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Google is blocking access to YouTube on two Amazon devices. The company has announced that YouTube access for both Fire TV and Echo Show owners will be halted on January 1st. The news comes as tensions between Google and Amazon escalate. The precise reasons behind the disagreement vary by report, …

Cosmetics could be on the way after launch, though

The minor change may not be enough to appease the angry mod

EA’s ongoing efforts to appease the Star Wars Battlefront 2 naysayers have now seen it increase the rewards received by players after completing a match. Early testing seems to suggest that the amount of credits handed out after a game has roughly doubled. The best performers in each match will …

"Unfortunately there appears to be a growing legal conflict between us and Stardock."

Mega Man 11 has been announced for PS4, Xbox One, Switch and PC for 2018. It’s the first mainline Mega Man release since Mega Man 10 in 2010. The new game will be a side-scrolling 2D release but will feature 3D character models, which is a departure from the 2D …

The creators of Pokemon Go have announced that they are taking another stab at its predecessor. Ingress will be relaunched under the name Ingress Prime, featuring a new UI, new technology and a brand new story arc. The original game launched in 2012 and has been downloaded over 20m times. …

Bohemia Interactive has confirmed that DayZ is still heading to PS4, despite the console not being mentioned in yesterday’s update. It will, however, hit Microsoft’s console before arriving on Sony’s machine. "In short, yes, we’re still going to release DayZ for PS4," a rep told GameSpot. "It’s mostly that we …

"I've been in the industry for 12 years and I would say that for five or six years, our leadership has made not crunching a priority.

Nintendo is working with PC giant Nvidia to bring a range of Wii and GameCube games to the Nvidia Shield handheld. The catch, however, is that the game are unlikely to ever officially appear outside of China. Analyst Daniel Ahmad reports that the Shield will feature official ports of titles …