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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata won’t be attending next week’s E3 2014 event in Los Angeles on the advice of his doctor. A Nintendo representative told Polygon that Iwata has been advised not to travel overseas in the immediate future, so he’ll remain in Japan during the show. "He’s been instructed …
Read More »Dead Rising 3 confirmed for PC, heading to Steam
Former Xbox One exclusive Dead Rising 3 will receive a Windows PC launch via Steam, Capcom has announced. The publisher included the reveal as part of its E3 2014 lineup unveiling, though only a release window of Summer 2014 mentioned. Along with Dead Rising 3’s PC edition, Capcom will also …
Read More »Temple Run series reaches 1bn downloads
Temple Run and Temple Run 2 have combined for more than 1bn downloads on mobile devices, developer Imangi Studios has announced. The enormous milestone was reached even without the aid of Temple Run’s crossover promo titles Temple Run: Brave and Temple Run: Oz. "Having Temple Run reach the one billion …
Read More »INSIGHT: Five things we learnt in the first two years of PCGamesN
PCGamesN.com launched on June 5 2012. We’re coming up to our second birthday and my how we’ve grown. We thought we’d share a few things we discovered on the way to building the world’s finest PC games site. 1Network N Ltd is a shit name The N in Network N …
Read More »Rabbids interactive TV show invading in November
Ubisoft has announced Raddids Invasion will make its debut at the end of the year. Based on the successful Rabbids TV show, Invasion will hit PS4, Xbox One and 360 in November and will make use of both the PlayStation Camera and Kinect. As they watch the episode, kids will …
Read More »Remember Me dev making game for Square Enix
The team behind last year’s new sci-fi IP Remember Me has been signed by Square Enix to create a new game for digital platforms. There are no details on what Paris-based studio Dontnod Entertainment is actually working on, but judging from the comments below, we’re guessing it’s a different take …
Read More »Hitman: Sniper sets sights on mobile and tablet
Square Enix has announced a new Hitman game for mobiles. It’s called Hitman: Sniper and is being made by Square Enix Montreal – whose debut title Hitman Go is now out on Android for 2.99, incidentally. We’ve designed Hitman: Sniper to be a massively competitive sniping game that will focus …
Read More »Long lost PS4-Vita bundle finally materialises
Sony’s promised PS4-Vita hardware bundle looks like it could finally be set for release. The SKU was first confirmed to MCV by Sony UK’s senior product manager Ben Law back when the PS4 launched in November. It was said to be scheduled for a pre-Christmas release but never actually arrived. …
Read More »Chris Roberts ‘frustrated’ by Star Citizen scam accusations
Criticism of problems with the early build of crowdfunded record-breaker Star Citizen has bothered creator Chris Roberts. To date the game has raised an incredible $44,721,324 from nearly 500,000 backers. The game’s first playable build, the Arena Commander, finally released this week after some delay. However, the early access build …
Read More »Remember Me developer working on Square Enix game
Dontnod Entertainment collaborating with Tomb Raider publisher on a new digital title
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