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The developer of DarkBase 01 has pulled his game from Valve’s Steam service and left in its wake a message attacking the games community. As spotted by Kotaku, developer Solar Storm’s Greenlight title had been the subject of some heavy criticism from users of the service. Yesterday the game’s Steam …
Read More »Mother released on Virtual Console in the West
The original game in the EarthBound series has been released digitally on the Wii U. Nintendo announced during the weekend’s Nintendo World Championships that the official English translation of NES title Mother is now available in the West for the first time under the name EarthBound Beginnings. The game was …
Read More »Either Suzuki is trolling us or… Shenmue 3?
It would undoubtedly be the moment of E3 2015, but can we even dare to dream of a possible Shenmue 3 announcement this week? Oh, why not? Let’s just indulge ourselves shall we? Shenmue creator Yu Suzuki has posted something on Twitter that if not alluding to a Shenmue 3 …
Read More »Starbreeze is making its own virtual reality headset
Oculus Rift, Project Morpheus, Steam Vive – VR is a crowded market, but yet another new headset contender was revealed last night. Payday developer Starbreeze has announced Project StarVR which it describes as the IMAX of VR gaming” due to its increased field of view – 210 degrees of horizontal …
Read More »Transformers: Devastation is Platinum’s mystery game
Bayonetta and Vanquish developer Platinum Games is turning its hands to the robots in disguise, a leak has revealed. Following on from the publication of stills from the title on Pure Xbox, Destructoid reports that a retail listing has confirmed that the studio is currently working on Transformers: Devastation, which …
Read More »Lords of the Fallen dev working on sci-fi RPG
Focus Home Interactive has teamed up with Lords of the Fallen co-developer Deck13 to create a new sci-fi RPG. The mystery game is set in a dystopian future and feature innovative combat mechanics and an original character progression system based on modular upgrades gained through tight, visceral combat”. The unnamed …
Read More »GungHo to turn its hand to mobile publishing
Puzzle & Dragons creator GungHo is to expand into mobile games publishing, president Kazuki Morishita has confirmed. Companies have been coming to us for years begging to publish their games. We are now getting ready to do that,” he told Bloomberg. There are so many cases where a company excels …
Read More »PS4 back on top in US in May
Sony’s PS4 reclaimed the title of best-selling console in the US last month, NPD data has revealed. That’s despite Xbox One’s sales climbing 81 per cent year-on-year, a number no doubt helped by the fact that Microsoft’s machine is now considerably cheaper than it was this time last year. However, …
Read More »Mariah Carey is the new face of Game of War, report claims
Kate Upton’s time as the never-ending face of free-to-play advertising on social media may be over. TMZ reports that, in their words, Mariah Carey will be the new face and new set of ample boobs for the ridiculously successful Game of War: Fire Age”. The deal is apparently worth seven …
Read More »PES 2016 returns to earlier release date
PES 2016 has shifted back to its traditional release window and will arrive just before FIFA 16, Konami has said. The game will hit PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360 and PC on September 18th – a week ahead of FIFA 16 which arrives on September 22nd. Last year’s outing …
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