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Classic adventure game Day of the Tentacle is coming to PlayStation as a new remastered version. Day of the Tentacle Special Edition will join the similarly revamped release of Grim Fandango and Kickstarted title Broken Age, with all three titles landing on PS4, Vita, PC, Mac and Linux. The announcement …
Read More »The father of video games Ralph Baer has passed away
One of the founding fathers of video games as we know them has passed away at the end of 92. Ralph Baer was the creator of the pioneering Brown Box in 1969, which formed the foundation of what became one of the first home consoles – 1972’s the Magnavox Odyssey. …
Read More »VIDEO: Nintendo shows new The Legend of Zelda Wii U gameplay
Nintendo showed gameplay for its 2015 blockbuster The Legend of Zelda for Wii U. The video showed Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto play the game alongside franchise creator Eiji Aonuma, and featured some lush wildlife, a huge gameplay map and the horse Epona (who can now ride by itself). There were …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: November 30 – December 6
Telltale’s Game of Thrones has claimed the top spot on Steam’s latest weekly top ten sellers chart. The game finished on top of a group littered with discounted titles from Valve’s recently concluded Autumn Sale. Recent release The Crew climbed to number five on the charts as well. As for …
Read More »Shovel Knight PlayStation release to include God of War’s Kratos
Shovel Knight is heading to PlayStation platforms, and Kratos is apparently crashing the party. The Kickstarter success was on display at Sony’s PlayStation Experience event over the weekend, with a new trailer confirming the game will release on PS3, PS4 and PS Vita. The trailer also teases an appearance of …
Read More »Code Name S.T.E.A.M. 3DS launch set for March
Intelligent Systems’ upcoming turn-based strategy titleCode Name S.T.E.A.M. will arrive on 3DS in March, Nintendo announced during The Game Awards this past weekend. Nintendo premiered a new trailer at the event showing off the game’s colorful steampunk-themed world that pits a team assembled by Abraham Lincoln against a swarm of …
Read More »Elder Scrolls Online delayed on consoles until 2015
Zenimax Online Studios has announced that The Elder Scrolls Online will miss its late 2014 release date on PS4 and Xbox One. The game had initially been due out on next-gen consoles in June but in May ZOS said the game would be pushed back by about six months”, adding …
Read More »Zuckerberg hits back at Cook, insists the customer is ‘the product that’s being bought and sold’
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has bitten back at what some saw as a closeted attack on the company by Apple boss Tim Cook. In September Cook said: A few years ago, users of Internet services began to realize that when an online service is free, you’re not the customer. You’re …
Read More »Amiibo prices hiked as talk of supply problems emerges
It appears that supply problems are hitting a range of Nintendo products, with retailers being forced to cancel some pre-orders and others increasing their prices. NintendoLife spotted that GAME has upped the price of Amiibo figures from 11.99 to 14.99 and even has receipts from one store to prove it. …
Read More »How PlayStation conquered Europe – Jim Ryan on DriveClub issues, vocal gamers and game delays
On the first anniversary of PS4, PlayStation Europe boss Jim Ryan tells MCV his thoughts on European domination, broken games, angry consumers, PS4 vs Xbox One and 2015 …on PS4 becoming the No.1 console of 2014 in every single European market PlayStation has always been strong in Europe. Even with …
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