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BT Games Confirms When We Can Expect Next-Gen Consoles

BT Games, probably the biggest games dedicated retailer we have locally, has taken it upon themselves to confirm when we can expect next-gen consoles from Sony and Microsoft to arrive [...]

Tretton: PS4 “Interest Will Exceed Supply”

Ever since “The Red E3″, Sony Computer Entertainment America’s CEO Jack Tretton has become somewhat of a hero, and a loved figure in the industry. If you’re unsure why or [...]

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Nintendo To Use “Free-To-Play” To Gain Interest In New IP

Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata has made a rather interesting announcement, saying that the company will use the free-to-play model to introduce and gain interest in new IP, as these games [...]

Sony Celebrated When The Xbox One’s $499 Price Tag Was Revealed

Scott Rohde, head of Sony Worldwide Studios Software Product Development, recently said that the company has been working towards a $399 price for the PS4 for years. It was always [...]

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Xbox One Offers Great Value – Don Mattrick

When it was announced that at launch PS4 would be $100 cheaper than Xbox One, it seemed like a win for Sony. They even admitted to celebrating when Microsoft revealed [...]

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Sony Found It “Very Odd” That People Were Suspicious Of Their Stance On Ownership

I have to say that after the buzz of E3 has worn off, I do laugh at the fact that Microsoft made us all so paranoid of Sony’s silence. My [...]

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Microsoft Reveal Prices Of Xbox One Titles, And It’s Good News

With all the negative press Microsoft and the Xbox One have been receiving lately, it’s about time for them to start spitting out some good news don’t you think? Well, [...]

Hitman Developers Lay Off Half Their Staff, Future Projects Cancelled

IO Interactive, the people behind the incredible Hitman franchise and the not so incredible Kane and Lynch series, have cut half their staff and cancelled multiple projects in an attempt [...]

E3 2013: PS4 Outpacing Xbox One In Pre-Orders

As E3 closes it’s for this year, the gaming industry starts settling down and analysing some of the effects this massive event has had on current affairs (I just realised [...]

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Sony Increases Sales Forecast For PlayStation 4, Demand May “Outstrip” Supply

We said that Sony won E3, and that seems to be showing in the strong pre-order numbers and interest in the console. In a recent conversation with the Wall Street Journal, [...]

E3 2013: The Witcher’s Developers Aren’t Happy With The Xbox One’s DRM

CD Projekt RED aren’t one of the most popular developers in the world for no reason. The studio has no publisher for its stellar RPG franchise, The Witcher, letting them [...]

Sony Exec: PlayStation 4′s Price And DRM Policies Were Not Made In Response To Xbox One

The PS4′s awesome price and lack of any strict DRM policies set the stage for Sony’s clear victory at E3 when the company announced them during its press conference. According to Sony VP of Worldwide [...]

Assassin’s Creed Creator Sues Ubisoft

I always love hearing about Assassin’s Creed creator Patrice Désilets and his on-going feud with the studio he used to work for, Ubisoft. I mean, the man willingly left the [...]

Sony Prepping 40 Games For E3

With E3 literally days away, everyone is anticipating what is sure to be an explosion of games from both Sony and Microsoft, after both their conferences failed to hit the [...]

Apparently DLC Makes As Much Money As Used Game Sales, A Report Says

The used games debate has sparked up once again since rumours have been flying around about next generation consoles potentially blocking this off, specifically since the Xbox One event. Personally, while I [...]

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Facebook Removes Homophobic Game

Facebook has acted against prejudice of homosexuals as it has decided to remove a game that comes across as homophobic. The game, Call of Taburetka, received numberous complaints on Facebook [...]

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Analysts Talk: Microsoft Would Exit The Games Business Entirely Before Selling Xbox

Yesterday we reported on how Microsoft is planning a restructure, yet the analyst Rick Sherlund, from Nomura Equity Research, feels the company should sell the Xbox brand. However, today, other [...]

Valve Blocks A Game On Steam Because One Cannot Have Greenlight And A Publisher

Valve clearly has its own way to do things. For example, Greenlight is a method for indie developers to be published on Steam–where if the developer is featured, maximum input [...]

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Microsoft Is Planning A Restructure, But An Analyst Thinks That The Company Should Sell Xbox

According to sources, Microsoft is planning a major restructure. The chief executive officer, Steve Ballmer, will try to reconfigure how the company runs internally. According to a letter to investors, [...]

Metro: Last Light Is Far More Popular Than 2033

Well, in the United States, at least. According to the game’s new publisher, Deep Silver, Metro: Last Light completely outsold Metro 2033. In the US, Last Light’s first week saw [...]

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Sony CEO Reminds Us That The PS4 Is About Games, As If We Didn’t Know

As everyone talks about Microsoft’s entry to the next-generation scene, it seems as if Sony is feeling a bit left out. Majority of talk has been about Microsoft’s ‘used-game policy’, [...]

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EA Killing Online Passes For Already Released Games Too

A while back, before all this talk of next-gen consoles incorporating a DRM system for used games, EA announced that all their future games would realise without Online Passes. It [...]

Microsoft Is Talking About Spending A Billion On Exclusive Titles

With Xbox One being criticised as ‘not really a gaming machine’, Microsoft has come out to remind us all that it is. And it will be. Do not worry about [...]

Is The Gaming Industry Its Own Worst Enemy?

Admittedly, that title sounds a lot more sensational than I intended, but it does at least serve to tell the story. With the recent saga over used games on consoles, [...]

Microsoft’s Deal With AMD Is Worth $3 Billion

Both Sony and Microsoft are using AMD technology in their next-gen consoles and according to a former AMD employee, the company’s deal with Microsoft is worth a modest $3 billion. [...]

Fans Beg Sony Not To Enforce Restrictions On Used Games

Just like with every other rumour Microsoft managed to stir up, fans have taken to the Internet to express their displeasure with a DRM restricted PS4. This comes after a [...]

Founding Xbox Engineer Nat Brown Says The Last 5 Years Were “Painful To Watch”

Nat Brown is an engineer who joined the Xbox team at the time of its infancy in 1999, and he also claims to have given the console its name. He [...]

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Xbox One Reveal: It’s Confimed, Microsoft Will Charge A Tax For Second-Hand Games

Oh Microsoft, you nearly had me. I was ecstatic after the Xbox One reveal last night, a reveal that started receiving a lot of negative feedback very quickly after it [...]

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Senior EA Engineer Says “The Wii U Is Crap”

Presumably following on from the news that EA has ceased development on Wii U titles entirely, one of it’s senior software engineers has made his thoughts on Nintendo’s struggling console [...]

Oh Dear, Nintendo To Claim Ad Revenue For User-Created YouTube Videos

Nintendo, today you have lost my respect. To all gamers, the corporates just love you and care about you so much hey? Let’s defend them more. I hope you realised the above [...]

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