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Nintendo has promised to do better” at E3 next year following the angry reaction from many fans to last night’s showing. Thank you for watching,” Nintendo president and CEO Satoru Iwata said on Twitter, as translated by one user. We take opinions of this year’s Digital Event seriously and will …

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The HD upgrade of Xbox 360 title Gears of War is coming to PC, too. That’s according to Gears 4 developer The Coalition studio head Rod Fergusson, speaking at the PC Gaming Show. Gears of War Ultimate Edition was announced for Xbox One at Microsoft’s media briefing. It had been …

The free-running hero of Mirror’s Edge Catalyst will taking a completely hands-on approach to combat, it seems. Faith was able to utilise various firearms in the original game in the series, 2008’s Mirror’s Edge – despite players being encouraged to punch and kick their way out of encounters. The gunplay’s …

Nintendo is working alongside Platinum Games to make Star Fox Zero. The developer’s director Yusuke Hashimoto joined Nintendo’s Miyamoto to show off the game at a press event at E3 earlier. The Japanese developer has been very busy, it seems. Not only is it working on this title, it is …

It might’ve been a staple of Sony’s E3 conferences for the past two years, but expansive sci-fi title No Man’s Sky has now been confirmed for PC. Taking the stage at the PC Gaming Show at E3, Hello Games founder Sean Murray to answer a long-running question over whether the …

The next Tony Hawk’s skating game has been given a September release date. The title will be hitting PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on September 29th, while the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 SKUs are yet to be dated, but are set for release this year. That’s according to a …

One of the most popular horror movie franchises of all time is getting its own virtual reality spin-off video game. Paranormal Activity VR is currently in development by VRWerx, a division of Beast Media Group set up to focus solely on virtual reality experiences. Details on the game are currently …

Publisher Perfect World has revealed Torchlight Mobile, a new entry in Runic Games’ popular action RPG franchise in the works for mobile platforms. Between Torchlight and its sequel, the series has seen release on PC, Mac, Linux and Xbox 360 to date – and now Runic and Perfect World are …

eSports organization Super League Gaming has announced plans for its upcoming summer tour, which will feature casual and competitive Minecraft sessions in movie theaters across US cities. Engadget reports on the freshly released schedule of events for Super League’s inaugural season, as it aims to capture the games arcade atmosphere …