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EA has kicked off this year’s E3 press conference in style, teasing the next Mass Effect game. Set to jaunty country music, the short trailer showed an armor-clad figure flicking between planets. They were then catapulted through a wormhole, before turning to reveal the iconic N7 logo on their armor. …

Latest entry in blockbuster franchise slated for release in holiday 2016

Bandai Namco has finally confirmed the recent leaks – Dark Sous III is on the way and will be with us in early” 2016. Despite previous rumours, it will be making its way to PC – as well as PS4 and Xbox One. It is also described by the publisher …

The best line-up in Xbox history”. That was the promise Microsoft made in the run-up to E3 2015, and it’s hard to argue that it failed to deliver. At this stage last year I was trying to look at the positives of what was ultimately a lukewarm E3 2014 from …

Rod Fergusson introduces next entry in the series, plus remastered edition of original Gears of War

Gears of War is getting somewhat of a rebrand for its latest instalment. Simply titled ‘Gears 4’, the new title concluded Microsoft’s E3 press conference with a sneak peek at its gameplay. The lengthy gameplay trailer showed off Gears’ mix of cover-based shooting, brutal melee and what appears to be …

But no details given on what partnership entails

There’s a new version of Minecraft on the way made specifically for Hololens. Although the gameplay differences between the new version and the original aren’t clear, the benefits of the Hololens tech certainly are. The user is able to move the game from surface to surface. In a particularly impressive …

Microsoft is looking to dominate the VR space on console. Taking to the stage, head of Microsoft Studios Kudo Tsunoda said that the firm has undertaken a partnership with Valve. That said, it didn’t really give any details about said partnership. This is on top of its deal with Oculus …

Shared world pirate adventure game is “by far the most ambitious game Rare has ever created”