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Afro Samurai 2: Revenge of the Kuma is no longer available to buy from PSN, Xbox Live or Steam. Developer Versus Evil has announced that the title has been pulled from sale. It has also cancelled the previously planned second and third instalments. Refunds are available to those who have …
Read More »PS4 and Xbox One Resident Evil 6 appears at Korean rating board
It appears that Resident Evil 6 could be coming to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. That’s if a leak from the Korean Game Rating Board is to be believed. As spotted by Gematsu, PS4 and Xbox One SKUs of the 2013 survival horror title have been assessed by the …
Read More »SLI and Crossfire support ruled out for PC’s Batman: Arkham Knight
Multiple GPU users have been told that the PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight will never make use of their available graphics cards. We’ve been working with our development and graphics driver partners over the last few months to investigate utilizing multi-GPU support within Batman: Arkham Knight,” a Warner developer …
Read More »PS4 will get PS2 emulation, Sony confirms
It’s not just Xbox One owners that will be able to play older games – Sony has plans for its own backwards compatibility. Both the PS4 and Xbox One launched without the ability to play older games, though a recent update has seen the latter console gain support for Xbox …
Read More »Kinect director Kudo Tsunoda exits Xbox division
The former creative director for Kinect is to take on a role at Microsoft outside of the firm’s Xbox group. Kudo Tsunoda took on the responsibility of heading up a number of Xbox developers earlier this year, including Rare, Lionhead, Twisted Pixel and Lift London, plus the teams behind Scalebound,Quantum …
Read More »Beyond: Two Souls arrives on PS4 next week
A pair of titles developed by Quantic Dream have received PS4 release dates. Earlier this year, Sony announced remastered versions of Beyond: Two Souls and Heavy Rain would receive digital release on PS4 and now we know exactly when. Beyond: Two Souls is set to launch on Sony’s latest console …
Read More »Blade & Soul western launch set for January
Popular MMO Blade & Soul will make its way to western markets this January, publisher NCSoft has revealed. The game will release in North America and Europe on January 19th. It’s been out in Eastern markets since 2012, though the free-to-play title still remains in beta to this point. While …
Read More »Blizzard settles Overwatch trademark dispute with Innovis Labs
Blizzard has settled a trademark dispute with Innovis Labs over the use of the Overwatch name. Polygon reports litigation proceedings were dimissed upon Innovis filing paperwork last month – in which the company stated it was handing the trademark over to Blizzard. What specifically happened for the settlement to take …
Read More »ASA won’t take further action over Black Ops III Nuketown marketing mistake
The Advertising Standards Authority has said that it won’t be pursuing further measures against Activision concerning a mistake made in the marketing for Call of Duty III pre-order content. Several fans were left unhappy after early marketing material suggested that the popular Nuketown multiplayer map would be offered to all …
Read More »MCV and Develop Christmas Party tickets sold out
Tickets have now sold out for this year’s MCV and Develop Christmas Party. Taking place on Thursday, December 3rd at the Sway Bar in Holborn, London, the celebration of the games industry runs from 7pm until 2am and includes a free bar for part of the night, plus a buffet …
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