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Bandai Namco has revealed Tekken 7 will receive a worldwide console release on PS4, with the publisher teasing unspecified support for PlayStation VR as well. The console version was unveiled as part of Sony’s PlayStation Paris Games Week event. Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada said the PS4 port will be the …
Read More »VIDEO: Street Fighter V launches on PS4 in February
Street Fighter V will launch on PS4 this Feburary in Europe and North America, Capcom has revealed. Executive producer Yoshinori Ono presented a new trailer for the title during Sony’s PlayStation Paris Games Week event, announcing it will release for Sony’s console on February 16th. Along with the release date, …
Read More »Nintendo’s first smartphone game to be announced tomorrow, analyst says
It seems that Nintendo could well announce its first smartphone game tomorrow. The Wii U and 3DS platform holder will tomorrow announce its latest financials, and analyst Serkan Toto says the news will be accompanied by details of the first game to stem from its partnership with DeNA. One day …
Read More »PS4’s eSports platform is called PlayStation Plus League
In more news presumably intended to be revealed at Sony’s Paris Games Week conference tonight, details about the platform holder’s eSports platform have arrived online. IGN spotted what appears to be a homepage for something called the PlayStation Plus League. The portal name-drops a host of titles including PES 2016, …
Read More »Microsoft to roll out Xbox 360 backwards-compatibility for Xbox One next month
Compatible games include Halo 3, Mass Effect, Borderlands and Gears of War
Read More »Microsoft: Tomb Raider can rise to the Fallout 4 challenge
Releasing on the same week as Fallout 4 is no easy task, but Microsoft is hopeful that Rise of the Tomb Raider will not lose out in its sales battle with Bethesda’s RPG. Speaking to KindaFunnyGames in an interview transcribed by VG247, Xbox’s head of marketing Aaron Greenberg admitted that …
Read More »Backwards compatibility update hitting Xbox One next month
Microsoft will publicly roll out its Xbox 360 backwards compatibility update for Xbox One on November 12th. The update, which has been available to preview members for some time now, allows a selection of 360 titles to be downloaded and played on Microsoft’s newer hardware. The functionality was one of …
Read More »Taiwan moves to classify eSports under sporting authority
The Taiwanese government met with development and eSports board members yesterday in talks to become the sixth country to recognise competitive gaming as sport. Taipei’s Department of Economic Development and the Taiwan eSports League submitted an appeal to the country’s Ministry for Education last week to discuss classifying the activity …
Read More »Surprise! Minecraft: Story Mode Episode 2 arrives today
Less than two weeks after the release of the first episode, Telltale has surprised us all by revealing that Episode 2 of Minecraft: Story Mode will arrive today. Episode Two: Assembly Required should be making its way onto Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC some time this afternoon. The PS4 …
Read More »Shenmue 1 & 2 re-release could be on the cards
Sega has said that it is currently pondering how to go about re-releasing cult RPGS Shenmue and Shenmue 2. Despite the fact that fans have been clamouring for more Shenmue for years, it was the recent success of the Shenmue 3 Kickstarter that finally gave Sega the nudge it needed. …
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