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The latest entry in Sega’s Yakuza series, Yakuza 0 is coming to the West. This was revealed on-stage at PlayStation Experience. No release date for the title has been announced just yet other than ‘2016’. The title launched in Japan on March 12th this year. In addition, a Western port …

Double Fine is continuing its recent trend of remastering its classic titles for PlayStation. The firm is giving its title Full Throttle the remaster treatment. The title will be hitting PS4 and Vita. This follows the developer bringing Grim Fandango to those platforms earlier this year. The firm is also …

The last launch character for Street Fighter V has been revealed at PlayStation Experience. Game producerYoshinoriOno announced that the last brawler for the fighting title would be FANG. He also joked that this was the first character announcement that he not been leaked ahead of launch. He also revealed the …

PlayStation US boss Shawn Layden took to the stage at the PlayStation Experience to show off more footage of the remake of Final Fantasy VII. The long-rumoured title was announced during the platform holder’s E3 conference to much fanfare. The game features a more active battle system, similar to that …

In just fifteen minutes time, Sony will be taking to the stage at its San Francisco expo PlayStation Experience. The conference starts at 6pm GMT, with PlayStation set to make some pretty huge announcements. This is the firm’s second PlayStation Experience – the expo debuted last year to celebrate 20 …

Developer Yacht Club Games has announced a December 11th release for the Shovel Knight figure in Europe. However, it won’t be hitting North America until January 8th. It will be priced at 10.99 and $12.99 respectively. It was an agonizing decision, as production difficulties forced us to choose between rushing …

David Cage's studio denies lightening Arabs' skin colour in PS4 remaster

VR adaptation adopts a first-person view similar to that of rival Guitar Hero Live

Basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal showed up last night’s The Game Awards to show some new footage from his game, Shaq-Fu: A Legend Reborn. The video features around ten seconds of gameplay. Original developer Big Deez Productions is absent from the trailer, with Saber Interactive being listed as the developer. That …

The developer of PlayStation title Beyond: Two Souls has strongly denied accusations the some dark-skinned characters have had their skin tone deliberately lightened in the game’s PS4 version. Eurogamer yesterday noted that some of the characters featured in a level set in a Saudi Arabian embassy appeared to have notably …