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The many similarities between Escape from New York and Metal Gear Solid would have led to a lawsuit were it not for director John Carpenter. Hideo Kojima’s game contains lots of references to the 1981 film, the most well know of which is Snake’s name and likeness. [CanalPlus] wanted to …
Read More »Gran Turismo Sport is not Gran Turismo 7
Sony has said that the newly announced Gran Turismo Sport should not be regarded as a full release in the popular series. The game was announced at Paris Games Week last night and sounds as if it occupies a middle ground between previous ‘Prologue’ taster titles and a fully-fledged instalment. …
Read More »VIDEO: Sony PGW highlights – Gran Turismo Sport, Horizon Zero Dawn, Detroit and Wild
Sony’s Paris Games Week conference last night delivered new footage on a number of big upcoming PS4 titles. Freshly announced titles included Gran Turismo’s first foray onto PS4, Gran Turismo Sport and new Quantic Dream title Detroit: Beyond Human. There were also some impressive gameplay peaks at Guerrilla’s Horizon Zero …
Read More »Apple’s full-year revenues near a quarter of a trillion dollars
iPhone and iPad creator Apple has just enjoyed its most successful ever year. The company reported full-year revenues of $234bn for the 12 months ending September 26th. Q4 revenues reached $51.5bn, up on the previous year’s $42.1bn. Profit climbed from $.8.5bn to $11.1bn Apple thanked strong iPhone sales (up 22 …
Read More »Wii U sales slightly up as revenue increases
Nintendo has said that it sold 1.19m Wii U consoles in the first half of its financial year ending September. That’s up ever so slightly on the 1.12m sold in the same period the year before. The company also said in July that it sold 470k units in Q1, meaning …
Read More »Nintendo’s first smartphone game to be announced tomorrow, analyst says
It seems that Nintendo could well announce its first smartphone game tomorrow. The Wii U and 3DS platform holder will tomorrow announce its latest financials, and analyst Serkan Toto says the news will be accompanied by details of the first game to stem from its partnership with DeNA. One day …
Read More »PS4’s eSports platform is called PlayStation Plus League
In more news presumably intended to be revealed at Sony’s Paris Games Week conference tonight, details about the platform holder’s eSports platform have arrived online. IGN spotted what appears to be a homepage for something called the PlayStation Plus League. The portal name-drops a host of titles including PES 2016, …
Read More »Microsoft: Tomb Raider can rise to the Fallout 4 challenge
Releasing on the same week as Fallout 4 is no easy task, but Microsoft is hopeful that Rise of the Tomb Raider will not lose out in its sales battle with Bethesda’s RPG. Speaking to KindaFunnyGames in an interview transcribed by VG247, Xbox’s head of marketing Aaron Greenberg admitted that …
Read More »Backwards compatibility update hitting Xbox One next month
Microsoft will publicly roll out its Xbox 360 backwards compatibility update for Xbox One on November 12th. The update, which has been available to preview members for some time now, allows a selection of 360 titles to be downloaded and played on Microsoft’s newer hardware. The functionality was one of …
Read More »Surprise! Minecraft: Story Mode Episode 2 arrives today
Less than two weeks after the release of the first episode, Telltale has surprised us all by revealing that Episode 2 of Minecraft: Story Mode will arrive today. Episode Two: Assembly Required should be making its way onto Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC some time this afternoon. The PS4 …
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