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Football is one of the most important things in the world. That is a fact. So EA’s decision to combine a suitably epic monologue from Captain Picard (whom for reasons unclear some people refer to as Patrick Stewart) with gameplay footage from FIFA 14 is inherently sensible. And quite brilliant. …

Despite having plenty of time left before its November 1st release, Ubisoft is not relenting on its aggressive video marketing campaign for Assassin’s Creed IV. Its latest effort is a live-action trailer, which can be seen below, that suggests life on the high seas is… well… a bit messy. The …

He said he’d be back. Reef Entertainment has acquired the video game rights to hugely popular ’80s flick The Terminator, and the console and PC game rights to its sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day. But rather than just creating direct tie-ins that are two decades too late, the publisher has …

AMD’s expected Q4 2013 assault on the graphics card market will not go unanswered, it seems. Videocardz.com reports that Nvidia is not only planning a big release of its own before Christmas, but that it is also fast-tracking the release of the GeForce 800 series cards to early next year. …

EA has announced the inclusion of a host of classic players in next month’s FIFA 14. The list of stars will be available in the Ultimate Team modes of the Xbox 360 and Xbox One versions. They will randomly be found in Gold Pack downloads. Names the jump out of …

Quantic Dream and The Chinese Room devs refute famed directors' perspective on interactivity and storytelling

Activision has announced that players looking to upgrade from PS3 to PS4 will be offered a special discount on Call of Duty: Ghosts. Call of Duty: Ghosts is out on PS3 on November 5th. With PS4 now having a confirmed UK release date of November 29th, players face a choice …

Yesterday at Gamescom, Sony announced that you’ll be able to upgrade from the PS3 versions of certain games to the PS4 versions for a heavily discounted price. Activision has put that price at $10, which is today around Rs 640. There’s no telling what it might be tomorrow. PS3 owners …

Riot Games has confirmed the League of Legends servers have been hacked, exposing the account data of some of its North American customers. League of Legends is one of the most played games on the planet, boasting millions of users worldwide, but the attacks are said to have targeted North …