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A new report says that an upcoming dashboard update of Xbox Live will bring about a number of changes to the service - and discontinue the use of Microsoft Points as retail currency on the network. The news comes by way of the tech site The Verge . According to Verge: "Microsoft will also phase... More

In what may finally lay to rest the pernicious "always online" rumor, Microsoft has sent an internal memo to staff that addresses the oft-speculated upon feature. According to the missive, features including single-player gaming and Blu-ray playback will "just work" regardless of... More

[ Update] Glu Mobile has confirmed to Game Informer that layoffs did take place yesterday in Kirkland, Washington, San Francisco, California, and Beijing, China. The following statement was provided by Glu CEO Niccolo de Masi via a representative. We believe concentrating resources on fewer titles, with... More

The fallout from Sega and Gearbox's disappointing Aliens game has been ugly. Now, a class action lawsuit alleges that the companies engaged in false advertising when marketing and promoting the game. The gaming website Polygon broke the news that a suit had been filed in a Northern District of California... More

[Update] Square Enix has provided us with the following statement regarding the layoffs. “We are reviewing our [Square-Enix] business in Europe to ensure we have the right structure, content and skills for the changing entertainment landscape. We do expect changes to the UK office, which will affect... More

The fate of L.A. Noire developer Team Bondi's next-gen title, Whore of the Orient, seems to be up in the air following reports of layoffs and investment troubles. MCV Pacific reports that multiple sources have told it that there have been layoffs among the former Team Bondi team that was absorbed... More

[Update] Microsoft has released a new statement, which apologizes for the comments made on Twitter yesterday. This new statement was released by official Xbox blogger Major Nelson . Here is the statement in full: "We apologize for the inappropriate comments made by an employee on Twitter yesterday... More

The website Siliconera is reporting that Square Enix has made a filing for new Tomb Raider trademark in the U.S. According to the report, Square Enix Europe filed a trademark for the title "Tomb Raider: Reflection" with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. It is unknown what the nature of... More

[Update] A trailer for the physical toy-based Pokémon game has appeared on the developers' Japanese YouTube page. [via Destructoid ] [Original Story] Disney thinks it can capture the magic of Skylanders and now Nintendo does too. The upcoming game Pokémon Scramble U reportedly works... More

Among the new changes, is one that allows developers and publishers to cut together general audience trailers for mature-rated games. In the same way you might see a trailer for an R-rated film before a PG-13-rated movie, game makers can now cut together trailers for M-rated games that can appear online... More

Through all the trials and tribulations that SimCity has gone through with its required online play, Maxis and Electronic Arts have held firm that taking the game offline would require substantial reprogramming. According to an anonymous employee from Maxis who claims to be familiar with the programming... More

Electronic Arts’ chief financial officer Blake Jorgensen said “a couple of new sports franchises” may be added to the developer’s stable of sports games. The revelation came during the Wedbush Technology Conference today. While answering a question about EA’s planned releases... More

Far Cry 3 earned much acclaim at the end of last year, making many pine for more. When lead writer Jeffrey Yohalem sat down with Joystiq recently, he dropped some hints that something new for Far Cry is in the works. Joystiq asked Yohalem if he had something more in mind for Far Cry 3. His response?... More

Jamie Keen was the lead designer for both Ubisoft's upcoming Watch Dogs and last year's beloved Far Cry 3, but now it looks like he'll be working on the next Need for Speed project for EA. A few super sleuths have caught onto the fact that Keen's LinkedIn profile has recently been updated... More

Update: Respawn co-founder Vince Zampella (pictured above, right) has posted an update on Respawn's official site that details Jason West's (pictured above, left) departure. Here is the full message: Jason has left Respawn to take care of some family issues. We have worked together on some amazing... More

Tecmo Koei's Canada branch is shutting down at the end of this month. News of Tecmo Koei Canada's closure comes form the Financial Post , which spoke to an official from the company. The studio was responsible for mobile titles like Samurai Cats and My Monster Rancher, as well as a number of... More

Developer Bugbear Entertainment has developed a number of racing games over the years, including Ridge Racer Unbounded and Sega Rally Revo, but with the release of Sony's PS4 we might see a return of its stunt racing series FlatOut. We haven't see much of FlatOut since 2007's FlatOut: Ultimate... More

EA hasn't announced an official release date for Dead Space 3's first batch of DLC, entitled Awakened, but the official Dead Space twitter account may have leaked a date of March 3. The tweet from Dead Space , which seemed to indicated a March 3 release for Awakened has been deleted, but Joystiq... More

Tomorrow, Sony will be making a big announcement that many speculate will include the company’s next console. New developments have been trickling out regarding the upcoming presentation, including something called PlayStation Cloud and pictures of the supposed new controller . Now an anonymous... More

The new PlayStation may offer gamers a chance to try out cloud-streaming technology, allowing developers to run software on server systems and stream it off the internet. Kazuo Hirai, Sony Chief Executive, took lead in a deal to purchase Gaikai Inc., the game in development using the new “cloud... More