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The iOS and Android release for FIFA 14 has been downloaded over 26m times, EA has revealed. It’s the first time the series has been released as a free-to-play title. It’s unknown how that sales performance compares to its premium 2.99-priced predecessor. For comparison Pocket Gamer reports that the console …

One of the biggest Xbox 360 success stories this year is nearing its long-awaited release on PS3. Developer 4J Studios stated on Twitter that it is hard at work getting Minecraft: PS3 Edition ready for testing just now”, adding that there are "no confirmed dates yet – we’ll let you …

Microsoft Albert Penello questions whether cloud technology could make Xbox 360 games playable on next-gen hardware

Moorfields Corporate Recovery has been officially appointed as the administrator of Blockbuster. The retailer confirmed at the end of last month that it planned to re-enter administration, with owner Gordon Brothers Europe admitting that it could see no recovery from a period of poor trading performance”. Retail Week reports that …

Beta begins later this year; participants to be chosen at random

IHS head of games Piers Harding-Rolls has predicted a dramatic swing to digital during the imminent console generation. The analyst believes that by 2017 a total of 34 per cent of all games spend on PS4 and Xbox One will be spent on digital games. By comparison, it says that …

Publisher Activision has praised retail for their ‘first class’ support of Call of Duty: Ghosts, as over 2,000 stores opened at midnight last week. Staff dressed up and stores – even supermarkets – were given a war-themed make over as the High Street prepared for what is traditionally the biggest …

PlayJam's set to pit Android system against PS4 and Xbox One

The biggest names in the games industry are heading to London this week, and there are only a few seats left

Middleware firm resumes all services and work on game engine following liquidation and months of uncertainty