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Last of Us developer unveils latest title during US PS4 launch

As of next week UK gamers will be able to get their hands on all three Batman games in a single SKU. It’s called the Batman: Arkham Collection Edition and includes, as you would expect, 2009’s Arkham Asylum, 2011’s Arkham City and the recently released Arkham Origins. It will be …

Supermarket behemoth Tesco wants to be seen as the ‘destination’ for Call of Duty launches. The chain has released a TV ad which features gamers playing Call of Duty: Ghosts and cooking food. It is the third time the firm has put together an advertising campaign for Activision’s blockbuster shooter. …

Publisher EA has dismissed concerns over falling sales of this year’s biggest games. Battlefield 4, Assassin’s Creed IV, Call of Duty: Ghosts and, to a lesser extent, FIFA 14, have all suffered steep declines in sales over their predecessors. But EA Studios EVP Patrick Soderlund says the difficult few weeks …

Microsoft has confirmed that its Games With Gold scheme will indeed be coming to Xbox One. Games With Gold grants paying Xbox Live subscribers to access to one or two free games every month. It’s effectively a counter to Sony’s popular Instant Games Collection, which allows free access to a …

As few as 0.4 per cent of launch PS4 consoles are experiencing technical problems, Sony has stated. It was revealed yesterday that a handful of consumers – as well as websites IGN and Kotaku – had experienced technical problems with their launch PS4s. Sony, however, has claimed that failure rates …

Candy Crush Saga today celebrates its first anniversary with an impressive milestone. The sickly sweet title debuted last February on Facebook and launched on mobile devices shortly after. Despite its short life span, the title has already been downloaded to over 500m devices. Developer King didn’t reveal how many active …

Publisher Egmont has announced that Minecraft has knocked One Direction off the top spot as the best selling annual in the UK. The annual based on Mojang’s hugely popular construction game is now the third best selling children’s title while companion book – The Beginner’s Handbook – is the fourth. …

The British courts have ordered ISPs to block a further 21 websites accused to sharing illegal material. Sites including FilesTube and TorrentReactor were among those named by the British Recording Music Industry (BPI). ISPs were ordered to block all sites on the list by October 30th. BT and Virgin Media …