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Japanese mobile giant DeNA has been discussing details of its Nintendo partnership with investors. The answers came at the end of DeNA’s Q2 investor briefing last week, from which MCV has previously reported that the company has confirmed that all of its in-development Nintendo titles are free-to-play, but at least …
Read More »Games performing far worse on SteamOS than Windows
Steam machines are finally upon us, but a new report paints a grim picture of their actual gaming performance. Ars Technica has found that 3D games are in terms of frames per second typically performing between 21 per cent and 58 per cent worse on Valve’s custom Linux-based SteamOS than …
Read More »Bethesda touts 12m unit launch figure for Fallout 4
Bethesda has said that Fallout 4 sold-in 12m units of Fallout 4 for this week’s launch day. Now, as is always the way nowadays, this requires some interpretation. This is not a launch sales number in the vein of Modern Warfare 3’s 6.5m day one unit sales. Instead, Bethesda has …
Read More »Machine Zone has hired another celebrity – Arnold Schwarzenegger
The Terminator and former Californian Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has become the latest celebrity to be recruited by Game of War dev Machine Zone. VentureBeat reports that he is to be the face of a new title called Mobile Strike, which is being published by a new Machine Zone division called …
Read More »Blood Bowl 2 update accidentally hides free items behind paywall
Focus Home Interactive’s Blood Bowl 2 caused a temporary stir yesterday when a price tag was attached to much of its free content. An update for the game saw a number of free in-game items suddenly vanish and then reappear in the game’s store, complete with a cash price to …
Read More »Microsoft hits back at Sony’s game-sharing jibe with backwards compatibility video
Xbox One is now backwardly compatible with some Xbox 360 titles, and Microsoft is doing all it can to make the most of the positive PR. As spotted by VG247, a new video from Microsoft explaining how to play Xbox 360 games on the new console seems very much to …
Read More »More ‘pay-to-win’ microtransactions added to Payday 2
Starbreeze studio Overkill has irked players once again with the addition of new gameplay-boosting microtransactions to Payday 2. Destructoid reports that the game’s latest update has added ‘Team Boosts’ which grants cash and XP boosts for players. The effect is increased when more players on a team are using it. …
Read More »Halo 5 does what it was designed to do – gets Xbox One back on top
The long-awaited arrival of the Master Chief on Xbox One has helped the console achieve a rare monthly win in the US. November has become the second month of 2015 (the other being April) that Xbox One has outsold PS4 in the region. It did so thanks to an 81 …
Read More »EVE dev CCP gets $30m virtual reality injection
CCP has won itself investment to the tune of $30m to ensure it is ahead of the VR wave. The company currently has two virtual reality titles in development – Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR launch title EVE: Valkyrie, due out in the spring, and Gunjack, which is hitting Gear …
Read More »Microsoft explains Xbox One backwards compatibility for 360 DLC
DLC for backwardly compatible Xbox 360 games will work on Xbox One, but a tiny hoop must be jumped through. Xbox One’s new backwards compatibility, which will be added to consoles that have upgraded to the New Experience UI tonight, is feature rich and technically impressive. However, the one thing …
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