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Free access to Square Enix MMO Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn has been extended by a week. FFXIV producer and director Naoki Yoshida confirmed the news after many gamers have been unable to login to the title following an extended period of server problems that have plagued the game …

It appears that the PlayStation Vita version of Rayman Legends lack some content found in the other releases. Legends is already available on Xbox 360, PS3, Wii U and PC but will not hit Vita until later this month following a recently announced delay. Now CVG reports that the Vita …

Discoverability to be the biggest feature of next-gen system

It may be too late to convince third parties to support Wii U, claims Bethesda’s VP of PR and marketing Pete Hines. Speaking toGameTrailers, Hines said Microsoft and Sony had been discussing hardware with developers for a long time and bringing them in on the process to know what to …

'You've got to spend more time trying to reach out to those folks before you even make the box'

Future CEO Mark Wood has confirmed in an internal memo this morning that the company is to cut approximately 55 jobs. The company’s video games editorial and art teams are among those affected by the changes. Impacted staff are being informed by email this morning. Why do we need to …

Next-gen console doubles the number of controllers its predecessor supports

There’s currently no timeline as to when European PS4 owners will be able to stream PS3 content onto their machines. SCEE president and CEO Jim Ryan told Edge that the service is expected to arrive in North America in early 2014. But he’s not able to date a European rollout …

Roll out of cloud gaming services on PS4 delayed in region due to poor connections

Xbox Infinity was a strong possibility for Microsoft’s next-gen branding, the company admitted. The Xbox Infinity branding (or Xbox ∞) was first mentioned as long ago as July 2012 after Microsoft was spotted fighting to win the rights to the Xbox8 URL. Infinity then reared its head again shortly before …