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The Witcher 3 has sold nearly 10m copies and launched on PC without any in-built anti-piracy measures. Which should tell you something, Marcin Iwinski argues. Kotaku reports that the co-founder of developer CD Projekt and retailer GOG told an audience at InfoShare 2016 last month that winning favour with pirates …
Read More »Rise of the Tomb Raider has a PS4 release date
PS4 owners’ wait for Rise of the Tomb Raider will soon be over. The current Xbox and PC exclusive will be released on PS4 on October 11th, and will complete with some new virtual reality content for PlayStation VR. Furthermore, developer Crystal Dynamics has promised that the PS4 edition will …
Read More »Pokemon Go hits Japan tomorrow, along with McDonalds partnership – report
The wait for the Japanese launch of Pokemon Go is going to be a lot shorter than feared, if new reports are correct. TechCrunch reckons that the world-conquering app will actually hit Japan tomorrow (July 20th). The news may make current users nervous about server stability, especially since the game …
Read More »Pokemon Go sets Tokyo stock record, gobbles up mobile revenue share
The unexpected scale of the success of Pokemon Go has claimed another record. Bloomberg reports that last Friday (July 15th), Nintendo became the most traded stock by value (476bn) in a single day in Tokyo stock exchange history. In doing so it beat the likes of Tokyo Electric, SoftBank and …
Read More »Visceral’s Star Wars game is aiming for ‘swash-buckling charm’
The creative director of EA and Visceral Games’ Star Wars action title has likened it to the Uncharted series. Amy Hennig, who previously worked on the Uncharted series, offered some insight into the project at a panel at this weekend’s Star Wars Celebration, as reported by GameSpot. "The process that …
Read More »Microsoft confirms August 2nd launch for 2TB Xbox One S
The Xbox One S will debut on August 2nd, Microsoft has now confirmed. That day will only see the launch of the most expensive version, however – the 350 2TB SKU. There’s no word yet on the launch dates of either the 300 1TB model or the 250 500GB machine. …
Read More »Server issues hold off Pokemon Go’s Japanese launch
The birthplace of Pokemon is still waiting for the biggest release in the series to arrive at its homeland. Having launched in the US earlier this month and in the UK and much of Europe last week, there’s still no firm indication when Pokemon Go will celebrate its Japanese launch. …
Read More »Trials of Tatooine arriving on HTC Vive today for free
The Force is strong with this one. Back in March, ILM revealed an upcoming Star Wars virtual reality experience called Trials of Tatooine that would, for the first time, actually give folk the chance to swoosh about a lightsaber in a virtual world. Will is pretty much all we’ve ever …
Read More »Hackers claim they took down Pokemon Go servers
Did you have trouble trying to get Pokemon Go to work over the blistering hot UK weekend? You weren’t alone. Many users struggled to access the game at various points across Friday and Saturday, and while service was largely restored on Sunday, connectivity to the game’s servers remained a little …
Read More »Microsoft explains ReCore’s lower Xbox One price point
ReCore has a $40 RRP in the US – that’s some way short from what you might expect for a first party triple-A title. Xbox marketing manager has on the TXR Podcast, as reported by GameSpot, cited a number of factors for the decision – including the fact it is …
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