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Xbox boss Phil Spencer has rejected any notion that PS4 is home to more third party titles than Xbox One due to its superior market share. They don’t ‘gobble’ the deals up. They buy them,” he told GameSpot when asked if PS4’s high sales were making it difficult for Microsoft …
Read More »Xbox One and 360 get dedicated 2TB hard drives
Microsoft has teamed up with Seagate to offer a hard drive specifically designed for either the Xbox One or Xbox 360. The drive offers 2TB of additional storage and is coloured in brand-appropriate Xbox green. It also carries the Xbox logo. The US price is just $110, with availability kicking …
Read More »Nordic swoops for BitComposer licenses, including Jagged Alliance
Publisher Nordic has continued its buying spree by acquiring a range of IPs from BitComposer Entertainment. The company now owns not only the Jagged Alliance brand but also Giana Sisters, Panzer Tactics, Citadels, Bridge Project and North and South. The decision to acquire Jagged Alliance was an absolute no-brainer for …
Read More »There are now more N64 games available on Xbox One than Wii U
Here’s an interesting observation – Xbox One owners can as of this week play more N64 games on their system than Wii U owners. As pointed out by Kotaku, the release of Rare Replay this week brings seven N64 title to the console: Perfect Dark, Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie, Conker’s Bad Fur …
Read More »PES 2016 adds Euro 2016 to its growing license roster
Konami has grabbed yet another license for the PES series, and it’s a really big one too. UEFA has announced that it has signed a deal with the publisher for the Euro 2016 license ahead of the tournament next year in France. With PES 2016 due out in September it …
Read More »GAMESCOM: Mafia III trailer confirms 2016 release
2K Games has released the first official trailer for the recently confirmed Mafia III. It’s being developed by new 2K studio Hangar 13, which is being led by Haden Blackman. The game takes place in New Orleans in 1968, and 2K promises to make the most of the period’s cultural …
Read More »Frontier announces new £40 Elite Dangerous expansion
Space sim Elite Dangerous has announced what effectively sounds like a Season Pass for a range of upcoming content. The whole package is called Horizons and the star feature is the Planetary Landings bundle, which for the first time, provides players with the chance to explore a planet’s surface for …
Read More »Kickstarter title Mooncrest features ‘Souls-style’ combat, made by former BioWare devs
Four former BioWare staffers have got together to try and crowdfund a story-driven RPG with combat inspired by the Dark Souls series. Mooncrest is hoping to raise $400k, of which it has currently had $18k pledged. The single-player adventure promises branching dialogue and character development and real-time combat that studio …
Read More »LEGO Marvel Avengers won’t arrive until 2016
Warner Bros has finally confirmed a release date for LEGO Marvel Avengers. It won’t be here this side of Christmas, however – the game is now set to hit retail on January 29th 2016. No official reason has been given for the pushing back of the game, although the late …
Read More »Dota 2 International disrupted by DDoS attack
Valve’s massive Dota 2 International eSports tournament suffered an unwanted hold up yesterday. VentureBeat reports that the event was paused for approximately three hours due to a DDoS attack, forcing the livestream production team to fill the time with pre-produced video packages and assorted analysis of the action that should …
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