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Sony’s streaming game service PlayStation Now might not necessarily be the warning claxon for retail that some are predicting. Retail already does big business selling digital content, with High Street stores in particular profiting from those customers who lack access to debit and credit cards. One retailer beating the drum …

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Updated team management tool improves agile scaling for 'super large' companies

The Xbox One’s social functionality will be the core focus of the Microsoft’s next software update for the console. The feedback we’ve gotten is pretty valid,” Xbox chief product officer Marc Whitten told Engadget. Some of the social stuff is hidden or harder to use than it was on the …

Cloud gaming service needs strong connection speed to work smoothly

Creative Assembly’s upcoming survival horror outing Alien: Isolation looks unlikely to be making the jump to Wii U. When asked about the possibility on Twitter, the game’s official Twitter account replied: Right now, we don’t have plans to put the game on Wii U.” What makes it all the sadder …

With the PS4 and Xbox One now available, Develop helps you gear up with a selection of tools to support your development needs

Luigi’s Mansion: 2 developer Next Level Games is more than happy pinning its flag to the Nintendo mast. The Canadian indie is behind a number of Nintendo exclusives such as the Wii version of Punch-Out and Mario Strikers charged. It also developed the Wii versions of Tom Clancy: Ghost Recon …

Microsoft yet to inform Twitch when it will be ready to make the service available on Xbox Live

Customers have ordered over $1m worth of pizza through the Xbox 360’s Pizza Hut app in just four months. "It’s been a source of unbelievable growth for us," Pizza Hut’s PR director Doug Terfehr told Polygon. "Just the explosion of people who wanted to download it, experiment with it, play …