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Fast delivery, video streaming – and now there’s another reason for Amazon customers to sign up to the expensive Prime membership scheme. Destructoid reports that Amazon has begun offering Prime-exclusive discounts on a number of products, including video games. Qualifying items carry the message: "Members of Amazon Prime qualify for …
Read More »Chinese PS4 and Xbox One sales are ‘disappointing’, report says
Next-gen console fever has yet to infect Chinese gamers, it seems. Games Industry reports that numbers from analyst Niko Partners suggest that between them PS4 and Xbox One will by the end of the year reach a combined unit sales number of just 550k. The Chinese government lifted the ban …
Read More »Warner Bros was aware of Batman Arkham Knight PC problems months ago, report claims
Warner Bros was aware of the many issues facing Arkham Knight on PC and that the publisher chose to ship the game regardless, not to maniacally screw over customers – but because they believed it was good enough.” That’s the accusation being levelled at publisher Warner Bros in a piece …
Read More »Xbox: We need to do better in Europe
Phil Spencer, Microsoft’s head of Xbox, has admitted that the company needs to improve the European performance of the Xbox One. "We need to do better in Europe," Spencer told Edge, as reported by Videogamer. "When I look globally, mainland Europe is definitely an area we want to focus on. …
Read More »Riot Games has invested in Curse
League of Legends creators Riot Games has invested in media and tech company Curse. Curse is best known for its wiki engine Gamepedia but also runs a number of recognisable fan sites including Hearthpwn and Futhead. Between them this portfolio attracts some 28m monthly visitors and over 1bn page views. …
Read More »Sony ‘probably’ would have cancelled Last Guardian were it not for the fans
It’s back. It’s heading to PS4. And it could arrive this year. But the cancellation of The Last Guardian was most certainly a possibility. That’s according to Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida who has told the latest issue of Edge, as reported by Videogamer, that it was the vocal …
Read More »Star Citizen delays FPS module but offers the chance to buy a new $400 ship
It has $84m+ in the bank, but there’s still no indication of when Star Citizen will actually be released – and now one component of the title has been delayed indefinitely. In the latest complication to trouble the space sim, RSI boss Chris Roberts has admitted that the game’s first …
Read More »60fps YouTube videos now available on iOS and Android
YouTube has rolled out its 60 frames per second video support to its iOS and Android apps. The video giant debuted 60fps video last summer with a short of Battlefield: Hardline. It was then rolled out across its website in October. This new change for smartphone and tablet apps is …
Read More »Australia has banned 220 games in the last four months
Over four times as many games have been banned in Australia in the last four months as were banned in the entirety of the period between 1994-2014. ABC reports that around 220 games have been banned since March, the majority of which are mobile titles. By contrast only 50 titles …
Read More »Fils-Aime: There’s no sugar coating Metroid Prime Federation Force reaction
The boss of Nintendo America has acknowledged the strength of fans’ negative reaction to the E3 reveal of Metroid Prime: Federation Force. The game featured in the platform holder’s E3 Digital Event, but drew such fury from parts of the fandom – including a petition calling for its cancellation – …
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