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Read More »Nintendo ditches 3D with new 2DS handheld
Cheaper portable console to launch on October 12th
Read More »Smartphone app can remotely turn on PS4s for downloads
Sony’s president of Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida has confirmed an interesting bit of functionality for PS4. Speaking on Twitter, the exec revealed that consumers who buy a PS4 title using the corresponding smartphone app can remotely prompt their PS4 consoles to turn on and download the game. The machine will …
Read More »A broader future for CCP’s EVE Online universe
It’s an unwritten rule that all articles about Eve Online must start by waxing lyrical about ‘real stories’ from the game’s universe. We’ve all heard them. The space battles that saw more than 4,000 players fighting simultaneously. The fleet that ambushed and destroyed a Titan, the devastating battleship that takes …
Read More »UPDATED: Suspicions surround Kickstarted Ouya exclusive Gridiron Thunder
The first two titles to qualify for Ouya’s Kickstarter funding promotion have been greenlit – although controversy has since enveloped one of the games. Both Sam Chandola’s Elementary, My Dear Holmes and MogoTXT’s Gridiron Thunder have hit their Kickstarter goals and pledged Ouya exclusivity. This means they qualify for Ouya’s …
Read More »Xbox One shipment forecasts lowered due to poor yields – report
Microsoft has allegedly lowered its Xbox One shipment forecasts, according to a Chinese news website. Digitimes reports that the platform holder has lowered its 7m unit shipment forecast for 2013 to 6.2m units due to poor yield rates of the device’s camera module, optical disc drive and related assembly”. Yield …
Read More »Vita version of Rayman Legends delayed until September
Ubisoft has announced a delay to Rayman Legends on Sony’s PlayStation Vita. The game was due to arrive on the handheld alongside Xbox 360, PS3, PC and Wii U this Friday (August 30th). However, a Ubisoft rep has confirmed to Pocket Gamer that the Vita SKU will now not land …
Read More »Last call for GDC 14 submissions
Deadline for Main Conference proposals is this Thursday
Read More »Microsoft blames Kinect localisation, and not supply constraints, for Xbox One delays
The complexities behind localising Kinect for numerous languages are causing Xbox one launch delays across eight European territories, Microsoft has claimed. It was recently announced that The Xbox One’s launch has been delayed in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden and Switzerland. Speaking to OXM, the firm’s head of …
Read More »Precursor promises to persevere with Shadow of the Eternals
Two failed crowdfunding attempts haven’t stopped studio Precursor Games from pursuing its efforts to make and release ‘spiritual’ Eternal Darkness successor Shadow of the Eternals. The game recently saw its second Kickstarter attempt fall short of its $750k target by over $425k. But as predicted by MCV just last week, …
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