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Dark Souls III will launch in Europe and North America on April 12th, Bandai Namco has revealed. The game will debut in Japan a few weeks earlier, arriving March 24th for the region. Publisher Bandai Namco has also announced three special editions of Dark Souls III. The first is the …
Read More »Psychonauts 2 Fig campaign brings in nearly $2m over weekend
It’s taken Double Fine just a weekend’s time to amass nearly $2m for Pyschonauts 2 crowdfunding campaign on Fig. The project hit the $1m milestone less than a day afterit was announced at The Game Awards last week, and has added over $800,000 more since. At time of writing, the …
Read More »Steam adds option to permanently remove games
Valve has added a new option to Steam, allowing users to permanently delete games and other purchases from their library. VG247points to the new feature – perhaps a welcome sight to those who have made questionable purchases during discount promotions, or received a joke gift from someone on their friends …
Read More »PlayStation is releasing a Rez VR title
There’s a – sort of – new Rez game on the way. Entitled Rez Infinite, the title supports the firm’s upcoming PlayStation virtual reality headset. It was announced on-stage at PlayStation Experience. It seems to borrow heavily from the original 2001 title – with involvement from creatorTetsuya Mizuguchi – but …
Read More »Ratchet and Clank is launching in April 2016
Insomniac’s remake of the original Ratchet and Clank title is going to be hitting stores in early 2016. The studio’s boss Ted Price took to the stage at PlayStation Experience and revealed the game would be coming out on April 12th, 2016. This is shortly ahead of the launch of …
Read More »Yakuza 0 is coming to the West
The latest entry in Sega’s Yakuza series, Yakuza 0 is coming to the West. This was revealed on-stage at PlayStation Experience. No release date for the title has been announced just yet other than ‘2016’. The title launched in Japan on March 12th this year. In addition, a Western port …
Read More »Final Street Fighter V launch character announced
The last launch character for Street Fighter V has been revealed at PlayStation Experience. Game producerYoshinoriOno announced that the last brawler for the fighting title would be FANG. He also joked that this was the first character announcement that he not been leaked ahead of launch. He also revealed the …
Read More »First Final Fantasy VII Remake gameplay shown
PlayStation US boss Shawn Layden took to the stage at the PlayStation Experience to show off more footage of the remake of Final Fantasy VII. The long-rumoured title was announced during the platform holder’s E3 conference to much fanfare. The game features a more active battle system, similar to that …
Read More »Watch the PlayStation Experience conference right here
In just fifteen minutes time, Sony will be taking to the stage at its San Francisco expo PlayStation Experience. The conference starts at 6pm GMT, with PlayStation set to make some pretty huge announcements. This is the firm’s second PlayStation Experience – the expo debuted last year to celebrate 20 …
Read More »Shovel Knight Amiibo hitting Europe a month before US
Developer Yacht Club Games has announced a December 11th release for the Shovel Knight figure in Europe. However, it won’t be hitting North America until January 8th. It will be priced at 10.99 and $12.99 respectively. It was an agonizing decision, as production difficulties forced us to choose between rushing …
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