BioWare has confirmed that Electronic Arts' PC platform EA Origin will be a mandatory requirement for boxed and digital versions of Mass Effect 3 on PC.
In a post on the official BioWare forums, community coordinator Chris Priestly also confirms that Mass Effect 3 will not be available from Steam at launch.
UPDATE: We've been passed a statement regarding the below from Ubisoft, which says: "Ubisoft has not issued any legal claims similar to those mentioned in the Torrentfreak article in over three years."
ORIGINAL STORY: A large number of publishers are reportedly sending letters to those they claim have illegally downloaded games, threatening legal action unless they pay fines of several hundred euros.
Microsoft has strenuously denied claims that lax security on the Xbox.com website is to blame for the recent spate of Xbox Live account thefts.
THQ has moved to deny claims that it is in such dire straits that it has cancelled its entire 2014 lineup and put itself up for sale.
Playdom is now the publisher of Spry Fox's Triple Town on Facebook, the developer has announced.
In a blog post, Spry Fox CEO David Edery says the studio chose Playdom because the Disney-owned company "treated us with respect," and that the deal means Spry Fox can concentrate on making games.
The US House Of Representatives will not vote on the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act until a consensus is reached.
The claim comes from Darrell Issa, Republican representative and chairman of the house oversight and government reform committee. He said he had been given assurances by majority leader Eric Cantor that there would be no vote on SOPA, and that a hearing scheduled for Wednesday would be postponed, until both Democrats and Republicans were happy with the wording of the proposed legislation.
The US House Of Representatives will not vote on the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act until a consensus is reached.
The claim comes from Darrell Issa, Republican representative and chairman of the house oversight and government reform committee. He said he had been given assurances by majority leader Eric Cantor that there would be no vote on SOPA, and that a hearing scheduled for Wednesday would be postponed, until both Democrats and Republicans were happy with the wording of the proposed legislation.
I’m not trying to be smug – or controversial – when I say The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time is not one of the greatest videogames ever made.
FIFA 12 is the UK all-formats number one for a fourth consecutive week despite sales falling 54 per cent from the previous week.
The top ten is broadly unchanged from last week, with Zumba Fitness holding onto sixth spot with its sequel rising five places to number seven. It's been a good week for Bethesda, with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim rising two places to number three, and discounting at retail seeing id Software's Rage climb to eighth.
A former member of the development team at Codemasters' Guildford Studio has accused the company of imposing excessive, unpaid overtime on staff in the run-up to the release of Bodycount, and threatening bankruptcy proceedings if he failed to return a payment that it claims was made in error.
Lamar Smith, the Republican representative behind the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), has removed from the controversial bill the requirement for ISPs to block DNS addresses of websites deemed to be hosting copyrighted material.
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Each week, we'll be posting a round-up of the reviews that have been added to the site over the prior five days. Along with our assessment of all the most important new releases, we'll also be adding older reviews over time, eventually building up to a full archive of every review we've published.
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Social game developer Doubledown Interactive has been acquired by International Game Technology (IGT) in a deal worth $500 million (£326 million).
A network infrastructure manager claims that lax security on the official Xbox website is behind the recent spate of Xbox Live account thefts.
Analog Hype reports that the security flaw was found by Jason Coutee, who had his own account stolen and 8,000 Microsoft Points purchased using his stored credit card details.
How to tell Modern Warfare’s sweep of rapidly exploding global conflict? Its tightly contained levels, while driven by sensational set-pieces, hardly attempt to spin the tale of international intrigue and personal strife, Machiavellian villains and gruff special forces operatives.
Minecraft developer Mojang has three unannounced projects in the works - and two of them will be announced, if not released, in the first half of the year.
Game theorists and academics have a habit of arguing a lot, the ludology versus narratology debate being one of the big ones from times past. Now a hot topic is 'proceduralism'. Proceduralism is the practice of reading a game's meaning through its design. But are games truly readable through a process that rather ignores the human aspect of the act of play?
Uncharted developer Naughty Dog says that its goal with its latest project, The Last Of Us, is to "change the fucking industry" and improve videogame storytelling.
When the Indie Games blog digs up a button-masher called Let's Play: Ancient Greek Punishment, it’s hard not to become a little curious. Luckily, Dr Pippin Barr’s latest rewards curiosity rather richly. It rewards it, as the name suggests, with torture.
Electronic Arts has achieved its long-standing goal of making a billion dollars (£652 million) a year in digital revenue.
The milestone was revealed in an internal memo leaked to Kotaku, in which CEO John Riccitiello also announces a reshuffle of its management team and the departure of a senior executive.
SpecialEffect’s ‘Gamers For Good’ campaign launched in late September and has already inspired cookbooks, gaming marathons and a trek up Ben Nevis. The charity, which helps players with disabilities to enjoy games, has been embraced by the industry and the gaming community alike. Director Dr Mick Donegan tells us about the organisation’s approach, and what the industry could do differently.
SpecialEffect’s ‘Gamers For Good’ campaign launched in late September and has already inspired cookbooks, gaming marathons and a trek up Ben Nevis. The charity, which helps players with disabilities to enjoy games, has been embraced by the industry and the gaming community alike. Director Dr Mick Donegan tells us about the organisation’s approach, and what the industry could do differently.
The UK videogame industry's average annual salary is £33,123, research has found.
MCV's annual survey, based this year on 975 respondents - 579 of whom were based in the UK - from development, publishing, retail, services, PR and media, found the median salary rose eight per cent from last year's £30,667.