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Another PlayStation 2 classic is set for release on PS4. 2002 PS2 game PaRappa the Rapper 2 is another game being updated for the PlayStation 4, according to the PlayStation Blogcast 189 (via Gematsu). The game will be available from Tuesday, December 15th. PlayStation 2 games came to the PS4 …

Consumers can now use their Xbox One gamepad with their Windows 7 and 8.1. Previously the Xbox Wireless Adapter – which connects an Xbox One controller to a PC – was to be limited to Windows 10. This announcement comes via Xbox’s Larry Hryb (aka Major Nelson), who revealed on …

Beyond Flesh & Blood studio planning to become publisher

Platform holder designs gamepad device with full LCD or OLED display

The director of the GCHQ, Robert Hannigan, has launched a Picross-style puzzle. In a post on the GCHQ’s website, the organisation says that completing this first puzzle will lead successful participants onto a series of increasingly difficult puzzle. MCV hasn’t the mental capacity to finish said puzzle, but the team …

Cloud computing, streaming, smartphones – there are all sorts of tools one could use to form an argument that this generation of consoles will be the last. Indeed, folk have been saying this since before the release of PS4 and Xbox One. Yet this generation is tracking well ahead of …

Those who pre-order the Oculus Rift will get space shooter Eve: Valkyrie for free. All Rift pre-orders will be bundled with CCP’s space combat game. The title is debuting on Oculus Rift, before coming to PlayStation VR at a later point. Of course, that’s not all that will be coming …

GAME and Multiplay’s Insomnia consumer shows will visit Scotland and Ireland next year. The England-based eSports events have already expanded beyond the Coventry Ricoh Arena and moved to Birmingham NEC. Insomnia Scotland will take place between April 29th and May 1st at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. It will host …

Companies file all sorts of patents, so there’s every chance that this particular device will never see the light of day. However, combined with this week’s networked computing patent, a fresh application from Nintendo could point to yet another big innovation from the platform holder for its next console the …

Former Eidos chief John Kavanagh has joined rising games developer/publisher Pixelbomb Games. The studio is working on PC, PS4 and Xbox One game Beyond Flesh & Blood. Kavanagh’s appointment as MD comes as the firm attempts to become a major UK digital publisher. I’m truly excited to be joining Pixelbomb, …