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EA Denies Asking Microsoft For Used Games DRM

The natural assumption to make when confronted with Microsoft’s used game restrictions is to blame video game publishers. They’re the ones who went to war with GameStop over used game resales, they’re the ones who instituted online passes, they’re the ones who stand to benefit from anything that can make people buy games new (where they make money) instead of used (where GameStop makes all the money).


Redbox Takes A Mild Shot At Xbox One, PS4 Over Used-Game Concerns

While the rent-by-mail service GameFly is keeping quiet on what Xbox One may mean to its future, the kiosk rental service Redbox has begun a modest lobbying campaign to remind gamers that game rentals, used games, even taking them to a friend’s home are in serious jeopardy under the new console generation.


Assassins’ Creed IV Cosplay Begins With This McFarlane Toys Creation

OK, any Assassins’ Creed cosplay is going to start with a white hood, but soon after that you’re going to need a weapon. Comic book legend Todd McFarlane provides, with a replica of Edward Kenway’s Hidden Blade Gauntlet so pretty you can barely tell it’s plastic.


Rumour: The PS4 Has Used Games DRM

TV host and industry pundit Geoof Keighley has said on tonight’s Bonus Round TV show that, according to his sources, Sony is looking at some form of digital rights management for the sale of used games.



Latest Legendary Pokémon Transforms Into One-of-A-Kind Creature

Meet Meloetta. She’s special. Coming to Pokémon Black and White and Black and White 2 as part of a distribution campaign throughout GameStop stores for three weeks starting March 4, Meloetta is the first combination Normal and Fighting-type creature to grace the series, as long as you take her out to the right bar.


Well, Somebody Got To See Battlefield 4 Today

Battlefield 4 has yet to be properly, publicly announced. We know it’s coming, because it’s a sure bet EA will make more Battlefield games and because people already know they’re in beta, but nobody has seen the game in action or knows anything about it.


Nude Photos, Drugs And Cockroaches: Wild Stories From Game Retailers

Retail is a tough racket. It’s no easy gig. Sometimes, it’s boring. Sometimes, it exhausting. And sometimes, it’s completely bonkers. Here are some colourful, disgusting and just odd moments from the trenches of gaming retail, dealing with your fellow gamers.


GameStop Pulls Metro: Last Light Download Over THQ’s Uncertain Future

GameStop pulled Metro: Last Light from its Impulse digital download service, telling GameSpot that the uncertain fate of its publisher, THQ, is the reason.


How GameStop’s 500,000-Strong Wii U Wait List Became 320,000 Sales

Back in mid-November, just before the Wii U was released, mega gaming chain GameStop said it had some 500,000 people on a waiting list to get the Wii U. That sounded great.


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