Consoles

The upcoming Xbox One Elite controller will arrive next month, according to its listing on the Microsoft Store. The peripheral’sstore pagenow displays a release date of October 27th, meaning it will launch alongside Halo 5: Guardians. The $150 controller features swappable thumbsticks and D-pads, interchangeable paddles allowing for less hand …

Forget Batman and Metal Gear Solid V, Rocket League has come out of nowhere to become the biggest game of the summer. The PC and PSN digital game has been played by 6m people, developer Psyonix has announced. The car-football title was released as part of the PlayStation Plus Instant …

Pre-alpha version of tower defence game to be released on September 29th

Owners of older versions of Nintendo’s 3DS won’t be able to play one of its upcoming titles in 3D. Perfectly Nintendo reports that Hyrule Warriors Legends’ developers faced a bit of a challenge porting the Wii U game onto the handheld hardware, primarily due to the high number of enemies …

The first boxed expansion for Activision’s Destiny debuts at No.1 in the UK, according to data from GfK Chart-Track. This is the publisher’s first time at the top spot since Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare in Week Six of this year. The PlayStation 4 SKU took the lion’s share of …

SNK Playmore has revealed a new entry in The King of Fighters franchise is in development for PS4. Announced at Sony’s Tokyo Game Show press conference, The King of Fighters XIV will boast 3D visuals for the first time in the fighting series – though the developer indicates the game …

Shigeru Miyamoto has personally taken the decision to cancel Star Fox Zero’s pre-Christmas release on Wii U. I made a big decision last week,” he said on Facebook. We have been developing Star Fox Zero for Wii U with the aim of releasing it this year. Although we felt that …

But no news on launch date for hardware

Nintendo has finally named its successor to the late Satoru Iwata. Tatsumi Kimishima, who has since July 2013 served as the company’s MD, is the man now in the top seat at the expense of the widely tipped Shigeru Miyamoto and fellow director Genyo Takeda. Kimishima has formerly served as …

XBLIG titles will no longer be sold from September 2017