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Sony on course to beat goal of 5 million consoles by end of March

Sony’s recent PlayStation Now announcement has resulted in a significant negative impact on GameStop’s stock. Games Industry reports the retailer’s shares dropped nearly nine per cent in the wake of Sony’s cloud-gaming service reveal, with investors apparently unhappy with the news. Conversely, Sony and third-party companies that publish on PlayStation …

PS4 owners made up for 20 per cent of all Twitch broadcasts from December 23rd to January 3rd, the streaming video service has announced. Twitch vice president of marketing Matthew DiPietro explains that the company was confident that integrating stream support with next-gen consoles would be a game changer.” "Based …

Former THQ property Evolve has been freshly unveiled as a co-op shooter published by 2K Games, and in development at Left 4 Dead studio Turtle Rock. Game Informer unveiled the game in its latest cover story, revealing it’s currently being developed for PC, PS4, and Xbox One. 2K purchased the …

Service to be rolled out to North America consumers this summer, but broadband issues stifle European launch

A new PlayStation service is launching that will let people play PS3 games through their TVs without the need for a console. PlayStation Now is the name of the streaming service that will launch in the US this Summer. It lets gamers stream PS3 games to PS3, PS4 and, eventually, …

PlayStation 4 has sold 4.2m units worldwide, Sony has revealed. The figure is up to December 28th, making it the biggest console launch of all time. Over 9.7m PS4 games have been sold, giving the console a 2.3 attach rate. In contrast, Xbox One has sold 3m units worldwide. Which …

Multiplayer shooter to be released on Xbox One, PS4 and PC later this year

New Alien IP coming to Xbox One and PS4 later this year

Apple reveals studio takings from its leading mobile marketplace