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Pokemon X and Y would have been the real UK No.1, if sales of the games were combined. UK stat tracker Chart-Track lists both games separately, with Pokemon Y at No.3 and Pokemon X at No.4, behind FIFA 14 in second place and GTA V at No.1. But if both …
Read More »Wii U UK sales spike 685% on Zelda launch
Wii U UK sales rose by more than 685 per cent last week, Nintendo has told MCV. The sudden improvement in sales follows the debut of The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD, which debuted at No.4 in the Chart-Track All-Formats Charts lastweek. Wii U has suffered a poor nine …
Read More »VIDEO: The Stig’s ‘digital cousin’ to star in Forza 5
Some say his likeness can be licensed for a big enough fee. Microsoft’s Forza 5 will renew its relationship with BBC’s Top Gear by featuring the ‘digital cousin’ of The Stig. That’s not the only tie-in with the BBC show, however. The Top Gear Test Track will also feature. The …
Read More »Enslaved: Premium Edition heading to PC
Namco Bandai’s Enslaved: Odyssey to the West is finally making its way to PC. Polygon has had it confirmed that Enslaved: Premium Edition will later this month be released on PC and PS3. Presumably the game’s only DLC expansion, Pigsy’s Perfect 10, will be included as part of the release. …
Read More »Microsoft reveals FIFA 14 bundle, other Xbox 360 offers for Diwali season
Microsoft has, as it does every year, announced three new Xbox 360 bundles for the upcoming holiday season, including a console-Kinect bundle with FIFA 14 thrown in for free. Starting 12th October, three Xbox 360 ‘festive bundles’ will be making their way to stores shelves across India. This Diwali, we …
Read More »Ambition to ship GPU-less console delayed PS3
Desire to ship console without a graphics chip pushed it back an entire year
Read More »SNK and Tommo clash over sale of Neo Geo X handheld
Tommo refuses to bow to SNK’s wishes, and fires back with claims of its own
Read More »Injustice: Gods Among Us heading to PS4… but not Xbox One
Warner has announced Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition for a number of formats. One of them is PS4. Not on the list, however, is Xbox One. Also missing is Wii U, despite the fact that the original version of the game was released on Nintendo’s machine. High Voltage is …
Read More »Jump to next-gen has ‘quadrupled’ development requirements
Making a next-gen console time takes four times the development resources than a current-gen game, Sony studio Guerrilla has claimed. The common perception is that the PS4 and Xbox One’s PC-like architecture has simplified games development. Not so, according to Killzone: Shadow Fall’s lead designer Eric Boltjes. It’s also a …
Read More »Sony: No one gains from console exclusivity
Indie developers bring out the best of what games hardware has to offer, says Sony
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