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Seven months after he spoke out online over the public response to Xbox One's "always online" policy, Adam Orth, then a creative director at Microsoft, has finally adressed the storm of internet rage that followed.

Backers of Richard Garriott's new RPG, Shroud of the Avatar, are invited to play the game as soon as 12th December as part of a trendy "extremely early access" plan.

There is light at the end of the tunnel for patches to fighting game Skullgirls.

Much as the delightful Rayman Legends improved and evolved Rayman Origins, so too does Rayman Fiesta Run build on the solid foundations set down by last year's Rayman Jungle Run.

The limited edition white Xbox One auctioned on eBay has sold for £5000.

Horror shooter Metro: Last Light will come bundled with the 300 prototype Steam Machines Valve plans to send into the wild for testing, Deep Silver has announced.

Call of Duty publisher Activision has dodged questions around the resolution of next-generation games and power comparisons between the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Nvidia has revealed new technology that eliminates screen-tear from PC gaming forever. Dubbed "G-Sync", it's a combination of a monitor upgrade working in concert with software that is exclusively available only from Nvidia's Kepler line of graphics cards. It's a phenomenal achievement that drew praise from three of the most celebrated names in video game technology: id software's John Carmack, Epic's Tim Sweeney and DICE's Johan Andersson, all of whom were on stage at Nvidia's reveal event to sing the praises of the new tech.

Action role-playing game Diablo 3 has sold over 14 million copies, Blizzard Entertainment has announced.

Valve's recently revealed specifications for its "Steam Machine" line of PCs designed for the living room proved to be almost the complete opposite of what we were expecting. If the prototype hardware is any indication of the firm's plans for the final product, we're not looking at a range of devices aimed at challenging the position of the next-gen consoles - for now at least. Rather, what we have here are well-specified gaming machines aimed at the PC faithful, almost certainly with premium price-tags to match.

This Kinect feature could be one of the sensor's best upgrades for Xbox One: the ability to scan in and redeem a voucher code without having to enter any fiddly information yourself.

Activision sold $1 billion worth of Call of Duty: Ghosts stock into retailers for its launch on Tuesday - a figure lower than in previous years.

In our graphics cards tests, there's one game that's our go-to title when carrying out gameplay performance analysis: Crysis 3. Crytek's last game is a technological showcase: one of the very few games built with next-gen development in mind, and the best stress test for the latest AMD, Nvidia and Intel GPU technologies. With the next-gen console zero-hour approaching, we reached out to Crytek to talk tech - to discuss how their multi-platform engine was ported onto next-gen, what the company view was of the new Sony and Microsoft architecture, and of course to sneak in a few questions about Ryse.

The Xbox One has been under a lot of fire lately for some of its heavy hitters offering sub-optimal resolutions. Ryse: Son of Rome only offers 900p, while Call of Duty: Ghosts only goes up to 720p, a tough sell when the cheaper PS4 can offer the same game at 1080p.

Rockstar has just released its Grand Theft Auto Online Stimulus Package of $500,000 in-game money to make up for the online game's botched launch that erased many a profile.

Project Cars, the next racing game by Need for Speed: Shift developer Slightly Mad Studios, has announced that it will come to next-gen platforms with versions on PS4, Xbox One and Steam OS.

Xbox One launch title Forza Motorsport 5 is set to feature 14 tracks and just over 200 cars - almost halving the 26 circuits and 500 cars offered by its predecessor - as Turn 10 places an emphasis on quality over quantity for its next-gen debut.

If Saints Row 4 left you hankering for more Jane Austen in your video games you may be in luck as Ever, Jane, the first ever Jane Austen-themed MMO, is striving for funding on Kickstarter.

UPDATE: Xbox One will not have free, ad-supported Xbox Music streaming after all, the company has now said.

With the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One around the corner, and with performance tests of both Call of Duty: Ghosts and Battlefield 4 present and correct, the next generation console power debate is in full force - and there's an early frontrunner.

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and Wizorb developer Tribute Games is releasing its retro platformer shooter Mercenary Kings this winter on PS4.

Microsoft-owned developer Rare wanted to make another entry in the Kinect Sports series for Xbox One because it felt it had "unfinished business" with the sensor.

An unknown number of Xbox Live subscribers have received an email from Microsoft that offers them a full copy of Xbox One digital launch title Killer Instinct on 22nd November.

UPDATE: A new server update for Battlefield 4 has rolled out more fixes across PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game.

Someone has bought an in-game Dota 2 item for an eye-watering $38,000.

Nintendo will add a number of new warnings to Wii Karaoke U after complaints at the explicit lyrics found within some songs.

A new Call of Duty game launched this week, and so Activision blows the sales trumpet. But this time, it's done so a little differently.

Beleaguered British retailer Blockbuster is working directly with Microsoft and Sony to reserve next-gen consoles for its unlucky pre-order customers.

There's a new trailer for Rambo: The Video Game, an officially-licensed tie-in due early next year on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

PlayStation Network servers will undergo maintenance from 2pm UK time tomorrow (Thursday) until 1am on Friday, Sony has announced.