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Thomas Backlund drops everything to focus on start-up project full-time

Sony’s pro pre-owned stance is the talk of E3. But should we be holding back on the celebrations? A lingering doubt remains in some quarters of the public and press that Sony has left the back door open for publishers to limit pre-owned games on PS4. Our used game position …

Jonathan Amor considers how the Agile methodology can help game studios

The Xbox One is a market-changing system. And consumers don’t like change. That’s the message from Xbox’s chief marketing and strategy officer Yusuf Mehdi who confessed to Ars Technica that the negative reaction to the company’s pre-owned and online policies was "kind of as we expected". "We’re trying to do …

Retailer Blockbuster has seen a sharp rise in PS4 orders following the events at E3 this week. The chain last month said that pre-orders of Xbox One had broken company records. It now says that PS4 has received the same incredibly positive reaction”. We are absolutely thrilled with the amazing …

DualShock 4 touchpad works much like that on a laptop, will be used for Diablo III

New title won't be related to Mario or Pokemon, as both already have a 'good relationship'

The Beatles star and Game of Thrones actor are part of talent behind Bungie's shooter

I was sitting at breakfast yesterday morning with one of my favourite games journalists. He’s a smart man and a talented writer and he faced a problem. He played some Xbox One games, and he loved them. The problem? Apparently you can’t say anything nice about Xbox One online without …

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