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After years of being partnered with Xbox, and being shown off on-stage at its E3 conference, Call of Duty has defected to PlayStation. Mark Lamia from Treyarch showed off the latest entry in the series, Black Ops III, at Sony’s media briefing. Lamia showed footage from the game’s campaign, featuring …

It’s been a big day for gaming fans, with The Last Guardian and a remake of Final Fantasy VII being shown on Sony’s stage. But Shenmue 3 is also in the works, with series creator Yu Suzuki taking to the stage at Sony’s E3 media briefing to announce that he …

After years of speculation, it seems that Square Enix are finally remastering Final Fantasy 7 for PS4. An updated version of the previously-released PC port of the 1997 RPG was teased for the console at last year’s PlayStation Experience. Now it seems that a more full-bodied remake is coming, simply …

The long-awaited update of the series’ most successful title is finally coming. No, seriously.

Clamour for sequel crashes crowdfunding website

The next round of Destiny DLC will be coming to digital stores one year after the game launched last September. On September 15th, The Taken King will be released, first on PlayStation 4. PlayStation’s dev relations boss Adam Boyes said that the DLC comes with a slew of new strike, …

Campo Santo’s story-driven survival title Firewatch is making its console debut on PlayStation 4. The title casts players as a firewatch men in the Wyoming bush in 1989. Gamers’ only companion is your colleague, who provides support on a walkie-talkie. And it’s coming first to PlayStation 4. It’s already out …

Media Molecule is once again allowing players to let their imaginations run wild. Dreams is described as the ‘next step’ in the studio’s creative gameplay introduced and evolved by LittleBigPlanet and Tearaway. In a similar manner to LittleBigPlanet’s world of user-created levels, the new IP will feature a ‘Dreamiverse’, where …

Game to focus on user-generated content

Hello Games’ Sean Murray showed off the firm’s impressive sci-fi title No Man’s Sky at this year’s Sony E3 media briefing. Murray showed the audience just how big the universe of No Man’s Sky really is – and it is enormous. In addition, we were given an indication of how …