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Online rental giant Lovefilm has issued an apology to its customers for not informing them that the firm planned to abandon the games sector. Reports emerged yesterday that the company will no longer be offering video games via its postal rental service. Many consumers were both surprised and disappointed by …
Read More »Microsoft apologies for Orth’s "always-on" internet outburst
Comments from Microsoft Studios creative director Adam Orth attacking always-on internet naysayers have been labelled as inappropriate” by Microsoft. "We apologise for the inappropriate comments made by an employee on Twitter yesterday," a statement read. "This person is not a spokesperson for Microsoft, and his personal views do not reflect …
Read More »EA names free games for SimCity owners
Owners of SimCity on PC have been told which games they will be able to claim for free as an apology for the strategy game’s rocky launch. The selection is impressive and includes recent release Dead Space 3 as well as triple–A hits Mass Effect 3, Need for Speed: Most …
Read More »HMV Tweeter refuses to apologise for online outburst
The woman behind HMV’s famed Twitter outburst last week has refused to apologise for her actions. Last Thursday administrator Deloitte shed around 60 jobs from the retailer’s head office – one of whom was Poppy Rose, who was also in charge of HMV’s Twitter account. Here’s a look at the …
Read More »The War Z creator Titov issues public apology
One of the creators behind War Z, a zombie survival MMO that received a wave of criticism before being locked on Steam, has apologised to its players. Sales of the zombie MMO were halted and some buyers refunded in December, after claims of misleading advertising”, forum censorship and controversial microtransactions …
Read More »Amazon offers Nintendo Land download codes after "supplier error"
Retailer Amazon has apologised to customers who found that their copies of Nintendo land were missing from their Premium Wii U bundles. Videogamer reports that Amazon has blamed supplier error” for the gaffe and that only a small number” of customers were affected. It won’t, however, be replacing the game …
Read More »Iwata apologises for day one Wii U update
Punters who buy a Wii U this weekend face a sizable day one patch if they want full functionality – a fact Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has apologised for. "Personally I think that users should be able to use all the functions of a console video game machine as soon …
Read More »Gree apologises for its handling of OpenFeint scrappage
Gree has said it is sorry for its handling of the closure of OpenFeint and for putting developers in what it admitted was a tough situation. Speaking toPocketGamer, SVP of marketing and developer relations Eros Resmini said the firm had originally planned to give developers a full year to mirgrate …
Read More »Molyneux apologises for Curiosity’s technical troubles
Developer 22Cans and Peter Molyneux have apologised for the technical troubles that have so far plagued the launch of debut title Curiosity: What’s Inside The Cube?. In a video that you can see below Molyneux promises that the team believes it has the solution to its server problems, which as …
Read More »UPDATED: Apple publishes Samsung acknowledgement – read it in full here
Is the use of the word sorry” a prerequisite in a statement that is designed to be an apology? Apple clearly thinks not as the word is notable in its absence from the ‘apology’ it has this morning published on its website. In fact, the 363-word statement doesn’t even begin …
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