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An Xbox 360 and PS3 version of Slender: The Arrival will be released in Q1 of this year. The game is a fully-fledged commercial version of the utterly terrifying free PC release Slender: Eight Pages. Arrival will on consoles be published by Majesco’s indie label Midnight City and contain two …
Read More »PES 2015 confirmed for PS4… but not Xbox One
Konami has confirmed that PES 2015 will be released on PS4. It has not, however, confirmed its release on Xbox One. Specifically, having confirmed the PS4 version on Twitter it then went on to answer a question about possible releases on Xbox One and Wii U by saying: "We don’t …
Read More »Hirai: Extended reach of PlayStation Now game streaming bodes well for devs
Making games available on-demand to Android and iOS opens up the world of PlayStation, says Sony CEO
Read More »China selling consoles boosts Sony and Nintendo
PlayStation boss Andrew House says that China allowing the sale of game consoles will be a huge boost to PS4. Meanwhile, Nintendo’s stock has risen 11 per cent on the country allowing the sale of consoles from its free trade zone in Shanghai, reports the BBC. China’s games market is …
Read More »Sony reveals PS Now game streaming service for consoles, tablets and smartphones
Service to be rolled out to North America consumers this summer, but broadband issues stifle European launch
Read More »Creative Assembly reveals Alien: Isolation
New Alien IP coming to Xbox One and PS4 later this year
Read More »VIDEO: Sega officially announces Alien: Isolation
After months of rumours, Sega has now officially fessed up to the existence of Alien: Isolation. The game, developed by Creative Assembly, is a first-person survival horror that draw direct inspiration from the 1979 movie original that began the series. The game is due for release on PS4, Xbox One, …
Read More »No Definitive Edition update for PC version of Tomb Raider
PC gamers will not be offered the chance to upgrade their copies of Tomb Raider to the upcoming Definitive Edition version of the game. Some gamers had hoped that the publisher would repeat the offer it laid out for owners of Deus Ex: Human Revolution on PC in allowing them …
Read More »UPDATED: Next-gen Hitman cancelled, but series lives on
The online profile of a developer working on IO’s next-gen Hitman game claims the game has been cancelled. Videogamer spotted the news on the LinkedIn profile of senior game designer lists the game as having been cancelled last year. The profile of a second IO member now suggests that an …
Read More »Nintendo dominates Japan’s Christmas software sales
It was certainly a Merry Christmas for Nintendo in Japan. NintendoLife reports that Famitsu figures show that eight of the country’s Top Ten best selling games for the period between December 23rd and December 29th were games for Nintendo systems, with 3DS outing The Legend of Zelda: Link Between Worlds …
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