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PlayStation Store revamp delayed in America, UK, Canada

Following launch day issues in certain European territories, Sony has decided to postpone the roll-out of its new-look PlayStation Store, claiming the marketplace must be "exceptional" before gamers get to use it. That must g...   more

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Xbox Live migration open to anyone, will become automated

Last week, Microsoft pleased me by finally announcing that Xbox Live users would be able to migrate their account territories (meaning I could, at last, change my European location to a North American one). However, the manua...   more

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Sony justifies different PSN content in different regions

Sony worldwide studios boss Shuhei Yoshida has taken to the Internet to defend Sony's practice of offering different PSN content in different countries, explaining the often wild disparity between America, Japan, and Eur...   more

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Xbox Live 'retires' Twitter/Facebook apps as of today

Microsoft is currently rolling out its fall 2012 dashboard update -- and killing Twitter and Facebook in the process. The two Xbox Live social apps have been "retired" by the company, presumably because nobody was using them....   more

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Study finds that 85% quit social games after one day

I just learned the term churn from our recent article on social game makers and how they track players. The term came up again today in a Gamasutra article on a new report from social game analysis firm Playnomics. This firm ...   more

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Wii U voice chat limited, no headset planned

Nintendo has confirmed to Kotaku that, as much as it tries, it's still struggling to embrace the world of online gaming. Only a "select" number of Wii U games will support voice chat in multiplayer, and there are currently no...   more

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Epic Seattle ropes in former WB Games manager, Xbox vet

Laura Fryer headed up WB Games Seattle as its manager, and now she'll be doing the same at Epic Games' Seattle studio. She also has Microsoft on her resume as one of the founding members of the Xbox project. She launched XNA ...   more

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New PlayStation Store goes live, immediately breaks

Sony's exciting new-look PlayStation Store has gone live in Europe today ... before breaking almost instantly. Although some users are successfully navigating the refurbished store, others are experiencing slow loading, and a...   more

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Ancel: Wii U GamePad has no latency problems

If you're worried that the Wii U's fancy GamePad might not be responsive, with all its touchscreen and motion extras, Ubisoft's Michel Ancel is here to set you straight -- according to him, there are no latency issues to fear...   more

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Microsoft cuts Lionhead staff by 'less than 10%'

Following the completion of Fable: The Journey, Microsoft shaved somewhere under 10% of Lionhead Studios' workforce, the publisher told GI International this week.  "We are working closely with the affected employees dur...   more

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Retailers: Wii U Pro Controller battery lasts 80 hours

According to both Amazon and GameStop, a single battery charge on the Wii U Pro Controller will net you 80 hours of wireless frivolity, far outlasting the paltry efforts of the Xbox 360 and PS3 controllers.  "Designed fo...   more

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EA accidentally gives away thousands of PC games

Electronic Arts was offering a $20 voucher in exchange for the completion of a survey this weekend. A fair enough trade, until gamers worked out that EA hadn't thought things through properly, and left open several loopholes ...   more

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Web Dojo: Where are they now? Ex-Dtoid editors in the biz

Webmaster Dojo is an editorial column about my experiences in running a videogame site.  If you enjoy this sort of diatribe, please suggest a topic for my next article in our super-cool new comments system below. Saying ...   more

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Ubisoft games 60% off on GOG.com this weekend

This weekend, GOG.com has a barrel of Ubisoft games available cheap, with a big 60% off sale running from now until Tuesday.  Classics like Beyond Good & Evil, Far Cry, XIII, and Rayman Forever are all available for ...   more

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FINALLY! Xbox Live migration officially happening

Xbox 360 gamers moving to another country are in for a surprise, as Microsoft has finally allowed Xbox Live migration after years of denial. Yes, you can finally change your account territory, though there are some stipulatio...   more

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Sony: judging PS Vita before Christmas is 'preposterous'

Most sane people will tell you that the PS Vita is in a bad way right now. It just broke a million sales in Japan after 42 weeks, and its not grabbed much attention elsewhere in the world. However, according to Sony's Fe...   more

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