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2K Games has revealed that WWE 2K15 is to be released on PC. It’s the first time that a ‘proper’ entry in the wrestling series has graced the platform since 2002’s WWE Raw, which was published by THQ. WWE 2K15 was released on consoles last year. 2K has apparently taken …
Read More »Daniel Radcliffe and Bill Paxton confirmed for BBC’s GTA drama
The BBC has confirmed the first official casting and plot details of its upcoming drama about the development of Grand Theft Auto. Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter, Horns) will star as Sam Houser and Bill Paxton (Aliens, Apollo 13) as lawyer Jack Thompson, as per previously rumoured. The show also has …
Read More »Rockstar denies Social Club hack claims
Grand Theft Auto V creator Rockstar has said that its Social Club service has not suffered a hack. For the past few days the developer has been inundated with complaints from gamers whose Rockstar Social Club accounts have been hijacked by others, locking them out of their account and in …
Read More »Next-gen Adventure Time game on the way from Little Orbit
Finn and Jake are familiar faces on smartphones, but now the pair are preparing to make their bow on next-gen consoles. Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations is in development at Vicious Cycle for PS4, Xbox One, Wii U, PS3, Xbox 360, 3DS and PC. Bandai Namco will distribute with …
Read More »Tesco reports £6.4bn pre-tax loss
The nation’s largest retailer Tesco has reported one of the largest annual losses in UK corporate history. The company says that for the year ending February it endured a pre-tax loss of 6.4bn. That compares to a pre-tax profit of 2.26bn the year before. It’s by far the worst annual …
Read More »Another PC game skips physical release in the UK
Another one of this year’s big PC games releases will not be available physically, it has emerged. ShopTo has revealed that the standard edition of Ubisoft’s upcoming shooter Rainbox Six Siege will not be released on disc in the UK. The Collector’s Edition, which comes complete with a guide book, …
Read More »League of Legends to dominate the MOBA genre through 2016, analyst predicts
A slew of newcomers to the MOBA genre will do little to disrupt League of Legends’ dominance of the sector. That’s according to EEDAR analyst Ed Zhao, who claims on Gamasutra that Riot’s title will continue to command the lion’s share of the MOBA audience through the next 18 months …
Read More »US gets Splatoon Wii U bundle, exclusive to Best Buy
Nintendo of America has revealed a Wii U hardware bundle for upcoming shooter Splatoon. Destructoid reports that the SKU, which costs $299.99, includes the Deluxe 32GB black version of the console, a download code for the game and Nintendo land pre-installed on the system. Furthermore, the bundle will be exclusive …
Read More »Survey reportedly leaks Mass Effect 4 details
It is claimed that EA has sent out a survey that reveals a number of details about the yet-to-be detailed Mass Effect 4. It may seem implausible that EA would reveal such information in a survey but, as GameSpot points out, it did exactly that in the build up to …
Read More »American televangelist says Pokemon ‘is origin of teen homosexuality’
Pastor Creflo Dollar, an American TV religious evangelist, has accused Pokemon of encouraging children to become gay. Dollar, according to Wikipedia, is the founder of Georgia’s non-denominational World Changers Church International. As spotted by GamePolitics, the finger was pointed at the Pokemon franchise in a report from French site Christian …
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