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Sony Online Entertainment has confirmed the planned closure of four of its massively multiplayer online titles. Kotaku reports that Free Realms, Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures, Vanguard: Saga of Heroes and Wizardry Online all face the chop so the company can focus its resources elsewhere. Free Realms, once a poster …

Microsoft has suggested that the price of digital Xbox One games will become more competitive with the High Street at some point in the future. Whereas Sony has used a combination of Steam-like sales and free games on PlayStation Plus to make its consoles viable digital platforms, Xbox Live’s digital …

Mojang's world-building hit continues selling on new platform

Sony Online Entertainment culls shrinking titles, upgrades members to All Access Pass

Square Enix has announced a release date for Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn on PS4. The game will be released on Sony’s console on April 14th, with owners of the PS3 game able to transfer their progress for free. Details on how to do this will be announced later, …

Search giant snaps up London firm DeepMind

Crackdown 3 could be revealed for Xbox One today. The developer of Crackdown 2 (and co-developer of Kinect Star Wars, Nike+ Kinect and Kinect Sesame Street Season 2) Ruffian Games this morning tweeted that it feels like a good day for announcements doesn’t it?”. That’s not all, though. Microsoft Studios …

Retailer GAME increased its share of the UK entertainment market by 2.3 per cent year-on-year for the 12 weeks ending December 22nd. Kantar Worldpanel numbers claim that Amazon was the only retailer to see more growth in the sector, increasing its share by 5.9 per cent. It says that GAME …

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EA’s FIFA 14 has claimed its fourth successive and ninth overall No.1 in the UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. The traditional quiet start to the New Year delivers yet another largely unchanged Top Ten this week, with the regular suspects trading places and Call of Duty: Ghosts and …