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Xbox Live’s first free-to-play title Happy Wars has amassed over 2m players worldwide since launch. Developer Toylogic announced the figure as it rolls out a new content update designed to secure even more players. I’m so excited that more than two million people love Happy Wars. I hope all of …

More than 26 million people watched Sony’s reveal trailer for its next-generation PS4 console last month. The video, which can be viewed below, topped YouTube’s ads leaderboard for February 2013 with five million more views than the next most popular ad, which was from Samsung Mobile USA. The rankings are …

The Xi3 Piston, the Valve-backed PC-like console, will be available by the end of the year. And costs a whopping $1,000. Xi3 Corporation is now accepting pre-orders for the device, listing the price as $999.99, according to Engadget. Consumers who pre-order by Sunday, March 17th will receive a $100 discount. …

Adding more and more servers to support the launch of its SimCity reboot appears to be helping EA turn a corner. A new statement from studio head Lucy Bradshaw says the core problem with getting in and having a great SimCity experience is almost behind us”. Although it might take …

The rebooted Tomb Raider is the new UK No.1. Square Enix’s revamp of the long-running franchise has debuted at the top of the charts, and is also the biggest game launch of 2013 so far. It has comfortably doubled the week one sales of previous best seller Aliens: Colonial Marines. …

Market for used games may not disappear with physical media

Super Meat Boy developer turned off by cost and hassle of console development

EA could reveal Battlefield 4 around this month’s Game Developer Conference in San Francisco. The publisher has sent out invitations for an event on 26th March, which has been posted online by IGN. While Battlefield 4 isn’t mentioned on the invite, the design, font, and colour palette are reminiscent of …

Publisher 'temporarily' pauses promotion of troubled city-builder

EA has removed SimCity from the Indian Origin Store after users outside India found a technical loophole that allowed them to purchase the game at a significantly lower price. Due to a technical exploit that is being abused by some users, EA has had to temporarily remove SimCity from the …