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The first person to officially buy and own an Xbox One is the man pictured just to the right. His name is Dan Livingstone and he’s from New Zealand which is where the first Xbox One launch event is well underway. There will be a number of global Microsoft events …

Launch Conference 2013: Studio boss Ella Romanos explains the impact of poor recruitment

Managers at UK Blockbusters stores have this morning been told that every outlet is to close, MCV has learned. The bad news was apparently delivered over the phone by Blockbuster UK operations manager Dave Potter. MCV has received confirmation from three seperate stores not included on yesterday’s list of 72 …

Ninja Theory creative director champions shorter high-end titles at lower prices

Launch Conference 2013: Unity, Autodesk and Epic Games urge new studios to consider which tools they use

With Xbox One just hours away from its global release, the pricing for its digital games catalogue has been revealed. As listed by Videogamer, most first party titles come in at 44.99, with the exception of the 49.99 Zoo Tycoon. Third party games seem to be favouring 54.99 although there …

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Slyvain Trottier says PC optimisation does not top the list of priorities given its similarities with next-gen consoles

Computing firm tested numerous prototypes before settling on final design

Customer services branch could become full development studio in future