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Now that the new consoles have become more mainstream, Andy Saxton, consumer retail analyst at Kantar Worldpanel, examines how it will make this Christmas different, and how retailers can boost sales… Everyone knows that Christmas is a vital time for retailers, particularly for the video games sector as it is …

Assassin’s Creed firm Ubisoft continues to release patches and updates to fix its latest release, but it’s a slow and frustrating process for consumers. The latest patch – which focuses on improving the frame rate in Assassin’s Creed Unity and revamping areas of Paris that were causing problems –weighs in …

System being built around Azure cloud network, will also stream apps

PlayStation UK and Ireland boss Fergal Gara discusses the recent pre-Christmas sales bonanza and the 20th anniversary of PlayStation… Well what an amazing couple of weeks for the games industry. It’s almost exactly one year since the launch of two new consoles and perhaps, all across the industry, we were …

BioShock creator praises Warner Bros Montreal's open-world adventure

A handy guide for artists working in game development

There was a time, back in the days of PS2, when the match between Konami and EA’s football titles was a real top-of-the-table clash. It was Pro Evolution Soccer, the purist’s game of choice, versus FIFA, the game that had all the big name licences. And while the latter might …

Ubisoft issues 6.7GB patch for troubled triple-A game, error creates 40GB download for Xbox One owners

Arcadia is the name of Microsoft’s in-development streaming games tech. That’s according to ZDNet, which says Arcadia is being developed by a new streaming team in Microsoft’s Operating Systems Group and is designed to replace the ‘Rio’ streaming tech demonstrated last year. Arcadia, which is being built around Microsoft’s existing …

Developer of controversial game claims Valve founder himself reversed decision