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Sega has said that both versions of Sonic Boom will be released in the UK in November. And to differentiate between the Wii U and 3DS SKUs, each has been given its own subtitle – Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric and Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal respectively. The Wii U game …
Read More »The latest game to be delayed until 2015? Batman: Arkham Knight
Rocksteady has said that Batman: Arkham Knight will not be released in late 2014 a previously stated. Instead, the game joins the ever-growing list of titles now destined for release in 2015. "Batman: Arkham Knight is totally awesome. The thing about awesome, though, is awesome takes time,” Rocksteady’s brand marketing …
Read More »VIDEO: Hunt: Horrors of the Gilded on the way from Crytek
Crysis developer Crytek has announced its second title in as many days. Having been unveiled as the developer and co-publisher of Homefront: The Revolution yesterday, the studio has now lifted the lid on multiplayer console and PC outing Hunt: Horrors of the Gilded. Whereas Homefront is being developed by the …
Read More »Intel unveils fastest ever Core i7-4790K processor
The first ever 4.0GHz CPU from Intel is on the way. The CPU giant has revealed the multi-threaded quad core Core i7-4790K which ships with a clock speed for 4.0GHz out of the box, with single cores able to hit 4.4GHz under load. For comparison the i7-4770K and 4670K clock …
Read More »E3 2014 ramps up mobile games pavilion
E3 organisers ESA says it is dramatically increasing the size of its mobile and social games pavilion at this year’s show. The firm’s senior vice president Rich Taylor told MCV that the area will be moved from the outskirts of the show and into the main halls, putting it alongside …
Read More »Tanmay Chinchkar to join five other developers on Pixel Heart documentary project
Project Heera creator Tanmay Chinchkar has been selected as the Indian participant for the unique Pixel Heart initiative. Pixel Heart is a feature-length documentary that will focus on six game developers from six countries, who will participate in a game jam that will result in the creation of 12 new …
Read More »MOBA: The story so far
It allstarted with a mod. Well, actually, that’s not necessarily true. The origins of the MOBA are far murkier than that. The common conception is that they are the new kid on the block, but they have actually existed for decades. You can trace the MOBA all the way back …
Read More »Konami green lights Metal Gear remake for Steam
Developer collective The Outer Heaven says that Konami has given it permission to re-make 1987’s original Metal Gear. A few days ago, we received word from Konami that said they were happy for us to go-ahead with our remake of the classic MSX game, Metal Gear, as long as we …
Read More »Sumo Digital developing Forza Horizon 2 on Xbox 360
UK developer Sumo Digital is heading up the Xbox 360 version of Forza Horizon 2. The cross-gen game was revealed by Microsoft yesterday and it later emerged that while Playground Games is creating the Xbox One release, the last-gen version is being made elsewhere. Specifically, Sheffield, it now turns out. …
Read More »E3 reveal for new Sony studio Pixelopus
A new first-party Sony studio called Pixelopus is set to be revealed at E3 along with its upcoming debut game. That’s according to theNew York Times, which says the studio houses developers from a games course at the Carnegie Mellon University, where students had been working on prototype titles for …
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