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Music lovers, gamers and hipsters alike rejoice – one of the most celebrated video game soundtracks in recent years is landing on wax. Thanks to Mondo, which has brought a number of movie and game OSTs to vinyl over the past few years, The Last of Us’ soundtrack has been …
Read More »Gree to lay off 30 per cent of Western staff
Japanese publisher Gree has announced that it is axing 30 per cent of its Western workforce at its San Francisco office. The firm hasn’t confirmed just how many jobs will be lost, just that 30 per cent of the workforce. This is likely the result of what the firm’s Western …
Read More »Xbox unit sales and revenue up in ‘incredible’ quarter
Momentum appears to be building for the Xbox One. Microsoft last night revealed that it sold 1.4m Xbox consoles in its fourth quarter, which is up on the 1.1m sold in the same quarter the previous year. CEO Satya Nadella described it as an incredible” quarter for Xbox. Furthermore, revenues …
Read More »Apple makes $11bn profit in Q3, but stays quiet on Apple Watch sales
Consumers might be buying fewer iPads, but Apple’s unlikely to run out of money anytime soon. The tech titan has released its financials for its Q3 period, revealing that it generated nearly $11 billion in profit over the last three months. This is a good third higher than the same …
Read More »Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II receives huge patch ten years after launch
Ten years after it first came out, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords has benefitted from a significant patch. The update adds support for both Mac and Linux in addition to a wealth of new features. 37 achievements can now be earned, the game now …
Read More »BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Extend set for 2015 European launch
Arc System’s BlazBlue series of fighting games is making its debut on the PS4 and Xbox One in Europe this year. Publisher PQube has announced that BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Extend will be coming to Europe at some point this year. The title comes with 28 playable characters, both the Calamity …
Read More »Project CARS Wii U cancelled
The troubled Wii U edition of Slightly Mad Studios’ Project CARS has been axed. The developer confirmed as such to Nintendo Life. The official line is that we’re awaiting an announcement from Nintendo on new hardware,” studio lead Ian Bell told Nintendo Life. As of now pCARS is simply too …
Read More »GameSpot’s VanOrd heads to Trion Worlds
The senior editor of consumer games giant GameSpot is leaving the site to join MMO developer Trion Worlds. He leaves for this new writing position having landed his first paid role with GameSpot in 2006. A lot has changed over the (almost) nine years I have been with GameSpot,” VanOrd …
Read More »Hearthstone mobile revenue overtakes PC
Blizzard’s World of Warcraft inspired card battler Hearthstone is for the first time making more on smartphones than it is on PC. SuperData Arcade data reveals that the game’s mobile revenue had remained fairly low since it was launched on iPad in April 2014. However, following the release of the …
Read More »Her Story creator wants truth to remain ambiguous
We may never know the truth behind the narrative played out in cult hit Her Story. Those who have experienced the bulk of the FMV-driven title seem to fall into two camps regarding the true nature of the characters involved, and many continue to clamour for a definitive answer to …
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