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Rumours doing the rounds about development difficulties with the Xbox One’s operating system are untrue, according to Microsoft. As well as a rush of whispers and gossip regarding alleged resolution disparities between third party titles on PS4 and Xbox One, there has been a developing narrative claiming that bugs in …

Reviewers have heaped praise on Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, which has arrived on some formats today. Stores opened their doors last night for the release of the game on Xbox 360 and PS3. The game’s ‘second’ release will arrive on November 22nd when it is released for PS4, …

Alex Fleetwood tells Develop about putting play back in the hands of players, his fascination with real-world games and how digital technology can enhance them

Microsoft has hired TV chat show host Jonathan Ross as an executive producer at its Xbox games division. Eurogamer reveals that the appointment was announced by Phil Harrison at a gathering in London last night. Ross is an ardent games enthusiast and has apparently been hired to help Microsoft change …

Battlefield 4 is now available on current-gen machines and PCs in the US and for the first time gamers can see how the game stacks up on next-gen platforms. As confirmed by Eurogamer, while the PS4 version of the shooter runs at a resolution of 1600×900 the Xbox One build …

Golf franchise will no longer feature game's biggest start

Japanese mobile messaging firm gets over half its revenue from games

Call of Duty: Ghosts executive producer Mark Rubin has suggested that Call of Duty’s most loyal players aren’t really gamers at all. Rubin told OXM that the franchise’s most dedicated players fall under an undefined category, as the label of gamer shouldn’t be applied to someone who doesn’t play games …

Premium success not enough in free-to-play market

Activision has officially revealed the new Extinction mode for Call of Duty: Ghosts, confirming that a co-op fight against aliens will be included when the game launches next month. Developer Infinity Ward teased the new modeover the past weekend, with images of the gameplay leaking online shortly after. Extinction has …