Xbox One June 19, 2013
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Microsoft Forced Into Xbox One DRM Rethink

Just over a week has passed since Microsoft announced further details about their upcoming Xbox One console, including plans to check user software licences every 24 hours. However the company has now dropped their controversial Digital Rights Management (DRM) approach, along with making several other key policy changes.

In an open-letter titled ‘Your Feedback Matters’, Microsoft’s Don Mattrick explained how the firm has listened to feedback, taking the opportunity to “thank you for your assistance in helping us to reshape the future of Xbox One” — despite earlier claims by Microsoft executive Phil Spencer that they would not be changing their policies. Continue Reading →

The Last Of Us June 18, 2013
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UK Chart: The Best Of Us

The Last Of Us reaches number one as the third best release so far this year and the best new IP debut since L.A. Noire. Animal Crossing: New Leaf hits second on the 3DS as the most successful launch of a non-Mario title so far.

GRiD 2 (-45%) takes a cut of sales in its second week, demoting it to third, but ahead of Tomb Raider (+53%) which leaps three places thanks to promotions. FIFA 13 (-32%) completes the top five by dropping three places due to new movement.

Injustice: Gods Among Us (+47%) gains five places into sixth as the title re-enters the top ten after price battles with retailers. Far Cry 3 (-1%) takes a minor dip in sales to land at seventh ahead of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Legendary Edition (-6%) at eighth.

Sales of Luigi’s Mansion 2 (+18%) leave it at ninth, down one from last week, as Assassin’s Creed III (+18%) gains by the same sales margin to stay at tenth.

The only other new release this week, Rugby Challenge 2: The Lions Tour Edition kicks off at twelfth.

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e3logo June 14, 2013
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Handy! Here’s A List Of All Console Exclusives Shown At E3 2013

E3, the time when console platforms fight for your attention. With the Wii U already out and the Playstation 4 and Xbox One right around the corner, this years show is key to laying out our gaming future for the next few years to come.

Exclusive titles play a huge part in that in deciding which console you’ll pick up, so PS4, Xbox One or Wii U, which one will it be?

To make your choice easier Gamebrit has complied a list of the exclusive games shown at this years E3:

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GRiD 2 June 11, 2013
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UK Chart: Ruthless GRiD 2 Retains Ruling

 GRiD 2 remains at the top spot, despite selling only half of what it managed during its first week. There is still much ground to cover for FIFA 13 (-36%) which holds second for a third week running.

Fresh French studio Dontnod Entertainment and publisher Capcom take Remember Me to third, ahead of the all-in-one package release of the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Legendary Edition at fourth. The latter concludes the latest release with all of the downloadable content now available at retail.

Far Cry 3 (-19%) and Dead Island: Riptide (-35%) fall one place each to fifth and sixth respectively. Tomb Raider (-12%) climbs three places to seventh and Luigi’s Mansion 2 (-14%) regains top flight status at eighth, as both reduce relative damage this week. As such, Donkey Kong Country Returns (-30%) clings to ninth and Assassin’s Creed III (-37%) drops four places to complete the top ten.

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PS4 June 11, 2013
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PlayStation 4 Arrives In Time For Christmas, Cheaper Than Xbox One

Sony announced at their E3 press conference that the PlayStation 4 will arrive in the UK in time for Christmas at a £349 price-point, coming in cheaper than Microsoft’s Xbox One.

For your cash you’ll get a 500GB “Jet Black” machine, along with a DualShock 4 controller, headset and all the necessary wires. The PlayStation Eye camera is not bundled with the console, and will be sold separately for around £45. Additional DualShock 4 controllers will set you back £55.

Driveclub and Killzone: Shadow Fall were confirmed as launch titles for the new home console. Continue Reading →

Xbox One June 10, 2013
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Xbox One Launching In UK This November

Microsoft announced Monday, June 10th at their E3 2013 press conference that their next home console, the Xbox One, will be launching, as expected, in the UK this November.

The machine, priced at £429, comes with a 500GB hard drive, a Blu-ray drive, built in Wi-Fi, a 14-day free trial of Xbox Live Gold along with a bundled Kinect and wireless controller. No headset is included and will instead be sold separately. Continue Reading →

Kinect Sports June 10, 2013
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Rare Announce Kinect Sports: Rivals, Let Slip Xbox One Launch Details

Leicestershire-based Rare announced a new entry in the Kinect Sports franchise Monday. Kinect Sports: Rivals, revealed at the E3 trade show in Los Angeles, is expected to launch later this year as a launch title exclusively for Microsoft’s upcoming Xbox One console.

During an interview on US TV channel Spike a Rare developer let slip that the game would be available in November, implying that Microsoft’s next home console would launch then.

Kinect Sports Rivals will feature a variety of sports including bowling, football and tennis.

The first Kinect Sports launched back in 2010 for the Xbox 360.

Nintendo 3DS June 7, 2013
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Nintendo & O2 Offer Free Wi-Fi Hotspots To UK 3DS Users

Nintendo has teamed up with mobile network O2 to offer free Wi-Fi hotspots to 3DS and 3DS XL users across the UK.

Nintendo devices will be able to take advantage of over 8,000 O2 hotspots in the UK, including hotspots in high-street chains such as McDonalds, Costa Coffee and Pizza Hut, and public venues such as The O2 Arena, and Twickenham and Bluewater shopping centre. Continue Reading →

GRiD 2 June 4, 2013
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UK Chart: GRiD 2 Glides Special Stage

The sequel to rally racing game GRiD from Warwickshire based studio Codemasters takes a first place launch finish in the UK chart this week, despite 29% fewer sales than its predecessor. GRiD 2 is the first of the franchise, and first for the studio since 2010, to reach the top spot.

FIFA 13 (+17%) has improved sales over the school break, ahead of Dead Island: Riptide with no change in numbers at third from fourth. RRP reductions for Far Cry 3 (+35%) takes it up four places to fourth and Resident Evil: Revelations (-45%) drops four places from first.

A little growth sees Assassin’s Creed III (+10%) sticks at sixth ahead of falling Metro Last Light (-40%) and Donkey Kong Country Returns (-17%). Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (-35%) swoops into ninth from outside the top ten. Tomb Raider (-0%) takes no damage in sales yet slips three places to complete the top ten.

Insomniac’s Fuse is the only other new release this week, landing at thirty-seventh.

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