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Erm, remember in that story published a few moments ago when we said The Order: 1886 would be out this Q4? Yeah. It turns out that isn’t going to be happening. Sony has announced that the PS4 shooter has been delayed from Q4 this year until early 2015. "We want …
Read More »VIDEO: 2 minutes of The Order: 1886 gameplay footage
Sony at the weekend streamed a brief glimpse of upcoming PS4 shooter The Order: 1886 gameplay. There’s no doubt the Ready at Dawn (God of War) and Sony Santa Monica (PlayStation All Stars Battle Royale) looks visually amazing, although forums and social media remain sceptical of its gameplay credentials. But …
Read More »Papers Please creator reveals Return of the Obra Dinn
The creator of award-winning indie hit Papers Please has named and detailed his next project. It’s called Return of the Obra Dinn and is described by developer Lucas Pope as a first person mystery that uses retro visuals – or ‘1-bit rendering’ as he calls it – despite being built …
Read More »Battlefield 4 to be temporarily free on PS3
US PS3 owners are being given the chance to sample Battlefield 4 for free. PlayStation Plus subscribers will be able to download a trial version of the game on PS3 later today (May 27th). Once downloaded, it will remain available for 20 hours from the moment it is booted up. …
Read More »Mission Improbable: Making the next generation of online games
Studio head Nick Button-Brown finally shares what his team at London tech start-up Improbable are working towards, and how it hopes to change gaming forever
Read More »UCL launches business-focused course The Games Quarter
Pupils to learn about finance, marketing, PR and the development process
Read More »Wasteland 2 creator says there’s no Kickstarter fatigue
Kickstarter is not declining in popularity, but developers are finding it increasingly difficult to find popular niches, says InXile Entertainment CEO Brian Fargo. Speaking toDigital Spy, he said crowdfunding failures were down to the site doing its job – weeding out the projects that consumers don’t want. "I think the …
Read More »Hack leaves half of UK consumers ‘wary’ of eBay
A new poll claims that 49 per cent of UK users have become wary of eBay following last week’s news of a security breach. The research, which wasconducted by YouGov for Clearswift, also found that 33 per cent of eBay users have already changed their passwords, with 52 per cent …
Read More »Royal Mail to trial Sunday deliveries
Sunday deliveries are to be trialled by the Royal Mail later this year. The recently privatised service has confirmed plans to open around 100 offices on Sunday afternoons some time this summer in a response to increasing demand for goods ordered online. Offices that deal in the highest volumes of …
Read More »Amazon criticised for book publisher pressure tactics
The neutrality of Amazon has come into question after claims the retailer is pressurising publishers by fiddling with their product listings. The New York Times reports that Amazon is currently in the midst of a contract dispute with book publisher Hachette and has as a result removed pre-order buttons, raised …
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