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Much of the gaming fandom can get quite obsessive with framerates, but one upcoming next-gen title is deliberately avoiding the magical 60 frames per second target. The director of Ready At Dawn’s in-development The Order: 1886 has said his team has chosen 30fps because the fell it offers compliments the …

EA has posted a new Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare image that hints at a PlayStation version for PopCap’s third-person shooter. The image (pictured) – posted to EA’s Twitter account earlier this week – seems an obvious tribute to Sony’s Sly Cooper. EA has yet to officially announce anything regarding …

The Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition Halo Mash-up Pack is scheduled to arrive today via the Xbox Games Store, Microsoft has announced. A post on Xbox Wire details the new $3.99 DLC, which packs a Halo-themed texture set, UI options, and Halo items for crafting. The content drop brings 40 Halo …

Journey developer Thatgamecompany has raised $7m in funding for its next game, the independent studio has announced. The company posted the news on its website, revealing that it has partnered with investment-team Capitol Today to fund its upcoming release. We are proud to share the news today that our studio …

EA has officially announced the next game in its Battlefield series. As rumoured yesterday, it’s called Battlefield Hardline. It’s out this autumn and is set against the backdrop of a genre we all love – the war on crime and the battle between cops and criminals”. It’s a change of …

21 year-old Patrick Mazzolo won the $10,000 grand prize in the Battlefield Film Challenge. EA’s competition challenged budding filmmakers to create two to five minute videos inspired by the Battlefield series. Mazzolo won for his short film, Battlefield: Take Point. Five finalists were flown to Bondi Pavilion in Sydney where …

The previously announced upgraded version of 1990 Famicom title and 2006 DS remake Final Fantasy III has arrived on Steam. The game’s Windows PC release – revealed earlier this month by publisher Square Enix – is available now via Valve’s digital distribution platform for $15.99. The new version specifically packs …

Rumours that the next Battlefield title will ditch the military in favour of a police-based setting have intensified with the discovery of new assets. CVG reports that fansites have unearthed a host of details tucked away on EA’s Battlelog servers which point to a title named Battlefield: Hardline that is …

Bethesda has delayed the release of Shinji Mikami’s The Evil Within. The game has been due out on PS4, Xbox One, PS3, 360 and PC in Europe on August 29th. It will now arrive on October 24th. It will release in America on October 21st and Australia on October 23rd. …

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