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Limitations HAVE been imposed on book publisher Hachette on Amazon, the retailer has admitted. It was reported yesterday that Amazon had removed pre-order buttons, increased prices and extended delivery times on the publisher’s products in an attempt to exert pressure in a contract dispute. We are currently buying less (print) …

EA has officially announced the next game in its Battlefield series. As rumoured yesterday, it’s called Battlefield Hardline. It’s out this autumn and is set against the backdrop of a genre we all love – the war on crime and the battle between cops and criminals”. It’s a change of …

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has dismissed any suggestion that he wants to sell off the Xbox business. "I have no intent to do anything different with Xbox than we are doing today," he told interviewers at the Code Conference in California, as reported by The Verge, adding that his stance …

Nintendo has announced a new affiliate program for YouTube streamers. Almost exactly a year ago the platform holder was criticised for its content ID match claim strategy that allegedly robbed video creators of revenue. This new policy, Kotaku reports, will split ad revenues between YouTube, Nintendo and video creators. However, …

Rumours that the next Battlefield title will ditch the military in favour of a police-based setting have intensified with the discovery of new assets. CVG reports that fansites have unearthed a host of details tucked away on EA’s Battlelog servers which point to a title named Battlefield: Hardline that is …

Star Wars: Attack Squadron has been abandoned by Disney just four months after entering closed beta. The Area 52 developed free-to-play title offered 16-player online dogfights and the ability to customise iconic craft such as the X-Wing and Tie-Fighter. It was in development outside of EA’s exclusive Star Wars game …

Bethesda has delayed the release of Shinji Mikami’s The Evil Within. The game has been due out on PS4, Xbox One, PS3, 360 and PC in Europe on August 29th. It will now arrive on October 24th. It will release in America on October 21st and Australia on October 23rd. …

Warner Bros has confirmed that TT Games is working on LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham. It sees the Dark Knight team up with Superman and DC chums and take to space to fight Brainiac. Over 150 characters are included as well as locations such as the Batcave, Hall of Justice …

Erm, remember in that story published a few moments ago when we said The Order: 1886 would be out this Q4? Yeah. It turns out that isn’t going to be happening. Sony has announced that the PS4 shooter has been delayed from Q4 this year until early 2015. "We want …

Sony at the weekend streamed a brief glimpse of upcoming PS4 shooter The Order: 1886 gameplay. There’s no doubt the Ready at Dawn (God of War) and Sony Santa Monica (PlayStation All Stars Battle Royale) looks visually amazing, although forums and social media remain sceptical of its gameplay credentials. But …