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Warner Bros’ Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition has joined Sony’s next-gen trade-up scheme. Eurogamer reports that those who buy the PS3 version of the game will in the box find a code that, come the game’s PS4 release, will entitle them to buy the next-gen digital version for a …

Programming, marketing and art staff affected as company battles financial difficulties

The UK’s biggest online games retailers will make sure customers receive Call of Duty: Ghosts on launch day, despite a proposed postal strike. The Royal Mail strike is scheduled for November 4th, the day before the launch of Ghosts on Xbox 360, PS3, PC and Wii U. But retail giants …

Former chief exec Clive Downie resigns

Gamers will, should they chose to, be allowed to use their real names when gaming online with PS4 at launch. Sony confirmed the news to Kotaku, giving its machine another leg up over its high-profile rival Xbox One which will offer the same functionality but not until an unspecified later …

The veil has finally been lifted on AMD’s Radeon R9 290X graphics card. It carries a price of around 450 in the UK. The cheapest MCV has seen so far is either the HIS Boost or Gigabyte variants, which can be had for around 440. On the other end of …

Game equity investment firm picks up veteran games attorney as chief legal officer

The creator of the Resident Evil series has downplayed the PS4’s supposed power advantage over Xbox One. TheSixthAxis reports that Shinji Mikami told Edge that there’s no real difference between them”, adding: We only need one console. Why do I have to make two versions of a game? And when …

Tripwire says petition filed after repeated attempts to have a model lifted from Killing Floor removed

Veteran consultant and designer to evangelize console and boost conversion rates