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Nearly half of all Xbox Live subscribers average an hour a day or more watching video content, Microsoft has revealed. According to a report by VG247, Microsoft’s COO Kevin Turner revealed that 42 per cent of Xbox Live users watch 30 hours of movie and television content monthly. Turner added …

Sony has revealed its Gaikai-powered cloud-streaming service will launch in 2014, offering an initial selection of PS3 games for play on PS4, Vita, and Vita TV. IGN reports on Sony’s roundtable interview at Tokyo Game Show, where Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida announced the service will debut in North …

UK development's brightest battle it out for the hotly-contested Develop Quiz trophy

Another option has been offered for those hoping to upgrade to the next-gen versions of EA’s upcoming games. Customers trading in PS3 or Xbox 360 copies of either Battlefield 4, FIFA 14 or Need for Speed Rivals against the purchase of the PS4 or Xbox One versions will receive both …

Developer looking to enter middleware space with SDK

UK firm prepares to make its long-serving proprietary tech available to developers

The Australian arm of games retailer EB Games has issued an apology for a Grand Theft Auto V display in one of its stores that used sherbert as fake cocaine. "Regrettably, one of our EB Games store locations in Queensland set-up an unauthorised display within the store in support of …

NFL will not be the only sport to offer interactivity with Xbox One, Microsoft has said. And although it hasn’t name-dropped the Premier League, Microsoft Studios boss Phil Spencer has promised that international sports’ will certainly feature as part of the line-up. We believe sports is a very interesting category …

A new tech startup from SimCity creator Will Wright has named former EA boss John Riccitiello as one of its backers. The company, Syntertainment, will will focus on the intersection of entertainment and reality” employs a number of team members from one of Wright’s former projects, Stupid Fun Club. VentureBeat …

GTA V sales 'not impressive', but mobile companies like Supercell are 'outstandingly impressive', says 22Cans boss