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iOS 9 is set to release next week, along with Apple Watch’s latest operating system. During Apple’s event today in San Francisco, the company confirmed both iOS 9 and watchOS 2 will launch next Wednesday, September 16th. The upcoming OS for iPhone and iPad devices packs three new frameworks designed …
Read More »Apple unveils new iPhone 6S and iPad models
Apple has revealed the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus, along with two new iPad models. The firm announced at its event today in San Francisco the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus will introduce 3D Touch, which Apple states can recognize force and is touting as the next generation of multi-touch.” …
Read More »New Apple TV arrives next month, adds gaming functionality
Apple has officially unveiled its newest iteration of the Apple TV, which will bring gaming into the fold for the digital media player. At an event earlier today in San Francisco, the company confirmed recent speculation that the next version of the hardware will introduce gaming functionality when it launches …
Read More »New Apple TV features motion control and touch play for games
Developers can access beta for tvOS SDK from today; Apple TV available from late October
Read More »Bethesda announces $30 Fallout 4 Season Pass… but no content
A Season Pass has been announced for Fallout 4, even though Bethesda does not yet know what DLC it will make for the game. We’ve always done a lot of DLC for our games. We love making them and you always ask us for more,” the company said. To reward …
Read More »The Witcher 3 cost £53,000,000 to make
Developer CD Projekt Red has confirmed the investment needed to create RPG hit The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. GameSpot reports that a recently translated financial briefing pegged the cost of development at 306million z?oty – that’s around 53m/$81m. A total of 240 in-house developers spent 3.5 years making the title, …
Read More »Minecraft welcomes five-player, cross-platform multiplayer
Microsoft has announced one of the most significant updates ever to be released for Minecraft. Version 0.12.1 will allow up to five players to co-op in a single game provided they are on the same network. Furthermore, the functionality is cross-platform, allowing players of both the Windows 10 beta version …
Read More »Metal Gear Solid V sells nearly 500,000 units in Japan
Hideo Kojima’s Metal Gear Solid swansong sold almost half a million copies across PS3 and PS4 in its debut week. That’s according to the latest data from Famitsu, which shows that the PS4 SKU of open-world stealth game Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain shifted over 315,000 units last …
Read More »Dota 2 is no more, long live Dota 2 Reborn
And that’s your lot Source 1, thanks for all you’ve done but you are no more. Source 2 has trampled your corpse into the digi-dust and replaced Dota’s client with the Reborn client, which features a brand new pretty-much-everything other than in-game changes. In characteristic Valve style, the move was …
Read More »GAME Super Mario Maker refunds promised ‘over next couple of days’
Gamers who were left out of pocket by GAME’s Super Mario Maker mistake have been told to expect a refund shortly. A number of customers took to the internet airwaves earlier this week having found they had been charged 234.95 for the game – five times its RRP. GAME had …
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