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Irish games studio explains why rejection and self-doubt are not barriers for new developers

It’s looking unlikely that Microsoft will bring Xbox 360 backwards compatibility to Xbox One via its Cloud computing services. Sony has previously indicated that it will be doing exactly that to offer PS3 games on PS4, but Microsoft insists that existing online infrastructures simply aren’t up to the job. "It’s …

Call of Duty: Ghosts UK launch sales are around 50 per cent lower than Call of Duty: Black Ops II, retail sources have told MCV. It’s certainly a big, worrying figure. But there are several caveats to consider. For one, Ghosts is a launch title for Xbox One and PS4 …

The rumoured Doctor Who iOS game is real and is locked onto our spacetime coordinates. The game was murmured about last week but is now the recipient of an official Facebook page that confirms its name as Doctor Who Legacy. It carries a picture of the Doctor’s famous Tardis. Eagle-eyed …

Around 150 US consumers were the lucky recipients of their Xbox One consoles this weekend two weeks ahead of the machine’s official launch. Retailer Target has confirmed that due to a systems error” it shipped a small number of video game consoles prior to the street date”. Kotaku claims to …

Activision’s Call of Duty: Ghosts is, of course, the new UK No.1 according to the latest UKIE GfK Chart-Track figures. However, while most would have expected the shooter to claim the title of second biggest launch of 2013 behind Grand Theft Auto V it actually falls short of that, becoming …

Microsoft's Albert Penello says launch update isn't optional

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Tomas Rawlings of Auroch Digital on gamifying Jack the Ripper 125 years after Mary Jane Kelly was murdered, her badly mutilated body found by a rent collector seeking her arrears on the morning of November 9, 1888…

The Xbox One’s Kinect-controlled UI is the focus of a new video from Microsoft. It starts with the assertion that the clip was recorded on November 1st using live Xbox One code – thereby disproving the unfounded rumours recently doing the rounds claiming that Microsoft was struggling with the console’s …