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Konami has gone live with its official launch trailer for upcoming release Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes. This morning saw the embargo lift on the game’s reviews and it currently has a Metacritic score of 75 per cent on PS4 and 77 per cent on Xbox One. Ground Zeroes …
Read More »Xbox One hitting other EU countries and Japan in September
There is finally a release date for Xbox One in a number of key territories, including Japan. The machine will arrive in the following regions in September: ArgentinaBelgiumChileColombiaCzech RepublicDenmarkFinlandGreeceHungaryIndiaIsraelJapanKoreaNetherlandsNorwayPolandPortugalRussiaSaudi ArabiaSingaporeSlovakiaSouth AfricaSwedenSwitzerlandTurkeyUAE The machine had originally been pencilled in for a global launch last November but in August Microsoft confirmed that …
Read More »Deus Ex: The Fall arrives on Steam a week early
Square Enix has decided to release Deus Ex: The Fall a week earlier than it had originally announced on Steam. As spotted by VG247, the 7.99 also includes a free digital copy of Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition for a limited time. The game, which was last year …
Read More »Mizuguchi leaves Q Entertainment – report
The acclaimed creator of Rez, Sega Rally and Space Channel 5 has walked out” of Q Entertainment. That’s according to CVG, which has word from an insider that Tetsuya Mizuguchi left the studio last year. It is also said that chief executive Shuji Utsumi has departed too amidst unrest relating …
Read More »Rogue Legacy was profitable after just one hour
Indie platformer Rogue Legacy reclaimed its development costs after one hour on sale, selling 100,000 copies in its first week. Kenny Lee from Cellar Door Games revealed the stats at a GDC talk yesterday,Destructoidreports, saying the sales were "well beyond anything we had ever anticipated." The spirit-based platformer cost $14,878 …
Read More »Walmart introducing video game trade-ins in US
3,100 Walmart stores will from next week begin offering customers the chance to trade-in their games. Customers will only be eligible to receive store credit, not cash, and hardware trade-ins are not part of the program. It will be operated by CExchange, which also handles trade-ins at troubled retailer Radio …
Read More »Developer Brain In A Jar closes doors
Brain In a Jar is no more, founder and creative director Carl Dalton has confirmed. The UK studio, whose games included Indy Car Series, Indianapolis 500 Evolution, Golden Age of Racing and Kart Racer, had been operating for 15 years. Despite our best efforts we have been unable to secure …
Read More »Infamous: Second Son midnight launch at Game4u
Two Game4u stores will hold midnight launches for Infamous Second Son. Game4u stores at Mega Mall in Mumbai’s Oshiwara area and MBD Neopolis Mall in Ludhiana will sell the game at midnight on 21st March, with the store opening at 11:45 pm on the 20th. Those who pick up the …
Read More »Now Microsoft is tipped for virtual reality push
It really does look as if VR is going to be the next interactive tech battleground. The Wall Street Journal reports that, according to people familiar with the project”, Microsoft has joined the list of companies actively developing virtual reality hardware. The tech has allegedly been in development in conjunction …
Read More »The Amazon console is dongle – report
The in-development Amazon games console isn’t a console at all, a new report has claimed. TechCrunch claims to have word from multiple sources familiar with the device” that Amazon’s console is in fact a Chromecast-like USB dongle that supports PC game streaming as well as Android game support. In fact, …
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