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A teaser from Sony hyping its PS4 E3 event has offered what might be the very first glimpse of the new console. You can see it below. The video, although obviously designed to promote the Press Conference on June 10 6pm PDT, arrives just 24 hours before rival firm Xbox …

Precursor CEO admits developer used a terms of service 'boiler plate' from another site

FIFA 14 will not release on Wii U. Unsurprisingly. What’s more notable is EA’s honesty when asked exactly why that is. "Six months ago FIFA 13 was a launch title on Wii U," an EA spokesperson told Eurogamer. "Although the game featured FIFA’s award-winning HD gameplay and innovative new ways …

RPG developer Obsidian is to co-develop a new Russian MMO. The studio has teamed up with Russian outfit Allods Team to work on free-to-play MMO Skyforge. Obsidian CEO Feargus Urquhart said of the deal: Skyforge is a very interesting and promising project that I’m glad Obsidian Entertainment is involved with.” …

Persson labels attempt to generate more money from gameplay videos 'offensive'

Ever heard of 5Lives Studios? No, us neither. But come next month that will very likely have changed. A video posted online by the studio very much seems to suggest that a Syndicate reboot (or more likely a ‘spiritual successor’) is heading to Kickstarter this month. Rock Paper Shotgun speculates …

It looks like April may have been another terrible month for Wii U in the US. A Twitter exchange between an unknown user and analyst Michael Pachter suggests that Wii U sold just 38,000 units throughout the period. Worse still, it was outsold by its predecessor the Wii which shifted …

Fallout: New Vegas developer to lend RPG expertise to new MMO

Console sector worth more than mobile, handheld and social gaming combined, claims computing giant

Piers Harding-Rolls, the head of games at analyst firm IHS Screen Digest, has set out his demands of what Microsoft must do at the New Xbox reveal tomorrow night… The competitive landscape for games consoles is more complex than ever. Against this background, Microsoft is poised to reveal its next …