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Codes for an estimated three million copies of Codemasters racer Dirt 3 have been accessed and illegally distributed online. Kotaku reports that a promotion from graphics card manufacturer AMD was offering free copies of the game to anyone who purchased one of their graphics cards. However, the 3m Steam codes …
Read More »Resident Evil freebies for PS+ members
In celebration of the series’ 15th anniversary, Sony has offered free access to three classic Resident Evil titles for members of its PlayStation Plus service in the US. For the next two weeks users will be able to play PSOne trio Resident Evil Director’s Cut, Resident Evil 2 and Resident …
Read More »Consoles, unite! Valve and Blizzard want online harmony
Two of the world’s most influential PC games studios want Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft to break down the barricades to their consoles’ online services. Gabe Newell and Frank Pearce, the co-founders of Valve Software and Blizzard Entertainment, both believe that online unification between consoles would be a progressive step for …
Read More »Origin is selling Valve games
Many of EA’s titles may remain unavailable on Valve’s Steam network. But right now US gamers can buy three different Valve titles on EA’s Origin download service. There is one caveat, though. They’re boxed versions. Rock Paper Shotgun reports that as part of a ‘buy two get one free’ offer …
Read More »Old 360s no longer sold by GAME
Both GAME and Gamestation have stopped selling pre-owned versions of older Xbox 360 consoles, it has confirmed. The move affects Xbox 360 Core and Arcade models as well as older devices that don’t offer HDMI support. Consumers will still be able to trade these devices in in-store. The move has …
Read More »Deus Ex DLC detailed
Square Enix has confirmed details about the first DLC that its Eidos Montral studio will release for chart hit Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Called ‘The Missing Link’, it details the events of a three-day period in which protagonist Adam Jensen went missing in Human Revolution. He is tortured by Belltower …
Read More »Lenovo ousts alleged poor Samsung tablet sales
First the HP TouchPad was abandoned before it even got going, and now it is claimed that another high-profile iPad 2 rival is having a tough time on the market. An executive at electricals firm Lenovo has claimed Samsung sold just 20,000 units of the 1m Galaxy Tabs it shipped …
Read More »Sony: MS policies are "protecting an inferior technology"
Microsoft’s policies that are designed to protect the Xbox 360 platform are to the detriment of the wider industry and the consumer, Sony has claimed. The attack comes after it was revealed that Microsoft has a number of strict policies in place for potential publishers, including an unwillingness to publish …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Deus Ex fends off Driver
Despite a 46 per cent drop in sales, Square Enix title Deus Ex: Human Revolution has made it two weeks at the top of the UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. Ubisoft’s critically lauded Driver: San Francisco enters the charts at No.2 four years on from the last release …
Read More »PSN sales up following hack outage
The astonishing PlayStaion Network crisis that dominated the headlines earlier this year doesn’t seem to have dented the public appetite for PSN. Gamasutra reports that Sony CEO Howard Stringer told an audience at the IFA electronics show that since the restoration of the service in March an additional 3m users …
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