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‘Your feedback matters’, started a startling announcement by Don Mattrick on Xbox.com. Microsoft has essentially done a complete 180 on its used games and always-on policy by announcing today that it is scrapping plans for both. What this essentially means is: An internet connection will not be required to play …

Vocal feedback from gamers has led Xbox to revise its plan for new digital game ownership on its upcoming Xbox One console. A fresh letter from Xbox boss Don Mattrick has confirmed gamers can "play, share, lend, and resell your games exactly as you do today on Xbox 360". The …

Console giant makes U-turn to support used games market and ditch online check-ins

If the latest web rumours are true, Microsoft is poised to announce a revised agenda for second-hand games and online check-in. Whathifi and Giant Bomb are both claiming via independent sources that the format-holder will abandon controversial plans that would demand Xbox One connect to Microsoft HQ servers once every …

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Developer Infinity Ward cannot finish work on key elements of Call of Duty: Ghosts as it is yet to receive final next-gen hardware samples. Obviously we are in crazy early development and we will have to see how the consoles play out,” the game’s executive producer Mark Rubin told OPM. …

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PC graphics expert Nvidia is to begin licensing out its technology to other device makers. Reuters reports that the company’s chief executive Jen-Hsun Huang told the Reuters Global Technology Summit in San Francisco that licensing its graphics cores and visual patents will help Nvidia tap into the growing mobile computing …

Client code suggests shake-up of game ownership rights on digital distribution platform