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Video game pre-orders are on the decline, but Activision says that Call of Duty: Black Ops III pre-orders are bucking the trend. Specifically, it says that pre-orders for its upcoming shooter – which comes out this Friday (November 6th) are better than those placed for its predecessor Advanced Warfare. We …
Read More »Halo 5 ‘smashes record with biggest Halo launch in history’, says Microsoft
Microsoft has said that the launch of Halo 5: Guardians is the biggest in the franchise’s history. Seeing as the game has the smallest UK launch sales for any main numbered entry in the series to date, however, how has the game achieved this? One week after launching worldwide, Halo …
Read More »Sony dates £78 in-ear PS4 headset
A new set of official headphones will soon be released for PS4. Sony’s In-ear Stereo Headset will be arrive on December 4th in the UK and will have a quite significant RRP of 77.99 in the UK and €89.99 in Europe. The European release date is December 9th. Features include …
Read More »Skyrim has already been ported to Xbox One
Highly popular RPG The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is already up and running – but a release is far from certain. That’s because the game was ported as part of the development of Fallout 4 in an effort to get Bethesda Game Studios up to speed with working on Microsoft’s …
Read More »Konami already planning next Metal Gear Solid, report claims
The future of series creator Hideo Kojima remains up in the air, but thoughts internally at Konami have apparently already turned to the next release in the Metal Gear series. Kotaku reports that the print edition of the latest Nikkei that Konami has already started ‘mulling over plans’ for a …
Read More »Activision Blizzard stops reporting World of Warcraft subscriber numbers
This month’s financial report will be the last time that Activision Blizzard confides subscriber numbers for World of Warcraft. The company has said it has made the decision as there are other metrics that are better indicators of the overall Blizzard business performance”. Which essentially means it doesn’t want to …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Cave on the shmup business and Mushihimesama on Steam
Accessibility. In many ways accessibility has always been THE single biggest driving force behind the video games industry. Those who don’t abide by this principle are very much the exception. Consoles like the Atari 2600 and the NES popularised gaming in the home by freeing it from the clutches of …
Read More »Konami says missing PES 2016 transfers will ‘take some weeks’ to patch
The long-awaited transfer update for PES 2016 that arrived last week is missing a number of key transfers. Players were already grumpy about having to wait for a month after launch for Konami to finally update the rosters to reflect all changes up to the end of the transfer window. …
Read More »Amazon will deliver Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 at midnight
Online retail is trying to muscle its way into the midnight launch market. Traditionally gamers who feel they must get their hands on a game the very moment it’s released instead of nine hours later when the shops open can either queue up in the dark and cold for a …
Read More »VIDEO: Call of Duty Black Ops III’s live-action launch trailer arrives
It’s Call of Duty week! And in keeping with tradition, Activision has released its live-action launch trailer. It stars Michael B. Jordan (Creed, Fantastic Four, Fruitvale Station) and Cara Delevingne (Suicide Squad, Paper Towns, Valerian), along with American footballer Marshawn Lynch of the Seattle Seahawks. Director Wayne McClammy tried to …
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