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A trailer for Sony’s live-action TV series Powers has been released following its debut at the New York Comic Con. The series, which features District 9 and Maleficent star Sharlto Copley, is the first of Sony’s original PSN programming and will be offered free to PlayStation Plus subscribers. It’s based …
Read More »Finland blames Apple for economic decline
The Prime Minister of Finland has accused Apple of taking down two of the country’s largest economic lynchpins. The Scandinavian country yesterday saw its sovereign debt rating downgraded from AAA to AA+ by ratings agency Standard & Poor. "We have two champions which went down," PM Alexander Stubb told CNBC. …
Read More »Canned Star Wars games detailed by Factor 5
Defunct developer Factor 5 was once working on two Star Wars games that sadly never made it to shelves. One was a Star Wars: Rogue Squadron trilogy, combining the three well-received titles released on Nintendo 64 and GameCube, for multiple platforms. The compilation would have seen all three games remastered …
Read More »Inside Ubisoft’s gamer charm offensive
The last time we spoke to Ubisoft we discussed how the firm has come in for a fair bit of flack in recent months. Whether it was for its support (or lack of) for PC gamers, or the fact Watch Dogs didn’t quite change the world like everyone thought it …
Read More »Yamauchi says Gran Turismo 7 will be with us in 2015 or 2016
The latest release estimate for PS4’s Gran Turismo 7 is some time over the next two years. For GT7, myself and my staff have a clear vision: to do everything we couldn’t do in GT6,” series creator Kazunori Yamauchi told GamesTM. We want to make it very Gran Turismo. By …
Read More »Factor 5’s Julian Eggebrecht reveals canned Star Wars games
Scrapped projects include Rogue Squadron trilogy and multiplayer dogfighter for Xbox 360
Read More »VIDEO: Star Citizen planetside gameplay shown off for the first time
A video showing some on-planet action in crowdfunded mega-hit Star Citizen has been released. The game – whose total funding currently stands at over $58m – promises an ambitious reach far in excess of its many market rivals, and visiting bustling metropolises is one such example. Unlike other titles in …
Read More »Hurry – last few trade tickets left for the Games Media Awards 2014
We’re just a few days away from finding out who the winners of this year’s Games Media Awards are. And only a handful of tickets remain for the event, due to take place on October 15th at the revamped Bloomsbury Ballroom. Trade tickets are available for 199 plus VAT. To …
Read More »3.2m people play Destiny every day
Bungie has revealed a host of impressive Destiny stats a month on from the game’s launch. The studio says that on average 3.2m people currently play Destiny every day, with each on average playing for three hours. That includes weekends, too. The average Destiny owner has played the game 20.9 …
Read More »FIFA 15 stays No.1 for third week in UK chart as Alien: Isolation sneaks into second
FIFA 15 has remained the UK’s biggest-selling game for a third week running, despite competition from Alien: Isolation. EA’s football game held offthe challenge posed by four new games in the Top Ten, according to the latest Ukie games charts, compiled by GfK Chart-Track. The closest contender was Sega’s survival …
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