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Capcom has slapped a release date on the Vita version of Street Fighter X Tekken, sharing a few details on what Sony’s handheld will specifically bring to the port as well. Street Fighter X Tekken Vita hits on October 23rd, a little over six months after the launch of the …
Read More »The Last Story gets a North American release date at last
Xseed has announced The Last Story will finally launch in North America. The action RPG is set to arrive August 14th on Wii for $49.99, the publisher toldIGN. It released in Europe some six months ago, and has been out for well over a year in Japan. Pre-order is available …
Read More »Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD announced for PC
A PC release announcement for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD has been provided courtesy of Activision. The downloadable title will be making its way onto PC ‘a few weeks’ after its launch on XBLA to kick of Microsoft’s Summer of Arcade promo. Meanwhile the PS3 release on PSN is still …
Read More »The Witcher franchise surpasses 4m units sold
The Witcher franchise has sold over 4m units across all platforms, developer CD Projekt Red has announced. The number was reached based on combined sales of The Witcher on PC and Mac and The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings on PC and Xbox 360. "I’m still amazed with the result …
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Read More »Sub-$100 Android-based console reaches Kickstarter goal
A proposed console based on the Android operating system with a price of under $100 could soon be a reality. A new start-up developing the Ouya console has already secured private funding, but sought an additional $950,000 via crowd-funding site Kickstarter. It reached its goal in just eight hours, and …
Read More »Counter-Strike: Global Offensive part of PSN Play 2012 promotion
PlayStation Pub Fund title Papo & Yo will finally see the light of day this August as part of the PlayStation Network Play 2012 promotion. The PSN-only puzzle-platformer will be accompanied in the promotion by three other new releases – movie tie-in The Expendables 2: The Video Game; long awaited …
Read More »Indies inspire Valve team structure
Develop Conference: 'These mod devs are able to iterate and ship straight away', if we can't do that we'll lose'
Read More »Sony rejected EyeToy Kama Sutra pitch
EyeToy Kama Sutra could have been a notable addition to Sony’s PS2 library – had the platform holder known how to go about QA testing it. "There was a genuine pitch from a developer who pitched EyeToy Kama Sutra,” SCE producer Pete Smith told Eurogamer. Seriously, this was a genuine …
Read More »Valve has "no plans to change" despite Euro ruling
Steam will not introduce any functionality to allow gamers to sell on products they buy digitally, it has said. We don’t have any plans to change,” was the stark response given (twice) to PCGamesN by Valve’s business development director Jason Holtman. The comments come following last week’s revelation that the …
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