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Sony has credited the strong” performance of PS4 for a good performance in its quarter ending June 30th. Sony’s overall numbers saw sales and operating revenue climb 5.8 per cent to 1,809.9bn, with operating income nearly doubling at 69.8bn. The Game and Network Services division, home of its PlayStation business, …
Read More »Xbox One to launch in China on September 23rd; Prices start at £355
China will become an officially supported Xbox One region when the console arrives the in the freshly green-lit territory in September. It will be the first foreign machine to go on sale in the territory since trade restrictions preventing the sale of games consoles were lifted at the turn of …
Read More »VIDEO: Assassin’s Creed Unity short introduces new female character Elise
Keen to redress the criticism levelled at it last month, Ubisoft has released details of a female central character” who features in Assassin’s Creed: Unity. A new trailer shows Arno racing against time and through a dense and chaotic central Paris in order to prevent the beheading of Elise, a …
Read More »Activision confirms three Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Limited Editions
Three Limited Edition versions of the upcoming Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare have been detailed by publisher Activision. The first is called the Atlas Limited Edition. Priced at 69.99 it includes a bonus multiplayer map and a special manual, all delivered in a steelcase. The 99.99 Atlas Pro Edition adds …
Read More »Xbox Gold not needed for EA Access unless you want to play online; UK prices confirmed
Xbox One owners don’t need Xbox Live Gold membership to buy into EA Access -that is, unless they want to play online. EA Access is a new subscription service that grants members unlimited access to certain EA titles and discounts on EA digital purchases. Any Xbox One gamer can join …
Read More »Nintendo losses jump despite 2.82m Mario Kart 8 sales and Wii U boost sales
Q1 has delivered mixed fortunes for the struggling Nintendo. On the positive side Mario Kart 8 has sold 2.82m copies in just over a month, representing an attach rate of over 40 per cent among Wii U oners. And in the quarter ending June 30th Nintendo sold 510k Wii U …
Read More »No EA Access on PSN as it’s not good value, Sony says
The EA Access subscription service is an Xbox One exclusive because Sony doesn’t believe it offers good value to consumers. That’s according to a Sony America spokesperson, who told Game Informer: We evaluated the EA Access subscription offering and decided that it does not bring the kind of value PlayStation …
Read More »The Story of Video Games in 10 titles
You could argue that every game is of some sort of historical significance, of course. The question really is how do you whittle down the list. Can you really have a list of the games that have defined our medium without the inspirational Half-Life? That skips over the technologically liberating …
Read More »EA reveals subscription EA Access program for Xbox One
Xbox One owners will soon be able to access an EA subscription service. EA Access costs $4.99 per month. For that members get unlimited access to select titles in what is being called The Vault – which currently contains FIFA 14, Battlefield 4, Madden NFL 25 and Peggle 2 – …
Read More »Tekken X Street Fighter ‘still in development’
Bandai Namco has insisted that development of Tekken X Street Fighter is continuing. The game was announced all the way back in July 2010, although two years later Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada was having to assert that it was not only still in development. Tekken X Street Fighter is still …
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