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Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, Square Enix’s complete reworking of the admitted mess that was FFXIV, has garnered over 1m registrations for its beta program. The publisher announced the milestone following the launch of its third and final weekend of beta testing for the game that kicked off late …

News that the Xbox boss is replacing Mark Pincus as CEO sends social giant's stocks up ten percent

The latest episode in Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead series is set to arrive this week across all platforms. The Walking Dead 400 Days will cost $5 and IGN reports it will see a staggered release throughout the next few days on the game’s various platforms. The DLC sits aloof …

Darkspore and its servers will continue to receive support from developer Maxis, according to EA. The publisher told Kotaku that yesterday’s damning statements surrounding the broken game’s outright abandonment by the studio came from a forum moderator not employed by EA, and that the assertions by the individual are not …

Xbox has yet to say who will replace outgoing chief Don Mattrick – if, indeed anyone will take his soon-to-be-vacant role. This evening social games firm Zynga confirmed it had hired Mattrick as its new CEO. He starts at Zynga next week. In a memo to staff today Microsoft chief …

Xbox chief to replace Mark Pincus as CEO effective July 8th following unanimous board decision

Zynga has confirmed that it has hired Xbox boss Don Mattrick as its new CEO. Mattrick joins the firm next week on Monday, July 8th. He takes the CEO role from Mark Pincus, the founder of Zynga – but Pincus (pictured above right with Mattrick) will remain deeply involved in …

Exec could be set for big role at Zynga or EA

Xbox president Don Mattrick is about to leave Microsoft, according to internet reports. All Things Digital and rumours circulation on social network site Twitter, say that Mattrick will announce his departure today with Zynga or EA likely destinations. Mattrick has had a difficult time at Microsoft in recent weeks following …