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Square Enix has offered a generous freebie to console Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn players. The publisher says that it will allow those who buy the game on PS3 to switch to the PS4 version for free. Note that the beta for the PS4 version won’t go live until …

Intel Developer Blog: Softtalkblog discusses the reasons behind why software devs do what they do

Grand Theft Auto V – which is out NEXT WEEK, don’t forget – might be the most expensive game ever made. That’s if the numbers from a report in The Scotsman are correct. It reckons that Rockstar’s game has a combined development and marketing budget of 170m. In 2010 predecessor …

Atari founder says the Wii-maker is losing touch with gamers

The markets have reacted negatively to Nintendo’s efforts to rejuvenate its hardware offer. Nintendo recently cut the price of Wii U and revealed its new 2DS handheld, but the company today suffered an 8.4 per cent drop in its share price – the biggest it has suffered since July 2011, …

New microconsole allows users to play Vita games on their TV screen

Lighter, slimmer version of Sony's sleek handheld arrives in the Far East this autumn

Deal with Miniclip brings over 1 million DAUs to San Francisco startup's network.

Sony's next-gen console arrives in its home country three months after the US and Europe

Sony surprised the industry with the reveal of PS Vita TV this morning, but what does the device say about the company’s forward thinking? Put simply, it shows that Sony has ambitions to tap into what many perceive to be the biggest growth sectors open to core gaming. An alternative …