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Masahiro Sakurai has outlined has admiration for Sony’s PS4. I don’t care for faction wars like Nintendo versus Sony,” the Smash Bros director told Famitsu, as translated by Gematsu. PlayStation 4 is good-looking, the DualShock 4 is light and using it feels good, Remote Play can reliably handle even action …
Read More »Witcher 3 delay won’t hold up Cyberpunk 2077
The freshly announced delay for CD Projekt’s The Witcher 3 shouldn’t worry those with an eye on Cyberpunk 2077, the dev has said. The upcoming medieval RPG was on Tuesday pushed back from late 2014 to February 2015. "Cyberpunk 2077 is developed by a separate team within CD Projekt Red, …
Read More »The Amazing Spider-Man 2 dated, priced for India
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 will release in India on 29th April, Activision’s Indian distributor, World Wide CD ROMs has announced. The game will release in India on PS4 for Rs 3,499, as well as on PS3 and Xbox 360 for Rs 2,999. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 game has an alternative …
Read More »GAME details Titanfall launch events
GAME will be holding a number of midnight launches to celebrate the release of Titanfall. 216 shops are to hold launch events tonight for EA’s blockbuster shooter. We’re really excited for the debut of Titanfall – last year’s demo at E3 made a huge impact and gamers have been waiting …
Read More »Titanfall wasn’t originally planned for Xbox One
Respawn has admitted that next-gen wasn’t an original element of the Titanfall plan. "Originally we weren’t planning on an Xbox One version of the game,” Respawn lead engineer Richard Baker told Eurogamer. I’m certain that having an Xbox One version has made our PC version much better – it justified …
Read More »Video: Unreal Engine 4 lights up on Firefox
Epic showcases its game development powerhouse running ‘near-natively’ on a web browser
Read More »Pure Chess dated for Wii U and 3DS; Features smartphone cross-play
Ripstone has confirmed that Pure Chess will be available on the Nintendo eShop later this month. The game launches on the Wii U and 3DS digital stores on March 20th with a price tag of 4.99. The title also features a cross-platform play system that allows 3DS and Wii U …
Read More »The Last Guardian still "absolutely in the mix"
Sony Studios’ Scott Rohde has given the strongest hint yet that The Last Guardian very much lives on. We’re not going to announce what platform it’s coming on, who’s working on it or who’s involved,” he told IGN. But that is still a title that’s absolutely in the mix at …
Read More »The Last of Us claims five awards at games BAFTAs
Sony’s PS3 action title The Last of Us was the big winner at last night’s BAFTA Games Awards. The Naughty Dog game won five awards, including Game of the Year. Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto 5 claimed three gongs, including best British Game. Creators Dan and Sam Houser also put in …
Read More »Kotaku invades UK
Kotaku UK will be launched by Future in a matter of weeks. The popular and controversial US website already attracts 1.1m UK users every month. Future says that adding the site to its portfolio automatically makes it the second biggest online games media firm in the UK with 3.3m monthly …
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