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The proposed sale of troubled phone specialist Blackberry to Fairfax Financial Holdings has been scrapped. It was revealed last month that Fairfax had in principle agreed to acquire the company for $4.75bn. However, that announcement came with the proviso that both parties were able to walk away before November 4th. …
Read More »Call of Duty: Ghosts pre-load is live on PSN
PS3 owners can start downloading Call of Duty: Ghosts on their PS3 right now. Sony has announced that pre-loads for the digital version of the game are now live on PSN, meaning that gamers can (theoretically) have the game installed to their system and ready to play at 00:01 tomorrow …
Read More »PC release for Bungie’s Destiny would spread studio too "thin"
While it remains a possibility in the long-term, hopes of a PC release for Destiny have lessened. Bungie community manager Eric Osborne told IGN that trying to launch on another platform would, quite simply, be so resource intensive that it would jeopardise the quality of the game on other formats. …
Read More »UFC to run at 30fps on next-gen, dev says 60fps "not hugely beneficial"
EA Canada has confirmed that next year’s Xbox One and PS4 release UFC will not run at 60 frames per second. Instead, the game will run at 30fps – although it will output at 1080p on both consoles. Interestingly, EA Canada creative director Brian Hayes told GamingBolt that he doesn’t …
Read More »Man stages Blockbuster megaphone protest to get PS4 refund
One disgruntled Blockbuster customer took matters into his own hands when told he could not receive a refund for his PS4 pre-order. Blockbuster confirmed just hours after announcing its intention to re-enter administration that next-gen pre-orders would be refunded in full. But the BBC reports that the 31 year-old Adam …
Read More »Head to GAME Stratford for your official Call of Duty: Ghosts launch event
The official UK launch event for Call of Duty: Ghosts will take place at GAME’s Stratford store at Westfield tonight. The event begins at 6:00pm although there will be raffles drawn at 6:30pm, 7:30pm and 8:30pm, the winners of which will get a free ticket and transport to the official …
Read More »Call of Duty: Ghosts – price roundup, where’s cheapest?
The big hits just keep coming this time of year and tonight it’s the turn of Call of Duty: Ghosts, which arrives worldwide at midnight. Although it will have to perform far beyond expectations to topple Grand Theft Auto V’s record-breaking 2013 performance, Ghosts will undoubtedly be one of the …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag beats Battlefield 4 to No.1
Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag has won this week’s heated race to claim the UKIE GfK Chart-Track UK No.1 spot. EA’s Battlefield 4 has to settle for second place in its first week, although both titles fail to match the numbers recorded by their respective previous instalments – presumably …
Read More »HMV app returns to App Store – minus in-app downloads
The controversial HMV music download app is back on iOS although its key bit of functionality has been cut. The app hit the headlines last week when it was revealed that users could use it to purchase and download music and have it automatically added to their iTunes library – …
Read More »Tiger Woods already negotiating video games return
The Tiger Woods brand could return to a video game near you sooner than you think. EA announced earlier this week that it had reached a mutual decision” with Woods to end his run of appearances on the cover of its PGA Tour Golf series. Now the golfer’s agent Mark …
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