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Rumor: Next Xbox Might Be Delayed Due to Blu-Ray Licensing
It’s not yet known if the next Xbox will have a Blu-ray drive. An e-mail circulated in-house at Microsoft makes mention of watching Blu-rays, but not specifically with their next-gen system. A rumor from MondoXbox however not only thinks they have the disc drive, but are having difficulty nailing down…
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EA Signs Deal As Exclusive Video Game Rights Holder To Star Wars
EA’s recent announcement states that it has an exclusive license to publish and develop Star Wars games. EA studios DICE (Battlefield) and Visceral (Dead Space) will both make new games in the popular sci-fi franchise, and BioWare (Star Wars: The Old Republic) will once again work on Star Wars games.…
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Microsoft Hit with Patent Lawsuit Over Skype Features
Melville, New York-based CopyTele Inc. (CTI) said that subsidiary Secure Web Conference Corporation has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Microsoft in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of New York. CTI claims that Skype infringes on their patents for encryption technology utilized by Microsoft’s video conferencing service.…
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Google Hires a Chief Game Designer for Android Play Studio
The details at the moment are still unclear but it appears TechCrunch has discovered that games veteran Noah Falstein has been hired by Google as their Chief Game Designer. Currently listed on his LinkedIn page as working for “Google”, an earlier cached version mentions “Android Play Studio.” So many aspects…
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Nintendo Responds to New Wii U Console Hack
“Nintendo is aware that a hacking group claims to have compromised Wii U security, however, we have no reports of illegal Wii U games nor unauthorized applications playable on the system while in Wii U mode. Nintendo continuously monitors all threats to its products’ security and will use technology and…
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New Xbox Logo ‘Leaks’ Out
The possibility of this being entire fake is very possible, but an image has been released via Reddit and is gaining traction. This is not the first time Xbox Infinity has been declared as a possible name for the next-gen system, back in 2011, the Xbox “Loop” description was already…
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ESEA Client Has Been Mining Bitcoins For Over Two Weeks
The ESEA, which is an eSports network, has been found to be mining Bitcoins through its anti-cheat client. The malware used users’ graphics cards to acquire the online currency. This information was first discovered by a ESEA forum user named “ENJOY ESEA SHEEP”, who noticed something was strange after excessively…
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Iwata Now Nintendo of America CEO as Projected Earnings Fall Short
Current chairmen and CEO of Nintendo of America, Tatsumi Kimishima, is leaving. Meaning that he’s taken a managing director job back at Nintendo Co. Ltd., pending shareholding approval. Global president Satoru Iwata will takeover Kamishima’s duties over in the United States. Reggie Fils-Aime, the current Nintendo of America president and…
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Nintendo Will Not Be Having Its Big E3 Conference
As long as I can remember, one of the highlights of E3 was “the big three.” It’s always been a staple of the event, where Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo have huge press conferences to discuss their upcoming plans. It appears that in 2013, we will only have “the big two”…
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iPad 5 Details Leaked, Launch Date Delayed
Through a cloud of internet rumors and speculation, one that was impossible to confirm any of them, Ming-Chi Kuo an analyst for KGI Securites has cleared the air (a little anyways). The most intriguing information out of his statements was that the iPad 5 will be out sometime this fall,…
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Rumor: Next CoD Game To Be Called “Ghosts”
Rumors about a game called Call of Duty: Ghosts have been floating around the net for around a month. Today though, those rumors got much more interesting with retailers listing the game along with boxart. The above photo of the boxart is from retailer Tesco Direct. A leaked promo from…
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Batman: Arkham Origins Will Have Multiplayer According to Sources
According to two un-named sources, the next entry in the Batman: Arkham series will contain at least one multiplayer mode. Arkham Origins is a prequel that was announced a few weeks ago, and will be the third game in the franchise. If these rumors are correct, it’ll be the very…
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Gearbox Acquires Homeworld from THQ
Old school RTS Homeworld developer by Relic Games was auctioned off last week as part of the closing of their publisher THQ. A winner has emerged, and now own the rights to do whatever they please with the series. Maybe they just re-release them or make a proper sequel. For…
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PayPal Holding Out On Skullgirls Developer
In a surprising fundraiser that saw over $800,000 being contributed to Lab Zero Games so they could develop more Skullgirls content has now gone sour. Most of the contributions made via their IndieGoGo were sent with PayPal and now PayPal is currently withholding their money for some odd reason. They…
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Criterion’s Next Game Won’t Be a Racing Title
Those expecting Criterion’s next game to be a Burnout sequel might want to cool down. The company’s creative director Alex Ward took to Twitter and posted the following message: After over a decade of making racing games it’s time to make something new. It is early days thus I have…
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