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The discovery of a change to the UK packaging for No Man’s Sky has fuelled the heated conversation about the game’s online functions. Pictures have appeared online of a sticker placed on the rear of the game’s box. It pictures a PEGI 7 logo and violence warning. Removing it reveals …
Read More »Curve Digital to publish Charles Cecil’s The Little Acre
Greenlit adventure title The Little Acre has got itself a publisher, and one of the genre’s top producers. Industry legend Charles Cecil has been signed by Pewter Games as executive producer. Furthermore, Curve Digital will now publish the game, which will be released on PS4, Xbox One and PC later …
Read More »Rime re-emerges as potential multiplatform title
Former PS4 exclusive Rime is back on the horizon. Rime was announced as a Sony published title back at Gamescom 2014. However, the rights to the game were re-acquired by developer Tequila Works earlier this year. Now Six Foot’s Grey Box label has been named as the publisher. Further details …
Read More »Steam release confirmed for Quantum Break
Current Windows 10 exclusive Quantum Break will be released on Steam next month. The game, formerly believed to be an Xbox One exclusive, was announced for PC in February. Back then it was a Windows Store and Windows 10 exclusive. However, Xbox boss Phil Spencer did subsequently say that the …
Read More »No more 2TB Xbox Ones S for now, Microsoft confirms
Those who are yet to put their hands on a 2TB Xbox One S may be out of luck. Reports emerged earlier this week claiming that the launch supply of the hard to find machine may be all we’re getting. GameSpot has now had this confirmed directly from Microsoft. "The …
Read More »Bethesda not keen on Skyrim or Fallout movie adaptations
It doesn’t sound as if Bethesda will be following the likes of Ubisoft, Activision and Sony into the movie sector. Speaking to Finder, Bethesda’s PR and marketing VP Pete Hines was asked about the possibility of turning IP such as Elder Scrolls, Fallout or Dishonored into motion pictures. We get …
Read More »Bill Bailey, Elon Musk, 10m species discoveries – No Man’s Sky is here
One of the most remarkable development stories is at last in the hands of gamers following today’s UK release of No Man’s Sky. The game hit the US yesterday (August 9th) and will arrive on Steam on Friday (August 12th). Hello Games boss Sean Murray has via Twitter this morning …
Read More »Denuvo appears to have been cracked
PC gaming’s brief flirtation with watertight security may already be over. TorrentFreak reports that Denuvo, which had proved so successful that one of China’s biggest hacking groups called it quits altogether, now seems to have been properly cracked wide open. Until now, and despite a few rumours, FIFA 16 stood …
Read More »PlayStation Neo – Sony confirms September 7th event
Remember those rumours of a PlayStation event in New York on September 7th? Sony’s just confirmed it. The platform holder hasn’t explicitly stated that the gathering will be the first public unveiling for the PS4 Neo, but that seems an absolute certainty – especially as the event will be livestreamed. …
Read More »Nintendo takes down Metroid 2 remake
Shock! A fan remake of 1991 Game Boy outing Metroid 2 has been forced offline by rights holder Nintendo. Project AM2R (Another Metroid 2 Remake) arrived at the weekend after some six years of development. The release was designed to tie in with Metroid’s 30th anniversary, which oddly passed without …
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