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Rocket League’s next DLC will be of the licensed variety. Developer Psyonix has detailed the upcoming Back to the Future Car Pack. It appears, however, that the ‘pack’ contains just one item – although what an item it is: the flying DeLorean time machine. Furthermore, the car will be released …
Read More »Bloodborne Game of the Year Edition announced
Sony has revealed that a Game of the Year edition of From Software’s Bloodborne will be released on PS4 before Christmas. The SKU will include the game’s upcoming DLC, The Old Hunters, which will explore the nightmare of the hunters who once guarded Byrgenwerth. It’s set in what is described …
Read More »Star Wars Battlefront gets a £40 Season Pass
It’s going to cost in the region of 90 to see everything that Star Wars battlefront has to offer at launch. The base game for Star Wars: Battlefront costs in the region of 40-60 depending on the format and the retailer. On Origin for PC, for instance, it costs 50. …
Read More »The Hearthstone World Championship’s finalist roster is complete
The 16 players who will feature in the Hearthstone World Championship finals have now been decided. Yesterday’s American regional finals in San Francisco saw Justin ‘JAB’ Black, Dylan ‘Hotform’ Mullins, Victor ‘Nias’ Shelstad and overall winner Ryan ‘Purple’ Murphy-Root (who won $10k in the process) claim the four available spots. …
Read More »Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 does away with ‘archaic’ campaign level lock
Fancy skipping straight to the last level of Black Ops 3’s campaign? That’s not going to be a problem. The game’s director of campaign and Zombies mode Jason Blundell has told Eurogamer that the title’s entire campaign will be accessible from the start. "It gives them the flexibility to consume …
Read More »LEGO Marvel’s Avengers will cover the events of six films
Warner’s upcoming superhero LEGO game will attempt to cover around 13 hours worth of film narrative. The publisher has revealed that LEGO Marvel’s Avengers will span the narrative played out across six of the comic powerhouse’s films – The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America, Captain America: Winter Solider, …
Read More »Transformers Devastation part of brand’s new cross-media narrative
Activision’s Transformers Devastation is actually part of a far wider plan for the brand, it has emerged. The Hollywood Reporter says that the game, which entered the UK Top 40 in 21st this week, boasts a narrative that exists within a number of other branching Transformers lines. Both Platinum’s game …
Read More »Mark Hamill and Gillian Anderson front Star Citizen cast
The actors and actresses behind icons such as Luke Skywalker, Dana Scully and Gollum are among the many stars confirmed as starring in the single player portion of Star Citizen. Mark Hamill, Gillian Anderson and Andy Serkis are joined by the likes of Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight, Fifth Element) …
Read More »Jessica Curry stepping down as Chinese Room studio head
The studio head of Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture developer The Chinese Room Jessica Curry is leaving the studio. In a very personal blog post Curry revealed that her health is playing a big part, with a fight against a degenerative disease proving a tough battle to fight. Two other …
Read More »Removed apps returning to Apple App Store purchase history
Games that have been removed from Apple’s App Store appear to be once again showing up in user’s purchase history. However, the truth behind Apple’s policy change – if indeed there has been one – remains uncertain. It was reported earlier this week that apps that have been removed from …
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