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The sequel to soul-crushingly hard RPG Dark Souls was announced at the Video Game Awards. Dark Souls 2 will be developed by From Software and publisher Namco Bandai has promised that it will offer fans exactly the kind of demanding challenges and never-ending struggle that became the hallmark of this …
Read More »Mysterious reveal for The Phantom Pain; possible Metal Gear title
A mysterious trailer for The Phantom Pain at the Video Game Awards has raised lots of questions, but given few answers. Firstly, the central character in the trailer, whose face is never properly revealed, bears a striking resemblance to Metal Gear Solid hero Solid Snake, and the character is also …
Read More »The Last of Us release date announced, multiplayer confirmed
At the recent Video Game Awards, Naughty Dog showed of a new trailer for The Last of Us, which ended with a long-awaited announcement of the game’s release date. The new trailer showed new characters, environments and gameplay elements such as horse-back riding, and teased a few plot details as …
Read More »Cloud gaming service Playcast plans Q1 2013 launch in US
Television channel-based cloud gaming service Playcast will launch in the US early next year for set-top boxes, tablets, smartphones, and PCs. The company is currently in talks with game publishers including Activision, THQ, Warner Bros., and Telltale Games ahead of its leap into the states during Q1 2013, according to …
Read More »Journey composer sees games as music’s ‘Wild West’
Journey composer Austin Wintory feels privileged to work in a medium that he believes is a ‘Wild West’ for musicians. Wintory’s score for Thatgamecompany’s award-winning title is the first full game soundtrack to receive a Grammy nod – a development that wasn’t lost on Christopher Tin, whose Civilization IV track …
Read More »Valve tested Dota 2 on tablets, determined technology not there yet
Valve wants to bring Dota 2 to tablets, but the existing tech won’t allow for it quite yet. Speaking with Kotaku at the VGAs last week, Valve boss Gabe Newell revealed the potential port when asked about any interesting software projects in the works. "We were working on getting Dota …
Read More »The Phantom Pain PR master class
Few game IPs command as loyal a following as Metal Gear Solid – and Konami knows this all too well. So when a trailer for a supposedly new IP was premiered at the VGAs last week, whomever was behind it knew that eagle-eyed gamers would do the rest. And what …
Read More »End of Nations dev confirms 19 layoffs
Petroglyph to continue working on new titles through 2014
Read More »Pokédex for iOS arrives… for £17.45
The Pokmon Company International has today confirmed the release of Pokdex for iOS. Described as an illustrated encyclopaedia of more than 640 Pokmon characters”, the app offers a ton of detail about the virtual critters including where they can be found and how best to evolve them. The initial download …
Read More »The Last of Us gets May 2013 release date
Sony has at last dated upcoming PS3 exclusive The Last of Us. As confirmed at the end of the game’s VGA trailer, the adventure title will be with us on May 7th. Being a Tuesday, that’s likely a US launch date with a possible European release on May 10th. The …
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