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Wargaming has finally nailed down a release date for free-to-play title War of Tanks on Xbox 360. The game will be made available for download on Xbox Live on Wednesday February 12th. Note however that unlike F2P titles such as DC Universe Online on PS4, those wishing to play will …
Read More »Disney Interactive ‘preparing to lay off several hundred’ – report
‘Several’ hundred jobs are said to be at risk at Disney Interactive. Wall Street Journal says the cuts will begin tomorrow, suggesting that a significant number of the 3,000 strong Interactive workforce is under threat. Disney Interactive president Jimmy Pitaro, who took over from John Pleasants in November, is said …
Read More »Nadella: Microsoft must focus on ‘what it can uniquely contribute to the world’
New Microsoft CEO Satya Nadellahas outlined his vision for the future of the company. Although it is hard to identify many specifics from the email he sent to employees, it’s clear the former cloud computing boss – who is a 22-year Microsoft veteran – is keen for Microsoft to combine …
Read More »Satya Nadella confirmed as new Microsoft CEO
Microsoft’s former cloud and enterprise group boss Satya Nadella has been named as the computing giant’s new CEO. He’s been at Microsoft since 1992 and has spearheaded its drive towards cloud computing, spending much of his time overseeing its servers and tools business. It has also been confirmed that former …
Read More »Pokemon Bank arrives in Europe at last
Nintendo has released Pokemon Bank in Europe following its festive delay. The service was originally announced way back in September and was supposed to launch worldwide over Christmas but was delayed following the technical problems that plagued eShop over the period. It finally arrived in a few Asian territories late …
Read More »Borderlands 2 is 2K’s best-ever selling game
No, BioShock is not the best selling game to come from the 2K stable. That honour falls to Borderlands 2, which as revealed by Take-Two in its financials last night has now sold over 8.5m copies meaning it has surpassed every title in the BioShock series and also beaten the …
Read More »Valve introduces Steam Music
Steam is to introduce a brand new bit of functionality – Steam Music. It’s not a brand new store front selling music, however. Instead the functionality offers users the chance to integrate their music collection into their Steam library. The key here is that gamers will be able to listen …
Read More »Nintendo could merge handhelds and home consoles into single machine, Iwata admits
A single system combining both home and handheld consoles could be the future of Nintendo’s hardware business. That’s according to president Saturo Iwata. Although the exec admits that he’s not personally convinced by the idea, he does say in an investor Q&A that the company could pursue such a strategy …
Read More »Miyamoto: Nintendo has ‘overcome the challenge’ of first party game shortages
Nintendo IS releasing enough first party games to propel its platforms forward. That’s the message from senior MD Shigeru Miyamoto, who when accused of releasing insufficient titles to support Wii U told investors: I interpret the question as asking whether we are making the same mistake every time we launch …
Read More »Iwata reiterates no Wii U price cut; Says "it is never too late" for console to succeed
Nintendo’s financial plans for the year ahead have not been designed to accommodate a Wii U price drop. President Saturo Iwata said last week that a price drop for the console was not an option”. Now he has told investors that the company’s business strategy for the year ahead was …
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