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The Halo franchise is set to branch out into the free-to-play market, as 343 Industries has announced Halo Online for exclusive release in Russia on Windows PC. A new post on Halo Waypoint reveals that the game is currently in closed beta in the territory, and like Call of Duty …

Social experiment-meets-endurance test Twitch Plays Pokmon has finally completed its Pokdex, a year after it first went live. Launched back in February 2014, the live Twitch broadcast allowed viewers to input commands into a modified version of 1996 Game Boy title Pokmon Red. The stream, which attracted over 121,000 simultaneous …

Capcom’s Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition has been dated. Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition will be headed to PS4, Xbox One and PC this summer. This version of the hack and slash classic comes with a slew of graphical and gameplay additions. In addition to the two playable …

Both free and paid updates will continue to be delivered to online shooter Payday 2 for a further two years. That’s as a result of the recent deal that saw 505 Games parent Digital Bros acquire a stake in Payday developer Starbreeze, part of which saw around $15m invested directly …

2K Games title Borderlands 2 has now sold over 12m units since its release in September 2012. It was announced in February of last year that the game had sold 8.5m units, making it 2K’s best ever selling title. The number was confirmed by the boss of its developer Gearbox, …

The commoditisation of consumers has been perfectly illustrated by disturbing news concerning the bankruptcy of RadioShack in the US. Bloomberg reports that up for auction are a number of the company’s assets – one of which is the names, emails, phone numbers, addresses and shopping habits of some 117m former …

Batman: Arkham Knight will be a digital-only release on PC, retailer ShopTo has said. The editor of ShopTo’s editorial side claims that the company has been told by a supplier that the game is no longer scheduled for a physical release on the format. It’s not known, if true, whether …

Last week’s Japanese retail charts resembled a bygone era, as the latest Final Fantasy and Resident Evil instalments topped the rankings. According to the latest data from Famitsu, the remastered PS4 edition of Final Fantasy Type-0, which was originally released on PSP exclusively in Japan back in 2011, was crowned …

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Sony will roll out its 2.50 PS4 firmware update tomorrow (March 26th) ahead of Friday’s release of exclusive From Software title Bloodborne. Chief among the new features is the ability to suspend and resume games immediately on power-up, without the need to reload the title between game sessions. SharePlay and …