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The Last Guardian is both the game everyone’s been waiting for and the game no one ever expected to arrive – much like Half Life 3. The title began its development journey in 2007 and was announced by Sony at E3 2009 as the game which would demonstrate everything the …
Read More »Xbox: It’s been a challenging year for UK games market
Platform holder Xbox has said that 2016 has been a mixed year for the games market. UK marketing boss Harvey Eagle said that the performance of this year’s releases has varied wildly. A number of titles, including Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Titanfall 2, Watch Dogs 2 and Dishonored 2 …
Read More »Capcom targets 4m Day One sales for Resident Evil 7
Publisher Capcom has said that Resident Evil 7 will be its biggest launch on the current generation of hardware. Speaking to MCV, EMEA marketing director Antoine Molant said that the firm’s ambition is to sell 4m units in its first day on shelves worldwide. The exec cites strong pre-orders for …
Read More »Vivendi increases stake in Ubisoft to over 25%
Vivendi upped its stake in Ubisoft this week, exceeding the 25 per cent legal threshold of the company’s share capital. According to the official press release on Vivendi’s website, the company increased its share capital in Ubisoft to 25.15 per cent on December 7th, and increased its voting rights to …
Read More »DoomRL creator makes free roguelike open-source to try and counter Zenimax legal threat
"I planned to release the source code of DoomRL as a "thank you" after a successful Jupiter Hell Kickstarter, but ZeniMax forced my hand."
Read More »Tech giants join together to create Global Virtual Reality Association
Facebook's Oculus, Google, HTC, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Samsung and Acer all involved
Read More »Vivendi’s slow acquisition of Ubisoft shares continues, as their stake passes 25%
Vivendi will be required under French law to make an offer for the company when they hit 30%
Read More »Sega and PQube talk retro gaming, Nintendo Classic Mini and Sega Classic Mega Drive
To say that retro is a growing trend in the games industry would be an understatement. Since the launch of Nintendo’s NES Classic Mini on November 11th particularly, gaming websites have been filled with features about retro gaming, with headlines ranging from where to find a NES Classic Mini – …
Read More »Sony’s Black Friday PS4 discount deal is returning to the US
$50 will once again be shaved off the price of PS4 in the US. Sony has announced that its $250 Black Friday bundle, which offered a 500GB slim console and copy of Uncharted 4, will be rolled out again this weekend and stay on shelves until Christmas Eve. We first …
Read More »Sony confirms PaRappa the Rapper and more for mobile
A number of PlayStation IPs have been confirmed for mobile release by Sony. The platform holder is following Nintendo’s lead by bringing some of its properties to Apple and Android smartphones following its previous failed attempts to restrict mobile versions of its games to a small line of Sony Ericsson …
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