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Developer collaborating with The Coalition

Despite being described upon its unveiling as the final episode”, Dark Souls III does not in fact mark an end to the action RPG series. It might, however, mark a change for From Software as it’s the last title that went into development before Dark Souls creator Hidetaka Miyazaki was …

Spaceship-building simulator Kerbal Space Program is coming to PS4. That’s according to the title’s developers Squad, who took to Twitter to announce that the previously PC-only release would be coming to Sony’s hardware. At its PlayStation Latin America event, Sony said that the title would be launching in 2016. Kerbal …

The $2.9 million crowdfunding campaign for Shenmue 3 isn’t the only thing driving the project to reality. The long-awaited third entry in the epic Dreamcast franchise was a big surprise at Sony’s E3 press conference earlier this week, where the platform holder revealed the launch of a Kickstarter for the …

Bayonetta 2 dev helping Shigeru Miyamoto with series' return

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 …

Exec on the ‘profound’ advantages of having 3,000 employees working on the same game engines

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 …