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As night follows day talk of a hardware problem has accompanied last week’s global Xbox One launch. Whereas PS4 has its now catchily-titled ‘Blinking Blue Light of Death’ fault, online reports suggest that some Xbox One launch units are suffering from a somewhat less catchphrase-friendly disc drive error. Affected users …

Develop takes a look at the free-to-use cloud-based management platform

Industry veteran exits Doom developer to focus on his role as Oculus CTO

Microsoft's next-gen console matches day one sales of PS4

343 Industries dev leaves Microsoft

Microsoft’s brand new Xbox One claimed 80% of the UK’s total hardware sales last week, doubling the week one sales of Xbox 360. Forza 5 is the highest place Xbox One exclusive at No.5 in the UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 and is joined by two others in …

Corrinne Yu, who served as the principal engine programmer of Halo 4 at 343 Industries, has ended her tenure at Microsoft to join Naughty Dog. Gematsu reports Yu departs after a five-year run with the company, and has already begun her work for Sony’s well-established studio. Yu herself lists coding …

A Lego version of Peter Jackson’s three-part film adaption of The Hobbit will arrive next year across all major platforms, according to what appears to be leaked promotional material. Polygon reports on a pair of photos (below) from the instruction booklet included in the upcoming Hobbit Lego sets. One of …

Last week’s PC launch of Assassin’s Creed IV helped Ubisoft’s title beat out Call of Duty: Ghosts for top of Steam’s top sellers chart. Digital pre-orders had Black Flag frequenting the list leading up to the Windows release, but this marks the first time its reached number one. Last week’s …

The Indian PlayStation Store has been updated with PS4 content ahead of the console’s European launch. The new update gives us a pretty good indication of PS4 game prices for India, although retail prices do tend to differ. Here’s a list of games for PS4 available on the Indian store …