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A statement that was re-quoted out of context” is being blamed on apparent comments from Ubisoft saying that the optimisation of PC games is not important. Assassin’s Creed 4 associate producer Sylvain Trottier was last week quoted as saying: On PC, usually you don’t really care about the performance, because …

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What is being described a fundamental tech incompatibility is causing issues for those connecting their TVs to their Xbox One consoles in the UK and Europe. HDTVtest reports that a number of British owners have complained about the TV integration feature being broken, due to the introduction of judder with …

Rockstar’s much-loved Bully franchise seems one step closer to a sequel today. Junkie Monkeys (as spotted by OXM) dug out a trademark application filed with OHIM (the European trademark body) for something called Bully Bullworth Academy: Canis Canem Edit. To dissect that name, Bullworth Academy is the name of the …

Top independent chains have told MCV that PS4 is already ‘winning the war’ against Xbox One. Games Centre’s MD Robert Lindsay says the platform holder has done the better job of winning over independent retailers with its level of support. Sony has definitely captured the hearts and minds of the …

They say that broadband is the biggest barrier to an all-digital games industry. Others may disagree. Ahead of its UK launch this Friday (November 29th) PSN has gone live with the UK prices for PS4’s digital software line-up. Perhaps most notable is EA’s decision to charge 62.99 for each of …

Microsoft’s Xbox One sold around 150k units in its first 48 hours in the UK, MCV understands. Chart-Track this morning confirmed that Xbox One doubled the week one UK sales of its predecessor Xbox 360, which was launched worldwide in 2005. Numbers released the week after Xbox 360’s launch showed …

System 3 has recruited Brian Blessed for its Putty Squad trailer. The Blessed-voiced video takes viewers from the original 1994 title all the way to the remake coming to consoles soon. The promo includes the actor reading comments from games journalists on both the original and new release – including …

Giant Spacekat’s Brianna Wu opens up about her team breaking the mould on mobile with Unreal Engine 3

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 …