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PlayStation Plus has suddenly become exponentially more enticing for Japanese Vita owners. An existing program called UMD Passport offers Vita owners the chance to carry over their compatible PSP games to Vita for a discounted price. However, Siliconera reports thatfrom September 17th PlayStation Plus subscribers will be offered access to …

Volition’s creative director Steve Jaros has said that Anita Sarkeesian was right to criticise the Saints Row games in her latest video. A video released last week examined the link between violence and sexualised female imagery in a host of games including Saints Row. Jaros linked to the video on …

Pro player Ryan Masterson employed by studio to help design updates to popular card game

Metro Redux was the best-selling game at UK retail last week, according to the latest Ukie Games Charts, compiled by GfK Chart-Track. The success of the double-pack re-release of the post-apocalyptic first-person shooter series on PS4, Xbox One and PC means that publisher Deep Silver has scored its first number …

Platform holder moving QA and localisation to outsourcing model

Grand Theft Auto V will still be released for PS4, Xbox One and PC this autumn, Rockstar has said. Rumours that the game has been pushed back to 2015 were doing the rounds last week. There’s not been an official statement or press release on the subject, but Videogamer reports …

Heavenly Sword and Hellblade studio handling combat, villains and Princess Jasmine

Capcom has revealed Resident Evil Revelations 2 at Sony’s pre-Tokyo Game Show conference this morning. The game has been confirmed for PS4 although it seems that a release on Xbox One, PS3 and Xbox 360 also seems likely. It’s also not yet known exactly how the game will connect with …

From Software’s gothic action RPG Bloodborne has been dated for PS4 in Japan. The game will be released on Sony’s system on February 5th. Whether or not the same can be said for the West is of course the big question. From’s most recent release Dark Souls II was released …

Square Enix’s Dragon Quest series is scheduled to make a PS4 debut next year. Spin-off title Dragon Quest: Heroes is slated for both PS4 and PS3 in 2015 and is being developed by Square Enix’s Yuji Horii and Tecmo Koei’s Kou Shibusawa, of Dynasty Warriors fame. There will also be …