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Having been banned in 2009, Bethesda has successfully overturned Fallout 3’s German ban. IGN reports that Bethesda "initiated a difficult and rarely-successful trial" with the Federal Department for Media Harmful to Minors (BPjM) to de-list the title ahead of the end of its statutory ten year sentence. Doing so would …
Read More »2016 launch for Nintendo NX ‘a mistake under any scenario’
Analyst DFC has warned Nintendo about what it perceives as the danger of launching the NX console in 2016. The platform holder has announced nothing beyond the name of its next machine. The specs, price and release date remain a mystery. What we do know is that Nintendo will reveal …
Read More »GameStop CEO says PlayStation VR will launch in the autumn
The boss of a leading games retailer has suggested that Sony’s PlayStation VR might arrive as late as autumn of this year. Sony’s device, previously known as Project Morpheus, is currently due out some time in the first half of 2016. However, speaking in a Fox News interview as spotted …
Read More »The Chinese Room is self-publishing next title
The successor to Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture will be self-published by developer The Chinese Room. We’re gearing up towards releasing info about our new game in the next couple of weeks,” the studio said on Twitter. With the bonus that because it’s not signed to a publisher, we can …
Read More »GAME buys Spanish eSports platform SocialNAT
Retailer GAME has made another big eSports purchase, this time in Spain. A little under a year ago GAME swooped to acquire Multiplay for 20m. Now it has reached an agreement to acquire SocialNAT for an undisclosed sum. SocialNAT has over 150k registered users. It organised the eSports activities at …
Read More »Mass Effect: Andromeda writer Schlerf joins Bungie
Chris Schlerf has announced that he has joined Destiny developer Bungie. Schelrf was the lead writer on 343 Industries’ Halo 4 before joining BioWare as lead writer for the in-development Mas Effect: Andromeda. To confirm what some folks asked about a few months back, I am no longer working on …
Read More »Dark Souls being added to Xbox One backwards compatibility
One of the last generation’s most celebrated releases appears to be heading to the Xbox 360 backwards compatibility list for Xbox One. As spotted by Reddit, the listing for Dark Souls 3 on the Australian Xbox store revealed that buyers will receive a backwards compatible version of the cherished Dark …
Read More »Mega Bloks grabs Destiny license too
Mattel-owned Mega Bloks has grabbed itself another gaming license – Activision’s Destiny. Last week it was reported that a new range of Halo Mega Bloks was on the way as part of a larger deal with Microsoft. Not it has been revealed that Destiny toys are also on the way …
Read More »Hitman Go has PS4 and PC release in its sights
Agent 47’s mobile spin-off Hitman Go will be released on PS4, Vita PC next week. The PlayStation SKUs will support cross-play and cross-save, as well as Trophies. The Steam release will offer trading cards, cloud saves and Steam achievements. We’re bringing our turn-based strategy/puzzle Hitman game to a completely new …
Read More »No Steam release for Quantum Break on PC
Microsoft has said that the only way people will be able to buy the PC version of Quantum Break is through the Windows store. And while many recent Microsoft PC releases – such as Rise of the Tomb Raider – have been dubbed as ‘Windows 10′ titles despite happily working …
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