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A game long ago dubbed as the spiritual successor to GameCube outing Eternal Darkness is amazingly on the verge of yet another comeback. Games journo favourite Denis Dyack has resurfaced once more. No, not as part of Silicon Knights. That closed in 2013. And no, not as part of Precursor …
Read More »Paradox pulls Stellaris mod that removed game’s racial diversity
The makers of PC strategy title Stellaris have taken action against a mod that appeared to push a white supremacist agenda. The mod in question removed the game’s rich mix of cultural and racial characters and replaced them with an all-white cast. Paradox has said that while it was uncomfortable …
Read More »Sony reckons it can sell 20m PS4s this financial year
PS4 exceeded even Sony’s own expectations last year, but the platform holder has predicted that the machine will do even better next year. 17.7m PS4s were sold in Sony’s last financial year, ahead of the 17.5m it had forecast. Now the company has said that PS4 will shift a further …
Read More »Kojima’s new studio inspired by Media Molecule
As well and hunting down a new game engine, Hideo Kojima’s recent world studio tour has also provided the inspiration for the new-look Kojima Productions. Speaking to Eurogamer, Kojima has stressed that he’s keen to get away from the typical Japanese corporate structure and build a studio that more closely …
Read More »Share price tumbles as GAME suffers credit insurance blow
The share price of GAME Digital is currently at its lowest ever point. The stock is currently trading at 81p, having fallen as low as 80p earlier today. GAME was trading for 360p back in December 31st 2014, although it fell below the 100p mark in January of this year. …
Read More »Minecraft’s retail price IS going up
The retail price of Minecraft is being increased in the UK, MCV can confirm. Mojang last week revealed that the price of the Java PC version was being increased in some territories – not including the UK – but gave no indication of price rises elsewhere. However, MCV has obtained …
Read More »Battleborn price dropped as Overwatch arrives worldwide
UK High Street retailers have dropped the price of 2K shooter Battleborn just in time for the arrival of Blizzard’s rival team shooter Overwatch. Supermarkets such as Sainsburys and Tesco have dropped the game to 30. Online retailers such as Amazon, GAME, ShopTo, Gameseek and GameStop have all dropped their …
Read More »Here’s your latest NX rumour – Nintendo is developing a separate handheld system
So widespread is the rumour that Nintendo’s NX will be a hybrid home-handheld device that plenty just presume it to be fact. But fresh chatter online has suggested this is not the case. Twitter stats guru ZhugeEX has linked to a Japanese investor report that makes an interesting claim. It …
Read More »Uncharted 4 set out to introduce strong female characters
Creative director Neil Druckmann has revealed how the Uncharetd 4 development team went about ensuring strong women were represented in the game. When I’m introducing and describing a new character to our lead character concept artist, constantly she will ask, ‘What if it was a girl?’ And I’m like, Oh, …
Read More »‘Final Fantasy Disease’ threatened series’ future, director says
Hajime Tabata, the director of Final Fantasy XV, has admitted that he had a fight on his hands to implement the sort of modernisation needed to secure the RPG series’ future. Speaking to 4Gamer in an interview translated by Kotaku, Tabata talked of what he calls a ‘Final Fantasy disease’ …
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