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There have been some major changes at Ubisoft’s UK PR team. The company has confirmed the departure of both Stefano Petrullo and Lydia Cutland, while Ollie Coe is leaving the PR team to join Ubisoft’s brand management operations. Joining Ubisoft is Stefan McGarry, who has left Sega after 12 years …

The price of Xbox One at UK retail is 299.99, Microsoft has announced. The deal is led by retail, the platform holder tells MCV, and this price is for the UK only. The last retail-led Xbox One price cut was in September, when the price fell to 330. Despite being …

We ask Unity, Epic and Crytek what's behind the trend to lower price-entry and expanded services

Moon Studios celebrates the success of its Xbox One and PC indie title

Rockstar has said that the PC version of Grand Theft Auto V was part of the plan from the beginning and that development of the SKU began early in the process. We were always going to bring GTA 5 to PC,” a group of Rockstar North developers told PC Gamer. …

Nintendo’s mobile partner cuts jobs as it “reshapes North American studio operations”

Battlefield Hardline spent its fourth week in pole position of the GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. It managed this in spite of a 56 per cent sales decline. EA’s shooter was nearly No.2 this week as FIFA 15 came extremely close to taking the top slot with less than …

Microsoft has issued a statement about the energy consumption of the Xbox One following criticism from an environmental group. Late last month, Noah Horowitz of the Natural Resources Defense Council posted a blog accusing the Xbox One’s ‘Instant On’ mode – which keeps the box in a lower-power state when …

Recent Xbox One and PC release Ori and the Blind Forest was able to turn a profit in just a week’s time, developer Moon Studios has revealed. Games Industry reports on the studio’s CEO Thomas Mahler statement to fans, in which he claims Microsoft is quite pleased with the title’s …

Following up on its recently announced plans for expansion into new business segments such as mobile and tablet games, NCSoft has invested $5m into Vancouver-based mobile startup This Game Studio. Speaking with Games Beat, NCSoft West executive Michael Chang explained the acquisition strengthens the company’s continued expansion into the western …