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The first footage of EA’s Battlefield 4 running on Ultra settings on PC has been released online. As it’s powered by the Frostbite 3 engine, Battlefield 4 will comfortably scale across all platforms. As such, the PC’s Ultra settings will be above and beyond what prospective PS4 and Xbox One …

Publisher changes its tune on new business model

Members of games industry charity GamesAid are now able to nominate charities for possible support in 2013. Nominations should be reserved for small UK charities focused on children and young adults with a turnover of no more than 5m and with no more than 30 per cent of turnover being …

The Xbox 360 Edition of Minecraft has claimed its second successive No.1 in the UK. It’s a largely inactive week in the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40, with the only significant mover being Ubisoft’s movie tie-in The Smurfs 2 which climbs 20 places to No.5 in its third …

Lawsuit claims 'unjust enrichment' over sale of 172 million shares to Kotick's investor group

Game designer and professor Jesse Schell has argued that Microsoft’s big mistake with Xbox One was one many global companies make – it listened to its customers. "Your customers want you to stay the same, even if it drives you into the ground," Schell told Games Industry. "The problem is …

Sony trusts users with content creation for next-gen MMO

The Witcher developer CD Projekt RED has announced the opening of a new branch for the studio in Cracow, Poland. The new team’s focus will be on reinforcing development on the independent company’s current projects: Wild Hunt, the upcoming third title of the hit RPG franchise The Witcher, and Cyberpunk …

Todd Miller, an Activison Blizzard shareholder, has filed a lawsuit over Activision’s recent purchase of Vivendi’s majority stake in the firm. GamePolitics reports Miller filed the suit against Activision, CEO Bobby Kottick, and the rest of the company’s board of directors for a breach of fiduciary duties, waste of corporate …

Civ V’s Brave New World expansion took first on Steam’s top ten products chart this week, with pre-orders for a pair of late August releases making the list as well. Pre-orders for Saints Row 4 and The Bureau: XCOM Declassified had the upcoming titles finishing eighth and tenth, respectively. Skyrim: …