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Microsoft has provided a pretty robust set of answers today to questions about second hand games and online elements of Xbox One. But we’ve boiled them down further – you can find them below. You can read our original summary here. We’ve also summed up some unanswered questions here. GAME …

Loaning and renting of titles will not be available at launch

Games will be inaccessible after a day of offline activity, states computing giant

Xbox One owners look unlikely to face any fees for buying or selling used games on Xbox One. That seems to be the message in a new set of statements issued by Microsoft tonight. Today, some gamers choose to sell their old disc-based games back for cash and credit,” it …

Xbox has tonight made a decisive move to calm the many questions asked about its new next-gen console Xbox One. Tonight, it has reiterated that Xbox One introduces new licensing mechanisms for games, and that this impacts how the second hand market works. But the firm says it IS NOT …

Middleware provider's Physics, Animation Studio, Destruction, Cloth, AI and Script tools available for Microsoft console

Get a job at the MyHorse and CSR Racing outfit's Oxford studio

Tom Sarkanen, Keith Judge and Mark Satterthwaite to head up new studio

Ultimate Nintendo fanboy pleaser Smash Bros isn’t to everyone’s tastes. It takes a special type of enthusiast to pour hours into pummeling Pikachu repeatedly in his far too chirpy face, and an even more avid fan to spend your days speculating which forgotten character will be added to an already …

Another US analyst has poured scorn on Nintendo’s Wii U and said that the opportunity for success will soon pass. "After seven months on the market, Nintendo’s Wii U is struggling mightily," Cowen & Company analyst Doug Creutz told investors, as reported by GameSpot. We note that the company has …