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Government monitoring of internet data presents an advanced persistent threat” according to a new pro-consumer blog from Microsoft. Many of our customers have serious concerns about government surveillance of the internet,” Microsoft’s general counsel and executive VP of legal and corporate affairs Brad Smith wrote. We share their concerns. That’s …
Read More »"The reason Sony beats Microsoft is solely the price", Pachter believes
PS4’s early advantage over Xbox One is purely because it retails for 80 less. That’s according to Michael Pachter, who has downplayed the importance of PS4’s technical advantage or any of the controversy that has dogged Microsoft since E3. "The reason Sony beats Microsoft is solely the price," Wedbush Securities …
Read More »Pachter: "I don’t know why Iwata is still employed"
Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has stepped up his media onslaught on Nintendo by saying that president Satoru Iwata should be sacked. "I don’t know why Iwata is still employed," Pachter told the Game Monetization USA Summit in San Francisco, GamesIndustry reports, adding that the Wii U’s commercial performance has …
Read More »Games TM’s Samuel Roberts becomes PC Gamer editor
Former Games TM editor Samuel Roberts is the new editor of Future mag PC Gamer. His previous roles include deputy editor at Play magazine and SciFiNow. He was also a finalist in the Rising Star category at the 2009 Games Media Awards. He begins at PC Gamer on December 11th. …
Read More »Go on, empty that cupboard…
Gamesaid has begun a Christmas campaign to get games firms to donate unwanted merchandise to its eBay activity. The UK games industry charity raises money throughout the year and is distributed annually, as per the votes of Gamesaid members. Almost 1m has been raised since Gamesaid was founded five years …
Read More »Play.com predicts Wii U dominance this Christmas
Play.com owner Rakuten has claimed that Nintendo’s Wii U has seen a 75 per cent sales spike in October. The company predicts that Wii U and iPad will be more popular than Xbox One and PS4 amongst children this Christmas. It adds that a Twitter analysis has revealed that its …
Read More »GAME introduces… a tinned Christmas dinner for gamers
Christmas dinner in a tin. That’s apparently what GAME could shortly be selling in its stores. It’s called the Christmas Tinner and consists of nine layers of processed festive food, as demonstrated in the picture below. Apparently the chain has actually trialled this product in its Basingstoke store and is …
Read More »This, the year of Luigi, is set to continue!
Luigi’s disregard for the rules is demonstrated not only in his dress sense but also his casual dismissal of the Gregorian calendar. As every single one of us knows, this is the Year of Luigi. Foolishly many of us had supposed that the Year of Luigi would come to a …
Read More »Flow now available on PS4
Thatgamecompany’s debut PlayStation title Flow is now available to PS4 owners. The game first arrived alongside PS3 in April 2006. This new PS4 version is largely the same, albeit with next-gen 1080p/60fps visuals. Like Thatgamecompany’s second title Flower (which was available on PS4 at launch) the game is free to …
Read More »Gran Turismo 6 microtransactions draw criticism; Unlock the Jaguar XJ13 for £120
Sony is facing criticism over its implementation of microtransactions in Gran Turismo 6. Their inclusion was confirmed last month but the prices were only revealed yesterday and are, according to Eurogamer, as follows: 500,000 in-game credits – 3.99/€4.991m in-game credits – 7.99/€9.992.5m in-game credits – 15.99/€19.997m in-game credits – 39.99/€49.99 …
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