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Sony is once again altering the cover art for PS3 games. As spotted by IGN, the blue makeover was revealed via the box for Tecmo Koei’s Deception IV. Sony has since confirmed that all PS3 games will from this point boast the same look. This means that PS4, PS4 and …
Read More »South Park: The Stick of Truth debuts at No.1
The industry this morning is totally respecting the authoritah of Ubisoft’s South Park: The Stick of Truth after it claimed the charts top spot. The Obsidian-developed title is the first RPG to debut at No.1 in the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 since 2013’s Ni No Kuni: Wrath …
Read More »Rovio reveals new medieval-themed Angry Birds
Rovio has unveiled a new addition to the Angry Birds franchise, releasing a short medieval-themed video teasing the new effort. The video (embedded below) shows one of the birds in a full suit of armor, with the YouTube description adding: Perhaps the most Epic soft launch ever – whatever that …
Read More »Microsoft promotes Xbox Live data as source for political ads – report
US Xbox 360 and Xbox One owners could soon see political advertisements appearing on the Xbox Live dashboard, according to a new report. The Washington Post reports Microsoft representatives were spotted handing out promo materials during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference earlier this month in Washington DC. The distributed …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: March 2-8
South Park: The Stick of Truth has emerged the victor for Steam’s latest weekly sales chart, beating out DayZ and Banished for the top spot. Ubisoft’s RPG based on the long-running cartoon benefited from its launch last week, but had been a list regular for the past month or two …
Read More »Watch Dogs’ producer explains the delay
Senior producer Dominic Guay confesses that the game 'could have shipped'
Read More »GameStop reveals Watch Dogs trade-in discount deal
It’s a brave new next-gen world out there, and with it comes a new era in higher-price trade-in prices. GameStop has revealed a part-exchange offer for the PS4 and Xbox One versions of Watch Dogs, but the retailer is asking for an unusually high 14.97 from interested punters. To take …
Read More »Mobile games: golden age idealism or gold rush cynicism?
Everyplay evangelist Oscar Clark discusses whether free-to-play is generating a golden age of game design
Read More »EA’s Jorgensen thinks pre-Christmas current-gen price cut is unlikely
Don’t expect to see Sony and Microsoft dropping the price of PS3 and Xbox 360 this side of Christmas. That’s according to EA’s chief financial officer Blake Jorgensen, who as reported by GameSpot told the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media, & Technology conference that: "At some point [Microsoft and Sony] will …
Read More »Xbox One controller requires separate update for stereo headset adapter
Those intending to use Microsoft’s new stereo headset with their Xbox One will have to go through the unusual process of updating their controller’s firmware. Fortunately it’s a relatively painless process that should take less than five minutes in total. The required software arrived last week alongside Xbox One’s second …
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