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Dean Hall has revealed at the Sony Gamescom press conference that DayZ is coming to PS4. With the standalone PC release selling 1m in its first month, the game’s arrival on consoles will come as no surprise. Hall said the Bohemia team didn’t simply want to port the game – …
Read More »SONY: PixelJunk creator returns to 3D games with The Tomorrow Children
The studio behind the successful PixelJunk games has announced a new IP. The Tomorrow Children breaks away from the indie games’ 2D art style to embrace 3D visuals. The game tells the tale of a human race trapped and force to mine fallen giants, and seems to adopt a Soviet …
Read More »SONY: PS4 install base hits 10m
The PlayStation 4 has sold over 10m units worldwide. That’s the news from Sony’s Jim Ryan, who revealed the number at the start of Sony’s Gamescom 2014 press briefing, before personally thanking Sony boss Andrew House who was watching from the audience. Microsoft’s most recent Xbox One sales update was …
Read More »The Unfinished Swan, Journey heading to PS4 later this year
Acclaimed PlayStation 3 releases Journey and The Unfinished Swan will launch on PS4 later this year. The PlayStation US blog announces that the titles are in development for Sony’s next-gen hardware, with both studios stating the respective moves are thanks in large part to the success of the original PS3 …
Read More »Xbox boss: Tomb Raider exclusivity a ‘win-win’, although details remain unclear
Phil Spencer has said that the deal to make Rise of the Tomb Raider an Xbox exclusive is really a win-win”. The Crystal Dynamics title was unveiled as an Xbox exclusive at Microsoft’s Gamescom 2014 press briefing earlier today. "We’ve found in certain instances that if we can partner with …
Read More »Activision resurrects Sierra as indie publishing label; Geometry War 3 confirmed
Despite some confusion on the matter, Activision has confirmed that publishing label Sierra is returning. The brand will be used as an indie publishing label, with the first confirmed titles being new Geometry Wars and King’s Quest games. Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions is being developed by Lucid Games and will …
Read More »Nutter leaving Future as Gough named new games boss
Future has confirmed that Declan Gough is its new head of content and marketing for films, games and music. As part of the change Edge has been moved back into Future’s games division, having previously been shifted out into ‘creative’. It also continues the merging of content and marketing duties …
Read More »VIDEO: See the Golden Gate Bridge destroyed in new Call of Duty gameplay short
The latest Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare short ups the drama by destroying one of the USA’s most iconic landmarks. The video, entitled ‘Collapse’, sees players in a stand-off on San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge. And it’s the bridge that loses out. There’s also a glimpse of not only the …
Read More »MICROSOFT: Expanded video streaming functionality confirmed for Xbox One
DLNA network video streaming, including support for formats such as .mkv, will begin rolling out to Xbox One next month. A new app will enable streaming from USB and, at an unspecified later date, networked media server devices. More or less every video format available will be supported. There are …
Read More »MICROSOFT: 26 ID@Xbox games shown off in new video
26 of the games confirmed as coming first on console to Xbox One are named in a new video from Microsoft. Titles include Coffee Stain’s delightfully absurd Goat Simulator, Team 17’s The Escapists, crowdfunding hit Superhot, successive iOS puzzler Threes and new MOBA title Smite. Here’s the list (courtesy of …
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