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This past weekend’s PlayStation Network beta test for Dark Souls II in North and South America has been rescheduled, thanks mainly in part to participants running into server problems. Joystiq reports that the beta switch for the anticipated sequel was indeed flipped, but multiple issues largely kept PS3 owners with …

Infinity Ward has teased what will apparently be a new mode featuring aliens in Call of Duty: Ghosts. Polygon reports Infinity Ward released a teaser video for Extinction, which shows smoke transform from the title’s skull logo into the face of what would appear to be an alien. The site …

Warner Bros. latest Dark Knight effort Batman: Arkham Origins finished ahead of indie gem The Stanley Parable to grab the top spot on this week’s Steam top ten sellers list. Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 finished behind the pair in third, while Football Manager 2014 grabbed the fourth spot. …

Baird Research analyst Colin Sebastian has predicted that Xbox One will enjoy slightly higher launch window unit sales than its rival PS4. Part of his reasoning is the fact that eBay listings for Xbox One are currently attracting mark-ups in the region of 60 per cent, while PS4 mark-ups are …

Uhrman says cloud gaming could enhance certain games for the microconsole

Optimisation tool allowed Heavy Rain developer to use Sony’s hardware more effectively

Super Mario World HD? Super Mario 64 HD? Such things could happen, according to Nintendo design boss Shigeru Miyamoto. "That’s certainly possible,” he told a reporter panel attended by Polygon when asked if Mario HD remakes are being considered. But most of our developers are working on new games. We …

Low-cost 3D toolkit for entry-level game makers gets its first beta on October 31

New publishing label Marmalade Play has today released an Android racer carrying the Blur name. Blur, lest you forget, was a racer developed by Bizarre Creations and published by Activision on PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2010. Critics were reasonably fond of it, although commercially it was considered a flop. …

The delays to Watch Dogs and DriveClub will not derail the launch of PS4 and Xbox One, UK High Street stores have said. Retailers told MCV that although these delays are disappointing, they have not seen mass cancellations of pre-orders. And they expect both next-gen consoles to be sold out …