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Conditions for workers at Amazon warehouses could cause mental and physical illness" according to an investigation by BBC Panorama. The show secretly filmed the working conditions endured by undercover reporter Adam Littler at the retailer’s Swansea depot. Each shift can involve up to 11 miles of walking with orders expected …
Read More »EA shaves £3 off its digital PS4 games on PSN
3 has been knocked off the price of EA’s PS4 launch lineup on PSN. It was confirmed yesterday that EA’s five launch titles – FIFA 14, Battlefield 4, Need for Speed Rivals, NBA Live 14 and Madden 25 – were available to download for 62.99 each. As of this morning …
Read More »Ashes Cricket 2013 pulled from Steam
505 Games’ Ashes Cricket 2013 has been pulled from PC games store Steam. The game, which has been without a release date since its delay in the summer, made a surprise appearance on Steam last week and was finally released on Friday (November 22nd). However, feedback from Steam users has, …
Read More »Sony has PS4s available to buy at the UK midnight launch
Those who haven’t secured a launch day PS4 will have the chance to buy one at the launch event at midnight on Thursday night (November 28th). Stock will be available at the PS4 Lounge in Covent Garden and will be available on a first-come first-served basis. Queuing is expected to …
Read More »Doctor Who: Legacy gets iOS and Android release date
Free-to-play puzzle RPG adventure Doctor Who: Legacy will be released on iOS and Android this Wednesday (November 27th). Details about the BBC Worldwide, Tiny Rebel Games and Seed Studio co-production remains reasonably scant, although it appears that it will be episodic. The game will launch with a raft of episodes …
Read More »Ubisoft distances itself from PC optimisation comments
A statement that was re-quoted out of context” is being blamed on apparent comments from Ubisoft saying that the optimisation of PC games is not important. Assassin’s Creed 4 associate producer Sylvain Trottier was last week quoted as saying: On PC, usually you don’t really care about the performance, because …
Read More »Xbox One TV integration suffering tech problems in UK and Europe
What is being described a fundamental tech incompatibility is causing issues for those connecting their TVs to their Xbox One consoles in the UK and Europe. HDTVtest reports that a number of British owners have complained about the TV integration feature being broken, due to the introduction of judder with …
Read More »New trademark filing points to possible Bully 2 release
Rockstar’s much-loved Bully franchise seems one step closer to a sequel today. Junkie Monkeys (as spotted by OXM) dug out a trademark application filed with OHIM (the European trademark body) for something called Bully Bullworth Academy: Canis Canem Edit. To dissect that name, Bullworth Academy is the name of the …
Read More »EA digital PS4 games cost £62.99 on PSN
They say that broadband is the biggest barrier to an all-digital games industry. Others may disagree. Ahead of its UK launch this Friday (November 29th) PSN has gone live with the UK prices for PS4’s digital software line-up. Perhaps most notable is EA’s decision to charge 62.99 for each of …
Read More »Xbox One sells 150k units in 48 hours in UK
Microsoft’s Xbox One sold around 150k units in its first 48 hours in the UK, MCV understands. Chart-Track this morning confirmed that Xbox One doubled the week one UK sales of its predecessor Xbox 360, which was launched worldwide in 2005. Numbers released the week after Xbox 360’s launch showed …
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