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Microsoft has offered more details on its troll-avoiding Reputation system that will be used on Xbox One. Feedback on players has been streamlined to be more direct and ultimately group players into one of just three categories – Green (Good Player), Yellow (Needs Improvement) or Red (Avoid Me). This categorisation …

Vita and PSP sales fall to 600,000 as PS3 and PS2 sales also slump before next-gen launch

Video games publisher EA has added two new official football club partnerships to its books – Liverpool and Barcelona. As of the upcoming season EA Sports will be Liverpool’s Official Football Video Gaming Partner and Barcelona’s Official Club Partner. Demo pods for FIFA 14 will be offered at Anfield during …

US company looks to reverse decline in games business with acqusition

Battlefield could be on the cusp of usurping Call of Duty from the FPS throne, according to former CEO John Riccitiello. "The one thing I know most about now is Battlefield and CoD and I feel pretty confident that EA’s got better cards,” the putspoken exec told Games Industry. But …

There are many evils in this world and it’s safe to say patching Black Ops II and suggesting Harry Styles has a penis are definitely two of the worst. Such is the conclusion one can draw from the Twitter reaction of both the Call of Duty and One Direction online …

New Belgium-based firm working on series reboot

Creative Assembly's Alex Wright-Manning on how to attract talent that's not currently hunting for jobs

Games division sees solid performance from mobile and digital sales

Microsoft has named the two games that will feature this month in Xbox 360’s Games With Gold offer. As of today, Microsoft’s hugely popular (and arguably never bettered) Crackdown will be offered to free for Xbox Gold members. Then from August 16th Capcom’s Dead Rising 2 and its digital prologue …