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Surprise! There’s another game on the way from one of the creators of The Stanley Parable. And it’s arriving very, very shortly. It’s called The Beginner’s Guide and is the first solo project from Davey Wreden. What is it and how will it play? We don’t know for the moment, …
Read More »Hitman gets a new date and release plan
Square Enix has said that the first parts of its upcoming Hitman game will be released on March 11th 2016. The game was originally due out in December but was last week pushed back to next year. As has been previously detailed, the game will be released in bits. The …
Read More »Amazon wants to pay customers to deliver parcels
Retailer Amazon has announced a new scheme that will see people earning between $18-$25 an hour to deliver parcels to customers. ‘Amazon Flex’ requires only that members have their own car and own Android phone. Drivers will be delivering packages ordered through Amazon’s new same-hour Prime delivery service. Those wishing …
Read More »YouTube streaming hitting PS4 tomorrow
PS4’s 3.00 system update will be rolled out tomorrow, bringing with it the ability to stream gameplay to YouTube for the first time. You’ll see a new icon for YouTube on the Broadcast Gameplay Screen, accessible after hitting the Share button,” Sony said. Now you can live stream directly from …
Read More »Red Dead Redemption for PC was never on the cards, developer says
Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption is perhaps the most longed for PC port of them all, but it seems very unlikely it will ever happen. GameSpot reports that the game’s lead multiplayer designer Kris Roberts, who left Rockstar in 2010 and now works on Daybreak’s H1Z1, dashed any lingering hopes on …
Read More »No iOS 9 compatibility planned for Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
Owners of Capcom’s Monster Hunter Freedom Unite on iOS are not able to play the game if they have updated to the latest version of Apple’s OS. The game, a port of the PSP title of the same name, is not compatible with iOS 9. And it looks as if …
Read More »Project Spark is dropping microtransactions
Xbox One title Project Spark is ditching its free-to-play elements and becoming a properly free game. From October 5th all of the title’s previously premium content will be offered for free to both new and existing users. On the same day developers Team Dakota and Skybox Labs will introduce a …
Read More »‘The idea that VR must get you sick is b******t’
Valve writer Chet Faliszek has said that virtual reality does not inherently cause motion sickness. Instead, Games Industry reports that Faliszek told an EGX audience that the blame for any sickness experienced by players must lie with developers, as the hardware itself is now good enough to avoid such problems. …
Read More »iPhone 6s and 6s Plus once again break Apple sales records
Apple’s latest smartphone has, once again, broken sales records for the company. It has been announced that between them the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus sold 13m units in their first three days on sale. This betters the 10m sold by their predecessors the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s …
Read More »VIDEO: Halo 5 Guardians TV trailer is bad news for Master Chief
We suspect this is not the spoiler it appears to be on face value, but regardless Microsoft’s TV spot for Halo 5: Guardians strikes a downbeat chord for fans of its main star. The video, which you can see below, depicts the global announcement of the death of the Master …
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