Gaming

  • New Call of Duty: Ghosts DLC hits Xbox Live

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    Xbox 360 and Xbox One owners can now download four new maps for Call of Duty: Ghosts plus the the all-new “Maverick” dual-purpose Assault Rifle/Sniper Rifle and Episode 1 of Nightfall, the first instalment in Call of Duty: Ghosts Extinction’s four-part episodic story that follows humankind’s first contact with the Cryptids.

  • Microsoft’s Xbox One gets UK price cut

    Microsoft’s Xbox One gets UK price cut

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    UK retailers Zavvi and The Hut have cut the price of Microsoft’s new Xbox One games and entertainment console. According to some reports, Sony’s rival Playstation 4 has been outselling the Xbox One by a ratio of three to one.

  • Nintendo announces lower than expected Wii U sales

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    Japanese gaming giant Nintendo says profits will be lower than expected after sales of its Wii U console were “significantly” below predictions. The company says it expects to make an operating loss of 35bn yen ($335m; £205m) for the financial year ending 31 March 2014, down from an expected operating profit of 100bn yen. In…

  • Alien: Isolation – launch trailer and image

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    SEGA and Twentieth Century Fox have unveiled all-new images and a trailer for Alien: Isolation, a new console and PC game based on the Alien film franchise. Developed by Creative Assembly, the game takes place on a decommissioned trading station in the fringes of space where fear and panic have gripped the inhabitants. Players find…

  • Sony’s PlayStation Now streaming service to launch this Summer

    Sony’s PlayStation Now streaming service to launch this Summer

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    Sony says owners of its PS4 and PS3 and Vita consoles will be able to stream games directly to their device later this year. The firm says its PlayStation Now game streaming service will come to US players in summer following a beta test which gets underway later this month. Games – including The Last…

  • Sony’s Playstation 4 outsells Xbox One in the UK

    Sony’s Playstation 4 outsells Xbox One in the UK

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    Sony’s Playstation 4 has scored an early win over its rival, Microsoft’s Xbox One. Figures published by the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) show that UK customers bought 530,000 Playstation 4 consoles, 166,000 more than the Xbox One’s 364,000 sales. The arrival of both Next Generation consoles came too late to prevent the UK’s £1.18bn games…