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Peter Molyneux’s grand gaming experiment Curiosity: What’s Inside the Cube? came to a dramatic end over the weekend. Having kicked off on November 6th last year, Bryan Henderson from Edinburgh was finally crowned the ‘winner’ on Sunday having tapped the very last cubelet to grace Curiosity’s surface. His prize? Bryan …

Microsoft’s ambiguity over the subject of pre-owned resulted in the week from hell for its PR team last week. Let’s hope Sony’s PR team is sitting comfortably. The Xbox One has had to endure a torrid few days as the world asks for an answer to a very simple question …

Germany’s federal commissioner for data protection Peter Schaar has expressed concerns over the privacy implications of the Xbox One. Polygon translates a German news report that Schaar has been looking into Microsoft’s console since its unveiling earlier this month. More specifically, Schaar is investigating the hardware’s always-on capabilities and the …

Microsoft has applied for a patent that would potentially award achievements for watching video content. Games Industry originally reported on the ‘Awards and Achievements Across TV Ecosystem’ patent published by the firm, which covers the idea of rewarding viewers with achievements in essentially the same way that Xbox 360 does …

PlayStation fans have drummed up a Twitter campaign to urge significant Sony employees against taking an aggressive stance on DRM and used games sales for PlayStation 4. VG247 reports the campaign encourages gamers to post tweets using hashtags #PS4NoDRM and #PS4USEDGAMES – more specifically instructing them to direct statements toward …

Borderlands 2 tops the latest Steam top ten charts for the second week in a row, with Metro: Last Light maintaining the runner-up position behind Gearbox’s hit sequel. The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing debuted in fourth, while god game Reus moved up two spots from last week to sixth. …

The UK games market took a bold step towards accurate games download charts today. As part of the release of download charts from March, 2012 historical info and a wider call for industry support, UK trade association Ukie has published ABOUT THE UK’S NEW DIGITAL GAMES CHART The digital sales …