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Thu, Jun 20, 2013 | 09:38 BST

“The internet” is currently involved in a frenzy of self-congratulation over Microsoft’s abandonment of Xbox One’s various DRM restrictions. We did it, the Ouroboros cries. Actually, you didn’t. Sony did.

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Thu, Jun 20, 2013 | 13:09 BST

PlanetSide 2: update 11 rolling out today, patch notes inside

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PlanetSide 2 developer Sony Online Entertainment has started rolling out the MMO’s 11th update, which tweaks balancing, vehicle customisation slots and much more.

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Thu, Jun 20, 2013 | 12:57 BST

Watch Dogs shown on Jimmy Fallon: hacking, chases & driving shown

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Watch Dogs has appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, showing off new gameplay of Ubisoft Montreal’s hackable sandbox. There’s also some weird things going on with a sex doll. Yep.
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Thu, Jun 20, 2013 | 12:44 BST

Wicked Paradise is “adult version of Heavy Rain”, will cater for female gamers says developer

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Wicked Paradise is the Oculus Rift-powered erotic game from developer Wicked Paradise. Founder Jeroen Van den Bosch has suggested that the episodic series will depicts erotic scenes for both male and female gamers, with triple-a quality and a strong narrative.

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Thu, Jun 20, 2013 | 12:26 BST

Nintendo targeted by anti-slavery campaign, company responds

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Nintendo has found itself in the cross-hairs of human rights organisation Walk Free, which claims the Japanese company procures raw minerals needed to make its products through slave labour. Nintendo has since responded to the 400,000-strong petition, which demands the company disclose an audit of its operations in order to prove its innocence.

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Thu, Jun 20, 2013 | 12:07 BST

FIFA 14: data capture could allow for player-specific AI in future editions, suggests Rutter

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FIFA 14′s AI goes a long way from previous instalments in that all 11 positions on the pitch come with their own AI and behavioural traits, but executive producer David Rutter wants to go one step further and use the game’s stat-capture tech to give every single player their own unique AI in future games.

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Thu, Jun 20, 2013 | 11:44 BST

Hotline Miami “probably” heading to PS Vita next week, says dev

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Hotline Miami developer Dennaton Games has said that its PS Vita port is releasing “probably” next week. It comes as Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number was revealed and detailed yesterday. It’s a good time for ’80s neon and bloody skull–caving violence – if that’s your bag.

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Thu, Jun 20, 2013 | 11:34 BST

Poll: Will you buy an Xbox One since the DRM policy has been dropped?

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Xbox One’s DRM, used game and 24-hour authentication policies have been dropped by Microsoft, and we want to know if the u-turn is enough to make you want to buy a console. Cast your vote here.

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Thu, Jun 20, 2013 | 11:25 BST

Killzone: Mercenary gets 17-minute E3 video, gameplay and discussion inside

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Killzone: Mercenary gameplay was showcased at E3 last week, and Sony has released a 17-minute video full of raw footage of the game running in real-time, as well as insight from Tom Jones, the art director at Guerrilla Cambridge, not the Welsh crooner.

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Thu, Jun 20, 2013 | 11:14 BST

Retro City Rampage dev sheds light on Microsoft’s restricted approach to indies

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Retro City Rampage developer Brian Provinciano has discussed the restrictive nature of Microsoft’s Xbox Live indie publishing policy. It has come under fire recently for being expensive, demanding that indies sign up with a publisher, and asking that studios sign an exclusivity deal.

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Thu, Jun 20, 2013 | 10:25 BST

Smash Bros Wii U: Sakurai wants to target silent, Brawl-loving community

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Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai knows that there’s a vocal majority of players out there who loved Melee on Gamecube, and realises they will be back for more on Wii U and 3DS. So instead, he wants to focus on the silent minority who prefer Brawl and to win them back into the fight.

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Thu, Jun 20, 2013 | 10:01 BST

Zynga buys casino game studio Spooky Cool Labs

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Zynga’s new focus on real-money casino games doesn’t appear to be helping the troubled studio much as of late, but it has just acquired developer Spooky Cool Labs, which specialises in this particular corner of the gaming market.

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Thu, Jun 20, 2013 | 09:45 BST

Mind Zero gets new prologue and battle system trailers

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Mind Zero developers Acquire – of The Last Guy fame – and ZeroDiv have released two new trailers for their spirit-summoning dungeon crawler. The game is currently in development for PS Vita and seems to pander to the Persona crowd, which is no bad thing I’m sure fans will agree.

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Thu, Jun 20, 2013 | 09:36 BST

Deadfall Adventures screens show gunplay, puzzles & tombs

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Deadfall Adventures developer The Farm 51 has released some screens for its FPS, which was – at one point – slammed for being nothing more than an Uncharted rip-off. It’s looking more like Indiana Jones x Painkiller now. Is that a bad mix? Decide for yourself here.

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Thu, Jun 20, 2013 | 09:16 BST

Lost Planet 3 gameplay trailer shows big Akrid battles & mech action

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Lost Planet 3 has received a new gameplay trailer care of Capcom and Spark Unlimited. It has nothing to do with Xbox One I’m afraid, but it’s still rammed full of action and big, stompy robots. You lot like that, right?

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Thu, Jun 20, 2013 | 09:38 BST

Xbox One’s DRM u-turn: thank Sony, not the core

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“The internet” is currently involved in a frenzy of self-congratulation over Microsoft’s abandonment of Xbox One’s various DRM restrictions. We did it, the Ouroboros cries. Actually, you didn’t. Sony did.

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Thu, Jun 20, 2013 | 09:11 BST

Xbox One policy change will not impact Asian launch window

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Xbox One’s DRM, used game and 24-hour log in policies were dropped last night, and the big changed will not impact the console’s Asian launch plans, Microsoft has confirmed.

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Thu, Jun 20, 2013 | 09:03 BST

Xbox One: Pachter predicts DRM retraction ahead of time, discusses Microsoft’s ‘poor’ communication

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Xbox One’s DRM, online check-ins and used game policies were dropped last night, and what’s weird is that Michael Pachter predicted that Microsoft would admit it was wrong. In a new episode of Pach Attack, the Wedbush Morgan Analyst discussed the issues at hand regarding Microsoft’s policies, and

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Thu, Jun 20, 2013 | 08:22 BST

Sanctum 2: Road to Elysion DLC announced, detailed

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Sanctum 2: Road to Elysion is the new DLC from Coffee Stain Studios. The content adds a new character called Tysgan into the tower-defence shooter mix, as well as additional story content and extra four maps.

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Thu, Jun 20, 2013 | 08:12 BST

Far Cry 4, Beyond Good & Evil 2 and Prince of Persia being considered at Ubisoft

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Far Cry 4, Beyond Good & Evil 2 and a new Prince of Persia are either being considered or worked on right now at Ubisoft, as part of its aim to constantly be thinking forward on new titles. Ubisoft European head Alain Corre has confirmed that all three games are being considered at the publisher.

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Thu, Jun 20, 2013 | 07:09 BST

Hyperdimension Neptunia Re; Birth 1 teaser site points to June 27 reveal

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Compile Heart has opened a teaser site for Vita title Hyperdimension Neptunia Re; Birth 1, which was announced in March. Gematsu reports the site directs users to Dengeki magazine on June 27 for an update. We don’t know anything about the game yet, but there’s speculation it may be a remake of the first entry in the series.