …

Halo: The Master Chief Collection has turned into a black eye for all those involved with the FPS series, according to Halo franchise director Frank O’Connor. In an interview with Xbox Achievements, O’Connor explained the difficulty of developing a product with the complexity of Master Chief Collection. Halo: The Master …

Research firm Juniper projects worldwide digital content revenue will reach $154bn annually by 2019, with gaming expected to represent the largest share of that total. Games Industry has word on a portion of Juniper’s findings from its Digital Content Business Models: OTT & Operator Strategies 2015-2019 report, which shows gaming …

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There’s a Splatoon demo hitting Wii U this weekend, and downloading it will net a financial reward. The digital version of the game will cost 34.99 when it’s released on May 29th. However, those who access the taster will have that price reduced to 31.49 – that’s a ten per …

Could Oculus Rift be compatible with PS4 and Xbox One? Perhaps the possibility shouldn’t be ruled out, if comments from Oculus VR vice president Nate Mitchell are to be believed. GameSpot reports that Mitchell told the TechCrunch Disrupt conference that the company had spoke to both Sony and Microsoft about …

The PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 will only be available from GAME in the UK. Listings for the SKUs on GAME’s website suggested as much earlier today, and the exclusivity has now been confirmed by Activision in a press release detailing what was already …