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The producer of Street Fighter V has urged fans of the series who own an Xbox One to start saving for a PS4. The game’s PS4 and PC exclusivity was confirmed last December, and the publisher has subsequently confirmed that no iteration of the game will ever be available on …
Read More »Darkest Dungeon coming to PS4 and Vita
Red Hook Studios’ stylised dungeon crawler Darkest Dungeon is making the jump from PC to consoles. A release on PS4 and Vita has been announced for spring 2016. The title’s twist is that party members are subject to the mental rigours of the peril that confronts them. We’ve always been …
Read More »GMG to name the source of every key it sells
Retailer Green Man Gaming has announced a change in the way it does things in reaction to its recent scuffle with Reddit. MCV reported this morning that the company has been forced to defend itself about accusations regarding its suppliers of some CD keys, with one Reddit board unhappy that …
Read More »Remember Bubsy? He’s coming back
It’s not clear how many people remember 1993 SNES platformer Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind. Publisher Retroism certainly hopes it’s quite a few. The company has announced a re-release of the aforementioned title and its successor Bubsy II, which is currently touting its wares on Steam Greenlight. …
Read More »Green Man Gaming forced to defend itself against grey market key claims
Retailer Green Man Gaming has questioned the motivations of a Reddit games deals thread after it made a string of what it believes are unfounded accusations. Chief among them is the claim that GMG is selling illicitly sourced digital games keys from outside the official channels. The retailer, however, points …
Read More »1TB PS4 Players Mega Pack confirmed by GameStop
A new PS4 bundle including three of Sony’s high-profile remasters is on the way later this month. GameStop is currently taking pre-orders for the PlayStation 4 1TB Players Mega Pack which includes the high-capacity console and copies of last month’s Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection along with The Last of …
Read More »Sony denies media claims that ISIS is communicating on PS4s
Reports in the aftermath of the recent Paris terror attack have alleged that ISIS is using PS4s to freely communicate. The accusation, which was made by Belgium’s Interior Minister Jan Jambon, centres on the claim that PS4’s player-to-player communications use an encryption method that I harder to crack than other …
Read More »Super Star Wars hurtling onto PSN this week
Sony has said that a port of 1992 SNES platformer Super Star Wars will be released for PS4 and Vita this week. That’s in the US at least – we’ve still not yet had definitive word on whether it will arrive in Europe this week. A November 17th release in …
Read More »Western Xenoblade Chronicles X does away with boob size adjustment slider
Details of further edits to the European and American versions of Wii U RPG Xenoblade Chronicles X have provoked yet more bizarre censorship allegations. Siliconera reports that in the Japanese version of the game the character creator allows users to control breast size with a slider, allowing the game’s 13-year-old …
Read More »Fallout 4 release caused dip in Pornhub traffic
Adult video site Pornhub has said that the release of Fallout 4 caused a temporary dip in its traffic. The site told VentureBeat that traffic among its gaming users fell 10 per cent upon the game’s release. Traffic first started falling at around 5am US time on the day of …
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