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Call of Duty: Ghosts has been installed as the favourite to claim the UK Christmas No.1 title by William Hill. It’s currently offering 6/4 on the game with FIFA 14 second at 2/1 and next week’s release Grand Theft Auto V in third at 4/1. There is no doubting that …

There’s something quite refreshing about the executives at Sony. They haven’t had their personalities media trained out of them. They will give you a straight answer (most of the time). They do appear nervous on stage in front of thousands of journalists. They are more than happy to mock their …

Intel Developer Blog recaps past Android OSs and what lies beyond their candy-covered names

175 jobs have today been lost following the sad news that UK development stalwart Blitz Games has ceased trading. The company, which houses a number of divisions, was founded by the Oliver twins Andrew and Philip in 1990. In slightly better news, two of the studio’s current projects are said …

Longstanding stalwart of UK development sector ceases trading with immediate effect; some jobs saved

The re-designed PlayStation Vita has been constructed with a very simple premise in mind – make the system cheaper and more appealing. To put it differently, the Slim is about attracting more gamers without affecting the game experience” the machine’s head of design Mika Nagae told Famitsu, as reported by …

Three male leads are there to 'create nuanced stories' says Houser

SCEA president Jack Tretton has described PS4 production yields as incredible”. And as a result, the exec added, the PS4 launch will be the biggest in his company’s history. "We want to make sure that consumers have an opportunity to buy one on November 15th and through the holidays," he …

Title originally set for FF XIII universe to be released on smartphones

One analyst has speculated that the time may be nearing for Activision Blizzard’s World of Warcraft to make the jump to free-to-play. A report by Superdata Research, as spotted by CVG, claims that the MMO has experienced a drop in revenues of 54 per cent in the last seven months. …