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EA is planning to wait and see how well VR performs before it jumps into the virtual reality market. Speaking at UBS Global Technology Conference – as reported by GI.Biz – EA CFO Blake Jorgensen said that the publisher is going to hold off until the VR market reaches a …
Read More »Star Wars Battlefront sequels planned, could cover prequel trilogy
This week’s Star Wars Battlefront is just the start for EA’s rebooted sci-fi shooter series. Speaking at the UBS Global Technology Conference (via GameSpot), the publisher’s CFO Blake Jorgensen said that it had struck a near 10-year deal with Disney to create Star Wars games – and that further Battlefront …
Read More »Margin Makers: Guide to Fallout 4 merchandise
After the record-breaking success of Skyrim, Bethesda returns to the nuclear wasteland for Fallout 4. MCV looks at the merchandise set to make gamers glow green with envy (not radiation) Bethesda is pulling out all the stops in its follow-up to two of the most popular games of the last …
Read More »Fallout 4 release caused dip in Pornhub traffic
Adult video site Pornhub has said that the release of Fallout 4 caused a temporary dip in its traffic. The site told VentureBeat that traffic among its gaming users fell 10 per cent upon the game’s release. Traffic first started falling at around 5am US time on the day of …
Read More »The Banner Saga 2 will miss 2015 release window
The sequel to last year’s hit tactical RPG The Banner Saga won’t make its 2015 release window, Versus Evil has announced. The publisher confirmed the delay toEurogamer, though it didn’t give a reason and wouldn’t state if the game would get a simultaneous release across PC, PS4 and Xbox One …
Read More »‘There’s a reason we’re not calling it Homefront 2’
Homefront is dead; long live Homefront. The 2011 shooter came to market with lofty aspirations, positioned from the off as THQ’s attempt to steal a slice of the market dominated by Battlefield and Call of Duty. It tried to present a more grounded narrative, centred on resistance fighters in a …
Read More »Blood Bowl 2 update accidentally hides free items behind paywall
Focus Home Interactive’s Blood Bowl 2 caused a temporary stir yesterday when a price tag was attached to much of its free content. An update for the game saw a number of free in-game items suddenly vanish and then reappear in the game’s store, complete with a cash price to …
Read More »More ‘pay-to-win’ microtransactions added to Payday 2
Starbreeze studio Overkill has irked players once again with the addition of new gameplay-boosting microtransactions to Payday 2. Destructoid reports that the game’s latest update has added ‘Team Boosts’ which grants cash and XP boosts for players. The effect is increased when more players on a team are using it. …
Read More »Microsoft sees Xbox One controller sales spike in 2015
Microsoft’s first-party controller revenue has shot up by two-thirds during 2015, according to GfK Chart-Track. The news follows the release of the premium Xbox One Elite Controller, which launched in late October for 120 and quickly sold out across the US and UK. Microsoft has said stock will remain in …
Read More »Halo 5 does what it was designed to do – gets Xbox One back on top
The long-awaited arrival of the Master Chief on Xbox One has helped the console achieve a rare monthly win in the US. November has become the second month of 2015 (the other being April) that Xbox One has outsold PS4 in the region. It did so thanks to an 81 …
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