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Read More »MICROSOFT: Deadly Premonition dev’s new game D4 coming to Xbox One, New Quantum break trailer
The next game from the creator of Deadly Premonition will be released on Xbox One. It’s called D4, and judging from the short trailer promises a cel-shadedepisodic murder mystery” that was more than reminiscent of the work of Grasshopper Manufacture’s Suda 51. Microsoft also showed a new trailer for the …
Read More »E3 2013: Killer Instinct reborn on Xbox One
Rare's classic fighter to release as Xbox One exclusive
Read More »E3 2013: New Xbox 360 design revealed
100s of new 360 games due in the coming years, including PC hit World of Tanks
Read More »State of Decay becomes second fastest selling XBLA title ever
Sales of 250,000 in its first two days have seen zombie romp State of Decay become the second fastest selling Xbox Live Arcade title ever. The only game to better its performance is Mojang’s Minecraft. "This was you,” a statement from developer Undead Labs said. We did not have an …
Read More »Hollywood vs Video Games
Cinema and video games have always had quite the on-again, off-again relationship, but one look at UK cinema box office and you’d wonder whether games developers or publishers take any notice of their big-screen cousins. Iron Man 3 is one of the biggest releases of the year so far, taking …
Read More »Nintendo is "making a big move" for indie devs
Perhaps spotting a chink in the enemy’s armour, Nintendo appears to have rejuvenated its efforts to win favour amongst indie developers. I’ve seen personally, first-hand, Nintendo making a big move to try and get smaller, unique, independent games on Wii U downloadable,” Capybara Games’ Nathan Vella, of Sword & Sworcery …
Read More »Grid 2 continues to lead the UK Charts pack; Remember Me claims 3rd
Codemasters’ racer Grid 2 remains at No.1 in the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week despite a 50 per cent drop in sales. Capcom’s Remember Me is the highest new entry at No.3 with the Legendary Edition of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim entering the listings in …
Read More »Games to play on the flight to E3
Ten and a half to twelve hours. Stuck in a metal tube with smelly journalists. Yep, you’re going to need something to take your mind off it all. Of course, the sensible thing will be to sleep. After all, you’re not going to get any sleep for the rest of …
Read More »Next-gen ripe for reboots, says Eidos Montreal
The launch of PS4 and Xbox One is a good time to reinvent classic games.” That’s according to Stephane D’Astous, GM of Eidos Montreal: the studio behind 2011 smash hit Deus Ex: Human Revolution and the upcoming Thief. It’s a good time to reinvent great classic games,” he told MCV. …
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