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It has not been a good weekend for Battlefield 4 fans. EA confirmed that the PC version of the game suffered a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack for much of the last 48 hours, preventing users from accessing the game’s online mode. The game’s Battlelog page carried the following …

Microcomputer reaches sales milestone sooner than expected

The 2013 edition of the NASSCOM Game Developer Conference was held in Pune over the weekend, with an attendance of over 1,000 industry professionals. While Vlambeer’s Rami Ismail was a last minute cancellation, talks from the likes of Year Walk and Device 6 co-creator Magnus Gordon” Gardebck more than made …

Administrators Moorfields Corporate Recovery has confirmed that 72 of Blockbuster’s 264 stores are to close. As a result 452 of the chain’s 2,000 strong workforce are to lose their jobs. "This has not been an easy decision to make and we acknowledge that, with Christmas on the horizon, this will …

Activision’s latest shooter Call of Duty: Ghosts has topped the GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 for the second week in a row. It was able to hold off the advances of LEGO Marvel Super Heroes despite a 76 per cent week-on-week sales drop. Warner’s title puts in an impressive …

Electronic Arts claims a warning that blamed Sony for instability in PlayStation 4 games was posted in error. The original message,spotted by Polygon, has since been removed, but stated that the mandatory day-one 1.50 firmware update (provides some of the device’s major features)caused stability issues with games and that players …

Publisher says a message blaming Sony for issues with games was posted in error

One million owners of new console result in outages on Sony's network

Sony claims record sales for next generation console launch

The NPD Group’s monthly US retail report has been released, showing overall growth for a third consecutive month thanks to the performances of the latest Grand Theft Auto and Pokemon titles. Total spend for October hit $791.1m, an increase of 5 per cent year-on year. The positive results is largely …