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The Final Fantasy XIII trilogy will launch for Windows PC on Steam starting later this year, Square Enix has announced. Final Fantasy XII – the first in the trilogy of titles – is now available to pre-order on Steam for a 10 per cent discount. The version will contain a …

PS3 owners in parts of US and Canada can now stream games through an open beta of Sony’s PlayStation Now service. The US PlayStation Blog announces the PlayStation 3 beta is available in mainland US and parts of Canada. PlayStation Now hit open beta on PlayStation 4 in July, with …

The Entertainment Retailers Association has named Raoul Chatterjee as its new chairman. Chatterjee is the SVP for music at 7Digital and replaces Paul Quirk, who led the organisation for the past six years. Chatterjee has previously worked at Warner Music UK. I am honoured to have been elected by my …

Asia is another major territory selling cheap PC codes to games retailers in Europe, an MCV investigation can reveal. The news follows MCV’s study last month, which found that widespread PC code stripping is hurting retail margins and misleading publishers. PC codes are being taken out of boxed PC games …

It’s taken almost ten years but it appears that World of Warcraft’s story is drawing to a close. Over the last four years the game’s subscriber base has shrunk from 12m to 6.8m. And even the game’s developer Blizzard isn’t convinced the game will grow again. It is possible, although …

James Brown, consumer retail analyst at Kantar Worldpanel, examines the rising importance of consoles as media hubs and casts an eye toward the role they may one day play in the entertainment sector… When the head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, admitted just ahead of this year’s E3 that the company …

'For a few years we've lived in a fantasy world where you could just upload stuff and hope it catches wind,' says Creative Mobile CEO

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D4, the next game from Hidetaka ‘Swery65′ Suehiro, will be released on Xbox One tomorrow. The episodic game is a cel-shaded action adventure that was originally designed to use the Kinect, relying on a user’s voice and gestures. Interestingly, however, Microsoft has now said it can instead be played using …

EA has announced plans to release Need for Speed Rivals: Complete Edition next month. The game will be released on PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360 and PC on October 24th and in America on October 21st. It’s the first time a Need for Speed title has had a release …