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Sony’s PlayStation 4 survival horror title Until Dawn will be coming to stores in August. The title from UK developer Supermassive will be out on August 28th. Until Dawn was originally announced for the PlayStation 3 at Gamescom 2012, and was originally set to feature Move support. Little was heard …
Read More »Project CARS Wii U release looking unlikely
It’s starting to look unlikely that the Wii U version of Project CARS will ever be released. Taking to the developer Slightly Mad Studios’ own forums, studio head Ian Bell said that the Wii U SKU was running at 23 frames per second at 720p. Bell also said it was …
Read More »Minecraft once again dominates App Store charts
Mojang’s blockbuster game Minecraft continues to take the top position in both of the iOS charts. It is ahead of Snowman’s Alto’s Adventure, which takes second place in the iPhone and iPad Top Ten. Meanwhile, Heads Up continues to perform well in the iPhone chart, taking third place, while 505 …
Read More »The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt takes the top spot, is the biggest launch of the year to date
It’s been an impressive month for Japanese publisher Bandai Namco as it takes its third No.1 in as many weeks with The Witcher 3. The action RPG by CD Projekt RED smashed the Week One sell-through of Battlefield Hardline by 53 per cent, making it the biggest launch of the …
Read More »2K is teasing a new sci-fi game called Advent
The Borderlands and BioShock publisher has started promotion for a new sci-fi release entitled Advent. 2K Games has opened a website for the title, which can be found here, featuring an advert for Advent Administration claiming the company is ‘building a brighter future’. The publisher is also teasing information on …
Read More »F1 2015 pushed back until July
The release of F1 2015 has fallen back one month. Codemasters’ racing title will now be coming out on July 10th, falling out of its previously-announed June release window. This is still much earlier in the F1 racing season than last year’s F1 2014, which came out in October. Speaking …
Read More »Lizard Squad member pleads guilty to 23 charges
A 17-year-old member of hacker group Lizard Squad has pleaded guilty to 23 charges, including swatting. This is as reported by local Canadian news publication Tri-city News – and spotted by Ars Technica. The teenager can’t be identified because of his age, but has admitted to crimes including extortion, public …
Read More »Playtonic on the hunt for new talent
'We want to do our bit for the young bloods from university. People who are really eager and haven’t got a position in the industry'
Read More »24/7 eSports channel incoming from streaming firm DingIt
New live-streaming service DingIt says it will launch a 24/7 eSports streaming channel. The Twitch rival launched in February of this year, and the firm says it has already grown its user base from 7,000 to over 100,000 in two months. We have about 250,000 broadcasters on board and had …
Read More »Dan Marshall’s great indie Swindle
Dan Marshall is one of the longest-serving members of the UK indie community, and one of its most renowned names. Initially a bedroom hobbyist coder behind the likes of PC indie games ‘Time Gentleman, Please’, and ‘Ben There, Dan That’, Marshall rose to prominence when he was commissioned by Channel …
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