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A collection of all five main Elder Scrolls games will be released as the Elder Scrolls Anthology next week, and will be sold in India for Rs 3,999. The premium box set includes Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim, including all the official add-ons for Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim that …

Microsoft has confirmed a second boost to the specs of its Xbox One. GeekWire reports that Xbox chief marketing officer Yusef Mehdi told the Citi Global Technology Conference that the clock speed of the CPU has been increased from 1.6GHz to 1.75GHz. This follows news from early last month that …

John Broomhall quizzes Microsoft's Mark Yeend on Xbox One's audio potential

Wearable tech to get its own marketplace for apps and games

Over 300 GAME stores are to open their doors at midnight for the arrival of Rockstar’s epic swansong for the current generation of machines. Grand Theft Auto V is released PS3 and Xbox 360 on September 17th, and nearly every GAME store will hold an event on the night of …

Next generation of smartphones from iOS giant set for unveiling

Computing firm plans to attract mobile developers with cross-platform options

Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare will be a multiplayer only affair, a fact EA states will allow the publisher to sell it at a lower price online and at retail. Speaking with Shacknews, creative director Justin Wiebe confirmed that the FPS-take on PopCap’s tower defense franchise will be multiplayer only. …

Chris Robert’s Start Citizen crowdfunding experiment has reached new heights, crossing the $17m mark in raised funding. Incredibly, only $2.1m of that total was brought in by the project’s run on Kickstarter, meaning nearly $15m has been raised by other avenues such as direct PayPal donations. The in-development space simulator …

2K's Tom Bass is digital publisher's new VP of Marketing