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UK Charts: Advanced Warfare Conquers Black Friday

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare proved to be the biggest winner on the UK high street during Black Friday, as Activision’s blockbuster FPS returns to top place in the all-format charts. Sales monitor Chart-Track claims that Advanced Warfare has sold more copies during UK Black Friday than any other title since records began. It also […]

AU New Releases: The Crew Released for PS4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and PC

Ubisoft’s open-world racing game The Crew revs onto multiple platforms in Australian retailers this week. The game features a large world which players can drive through solo or with friends. Because of the persistent nature of the game’s world, multiplayer is not separate from singleplayer. Missions can be conducted alone, with friends, or via online […]

The Crew, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – New Releases

This week we get The Crew, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, Chivalry: Midievil Warfare, NES Remix Pack and Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD ReMIX

Xbox One Dominates PS4 on Black Friday, Study Says

The Xbox One was the best selling console at US stores, according to a study from retail analytics firm InfoScout. A post to the InfoScout’s blog said that Xbox One made up 53 percent of all consoles sold in stores on Black Friday while the PlayStation 4 came in second 31 percent. The Xbox 360 […]

Broken Age Act 2 Coming in Early 2015

Broken Age Act 2 is now set to release in early 2015, developer Double Fine has announced. Double Fine also said it’s now able to playtest the game from beginning to end, which is taking testers 8-12 hours to complete. “The goal now is to get all the finale work done so we can hit […]

Steam Changes Its Game Trading Policy

Valve has changed Steam’s policy to disallow users from immediately trading games purchased as gifts. The company made the announcement with brief post to the Steam Trading Cards Group page. “We’ve made this change to make trading gifts a better experience for those receiving the gifts,” Valve said. “We’re hoping this lowers the number of […]

Best-Selling Novel The Pillars of the Earth Is Being Made Into a Game

Blackguards developer Daedalic Entertainment has announced that it will develop a game based on Ken Follett’s best-selling historical novel The Pillars of the Earth. The book isn’t the kind that usually gets adapted by game developers. Written by Ken Follett and first published in 1989, the novel follows disputes between clergy, nobility, and regular people, […]

New RTS From Command & Conquer Creators Grey Goo Gets a Release Date

Real-time strategy game Grey Goo will release on PC via Steam on January 23, 2015, developer Petroglyph has announced. Petroglyph originally planned to follow its Alpha testing with a Closed Alpha and more comprehensive Beta Testing, but it said that the information it already gathered on balance and stability was enough to come up with […]

Batman: Arkham Knight Devs Talk About Batman’s Suit, Predator Challenges, and More

Batman: Arkham Knight developer Rocksteady held a Reddit Ask Me Anything yesterday where they answered some questions about the upcoming game as well as their previous entries in the series. Reddit user dart278 asked why Batman’s suit looks more robotic than it did in previous games. RockSteady: “We wanted to highlight the interaction between Batman […]

Counter-Strike eSports Team Forfeits Victory After Using Map Exploit

Pro Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team Fnatic has forfeited a rematch against team LDLC after using a map exploit during the $250,000 DreamHack Winter eSports event. Fnatic won the match yesterday by boosting one of its players to a ledge that gave him a view and sniping position on almost the entire Overpass map. You can […]