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Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag has won this week’s heated race to claim the UKIE GfK Chart-Track UK No.1 spot. EA’s Battlefield 4 has to settle for second place in its first week, although both titles fail to match the numbers recorded by their respective previous instalments – presumably …

Destiny developer Bungie is hoping to get a ton of testers in on the game’s beta in hopes to avoid many of the issues the launch of Grand Theft Auto Online faced. Speaking with IGN, Bungie senior writer Eric Obsborne discussed how the team needs a large number of gamers …

The Google Play store saw 25 per cent more downloads this past quarter than Apple’s App Store, but was still behind in revenue by 50 per cent. The figures come from App Annie’s Q3 2013 report, which states that new markets in Brazil and Argentina have had a major influence …

Football Manager 2014 has come out on top of the past week’s top ten sellers on Steam. The sports sim finished ahead of pre-orders for the latest Call of Duty entry, as well as Batman: Arkham Origins – the previous week’s winner. Early access title Space Engineers finished in fourth, …

Indian festivals have for long caused delays in the release of high-profile games, but that won’t be the case for Call of Duty: Ghosts. Distributor WWC has confirmed to MCV that the shipment of Infinity Ward’s latest has already arrived in India and will clear customs in time to hit …

Cross-platform tool helps increase number of daily users for Shadowgun: Deadzone by 75%

Developer releases prototype that allows users to navigate virtual environments with their mind

Revenue from gaming rises by 18 per cent during the last quarter

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Electronic Arts says FIFA 2014 on Xbox One and PS4 is the best football game it has ever made. The title will launch alongside both machines next month and producer Nick Channon says the game is a great base from which to launch more products in the lucrative football franchise. …