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Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 won’t feature the rain effect or any Spanish stadiums, both for very different reasons. The omission of rain, as European community manager Adam Bhatti puts it, was down to the game being rebuilt from scratch, and the team therefore not having the time to include the …

With a little less than a month to go before its release, the battle to win FIFA 14 mindshare appears to have begun. GameStop.co.uk has revealed a similar trade-in scheme to that it is running for Grand Theft Auto V. Punters who lay down 39.97 on a copy of FIFA …

Konami has confirmed a couple of features that won’t make it into the extremely promising looking PES 2014. Chief amongst them is the omission of rain. Rain has not been implemented for 2014 as we had to overhaul the whole game and build it from scratch,” a memo posted by …

Nintendo now has three options for those looking to buy into the 3DS family – and this chart explains it all very clearly. The freshly announced (and arguably confusingly branded?) 2DS is your entry-level model. It costs 109 (expect that to translate to around 100 everywhere very shortly), lacks 3D …

Poor yield rates are not dogging production of the Xbox One, Microsoft has claimed. A report yesterday stemming from China claimed that the company had lowered its 2013 Xbox One shipment forecasts due to low yields of components such as the Kinect camera and optical disc drive. Not so, according …

Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has delivered his verdict over the PS4 and Xbox One software launch line-ups. And this is it: Meh”. In fact, he reckons that the Wii U has a better line-up this Christmas. It’s all about the games. The competitive systems have announced their launch …

Nintendo has cut the trade price of Wii U, with retailers knocking around 30 off the RRP. The price reduction does not take effect until October 4th, and seeing as many UK retailers have already cut as much 100 off the recommended price, it is unlikely to make a huge …

Future Publishing has opened voting for this year’s Golden Joystick Awards – and it’s indie smash hit Hotline Miami that could clean up. The retro-style top down shooter has won nominations in six categories, including Game of the Year, Best Indie Game and Best Newcomer. It outperforms all other games, …

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