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"We expect that many developers can, and in most cases will, continue to improve their games on Stadia"
Read More »Google insists Stadia games ‘stream at 4K and 60 FPS’ and expects developers to ‘continue to improve their games on Stadia’
Ubisoft confirms deactivated graphics options in PC Watch Dogs
Claims from modders that graphical tweaks for the PC version of Watch Dogs were deactivated prior to release ARE true, Ubisoft has admitted. The options were uncovered by modders earlier this week. The PC version does indeed contain some old, unused render settings that were deactivated for a variety of …
Read More »Iwata’s Wii U and 3DS statement in full
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has released a lengthy statement clarifying the events that led up today’s damaging sales forecast reductions. Nintendo this morning reduced its Wii U unit sales forecast for the current financial year from 9m units to just 2.8m units. It also cut its 3DS sales prediction from …
Read More »Last Guardian statement issued days before PS4 reveal
Fumito Ueda has issued a statement about elusive PS3 title The Last Guardian just days before Sony reveals the PS4 in New York. The game has been in development since 2007 and has been the subject of a number of rumours over the last two years regarding cancellations and development …
Read More »Deloitte warns of tough market as it is officially appointed HMV administrator
HMV boss Trevor Moore may have delivered an upbeat message to journalists yesterday, but administrator Deloitte has warned that it’s a tough market for entertainment retailers at the moment. The retailer is burdened by around 200m of debt and still seems to be appealing to the goodwill of suppliers in …
Read More »Apple publishes new Samsung statement – but has it played another trick?
An altered version of Apple’s Samsung lawsuit acknowledgement has been published on the company’s website. On October 18th Apple was ordered by the UK courts to publish an acknowledgement of the court’s ruling that Samsung was not guilty of the patent breaches Apple had accused it of. A statement was …
Read More »UPDATED: Apple publishes Samsung acknowledgement – read it in full here
Is the use of the word sorry” a prerequisite in a statement that is designed to be an apology? Apple clearly thinks not as the word is notable in its absence from the ‘apology’ it has this morning published on its website. In fact, the 363-word statement doesn’t even begin …
Read More »Arrested Bohemia devs were not scouting military base for Arma 3
Developer Bohemia has rubbished claims linking two of its developers to spying on the Greek military. MCV last week reported that Ivan Buchta and Martin Pezlar had been arrested on the Greek island of Lemnos on allegations that were collecting sensitive information about a military base. It was further claimed …
Read More »Microsoft backtracks on New Xbox statement
The stupid thing is we know it’s a lie. But in the modern world of tightly controlled corporate communication strategies, this is what we have to work with. Microsoft has tried to claim that references to the New Xbox made by general manager Brian Hall were not in fact about …
Read More »Dixons reports 3% like-for-like sales dip
Dixons Retail says its like-for-like sales fell three per cent for the 52 weeks ending April 28th, while overall sales remained flat. The group – which owns PC World, Currys, Dixons and other retail chains worldwide – ‘enjoyed good performances in the UK and Ireland and Northern Europe, trading ahead …
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