Consoles

Three Fields’ in-development sports game has at last been revealed. It’s called Dangerous Golf and it’s due out on PS4, Xbox One and PC in May and is described as a physics-powered experience – that’s no surprise from key members of the team who first brought us the creative destruction …

Viewers of this year’s Super Bowl will for the first time be greeted with a Pokemon ad. The ad was shot in Rio de Janeiro and celebrates the millions of Pokmon fans around the world”. The short lasts 30 seconds, with an extended version then available online. It will be …

The long-awaited debut on Nintendo on smartphones will have a dramatic effect on Nintendo’s profit, president Tatsumi Kimishima has said. Its debut smartphone title Miitomo also remains on track for March, the exec had asserted. The first fruits of Nintendo’s partnership with Japanese mobile publisher DeNA had been due out …

The Wii U version of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD will feature additional content not found in the original title. Nintendo Insider spotted a listing for the game on Amazon France that, among other things, notes an interesting function of the game’s associated Wolf Link Amiibo. Forking out …

The boss of virtual reality specialist Oculus has said that Nintendo’s failed Virtual Boy platform was harmful to the whole virtual reality movement. In a second Reddit AMA, Palmer Luckey rightly points out that the Virtual Boy was not really a virtual reality device in any sense of the word. …

PC and mobile titles to use free global classification process

Kuju owner The Catalis Group has acquired UK indie publisher and developer Curve Digital. Kuju and Curve will now merge to form a new group – Curve Digital Entertainment – which the firm says has the potential to become ‘a major new British games publisher.’ The new business will be …

The voice actress of Xenoblade Chronicles X character Lin has spoken out in favour of the alterations made to the game for its Western release. The US and European versions of the Wii U RPG omit some of the raunchier costumes and character mechanics found in the Japanese release – …

The long-awaited cinematic arrival of Star Wars: The Force Awakens has certainly awoken a renewed interest in Star Wars apps. Marketing analyst SensorTower found that throughout the two Friday’s before the film’s arrival the 22 Star Wars apps it tracked averaged combined revenue of $222k. On December 18th that number …

Funcom has reunited with Conan the Barbarian, revealing a new publishing agreement with Conan Properties. The deal makes Funcom the preferred partner” for PC and console releases based around Conan and Hyboria. The developer will reveal the first of three in-development games this January – the other two will be …