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Bandai Namco isn’t done with the Katamari Damacy brand, it seems. As spotted by Neogaf, a filing for a new trademark called ‘Amazing Katamari Damacy’ has cropped up on the website of the European Union Intellectual Property Office. Katamari Damacy debuted way back in 2004 on PS2. It was initially …
Read More »Remedy acknowledges Quantum Break’s PC problems, says UWP v-sync fix coming in May
Quantum Break developer Remedy has apologised for the many problems that plague the PC version, saying that fixes for some of them are nearly here. Others, however, are proving more difficult to crack. Of frame rate and frame stuttering issues, the developer says there was a major rounding error introduced …
Read More »Rumours point to three new Nvidia GTX cards in June
With Nvidia’s tech conference having been and gone without word of any new GPU models, now rumours suggest a June release for Nvidia’s next-gen graphic card line up. PC Gamer reports on word that three SKUs housing the Pascal tech that was demoed at the conference are currently prepping for …
Read More »Red Dead Redemption described as ‘a recurring nightmare’ by Rockstar before release
Rockstar was struggling with the development of Red Dead Redemption before Leslie Benzies was drafted in to save it. That’s the claim, as reported by GameSpot, in court papers from Benzies’ lawsuit against the Grand Theft Auto developer. The story of RDR’s development is cited as evidence of Benzies’ importance …
Read More »Oculus hopes Rift orders will arrive earlier than promised
VR hopeful Oculus Rift says it is addressing the component shortage problems that have delayed orders of the device. The component shortage impacted our quantities more than we expected, and we’ve updated the shipment window to reflect these changes. We apologize for the delay,” it told Polygon. We’re delivering Rifts …
Read More »Rockstar says Benzies’ claims are ‘without merit’ and ‘bizarre’
The shock legal battle between Rockstar Games and former director Leslie Benzies has quickly descended into a slanging match. News of the falling out emerged last night. It centres around a dispute over royalty payments that Benzies believes is owed to him following his sabbatical in the summer of 2014 …
Read More »Suda 51’s Let It Die is still alive
Nearly two years on from the last we heard of it, Grasshopper Manufacture has confirmed that PS4 exclusive Let It Die is still in development. The free-to-play title, which will be funded by microtransactions, is on track for a release in 2016. Players will compete against AI opponents whose behaviour …
Read More »Oculus Rift customers see pre-orders pushed back as far as August
The troubled launch of the Oculus Rift VR headset shows no sign of improving. Polygon reports that a number of customers have now been informed that their pre-orders have been pushed back significantly, in some cases to as far away as June – that’s three months after the headset’s official …
Read More »Oculus Rift data sharing policies challenged by US senator
A US senator has issued an open letter to Oculus over concerns over the information it is collecting about its users. The concerns were first outlined by UploadVR. It noted that all Oculus games must be loaded via the company’s own software, and that in turn is linked to a …
Read More »PC shipments fall to nine year low
Two analysts have reported a sharp fall in PC shipments for the first quarter if 2016. VentureBeat reports that Gartner says global PC shipments for the period fell 9.6 per cent to 64.8m units. It’s the first time since 2007 that the number has fallen below 65m. IDC’s numbers were …
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