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NetherRealm is not developing the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Mortal Kombat X, it has been confirmed. Videogamer reports that High Voltage will instead handle development duties on legacy systems, with NetherRealm "100 per cent focused on developing for next-gen". Added Warner: "NetherRealm is not developing the PS3/360 versions. …
Read More »A new Toejam & Earl is in development
Cult Mega Drive franchise ToeJam & Earl is making a comeback. Canadian developer HumaNature Studios, of Doki-Doki fame, has revealed that it working on a revival for the classic Mega Drive franchise, posting some sketches from the in-development title with more news promised in the coming weeks. The series first …
Read More »Ubisoft’s latest game is £5.99 Steam-only platformer Grow Home
‘Experimental’ platform game Grow Home is now available on Steam. The title was put together by an eight-person team at Driver creators Ubisoft Reflections and is described as procedurally animated”. It was initially released as an internal plaything for Ubisoft staff, but was eventually spun out into a full release. …
Read More »Forget Mario on smartphones – Iwata wants smartphone games on Nintendo
The calls for Nintendo to release its games on smartphone may seem relentless, but it seems like the platform holder has other plans. Polar opposite plans, in fact. Kotaku reports that president Satoru Iwata told Nikkei that far from bringing Mario to iPhone, the company instead plans on bringing more …
Read More »VIDEO: Dark Souls 2’s next-gen visual upgrades shown off
Bandai Namco has for the first time shown off the visual differences between the upcoming next-gen version of Dark Souls II and its last-gen predecessor. Chief among the changes is the implementation of 60fps and 1080p. PC players will be used to this, but console gamers will see a big …
Read More »EA’s Hilleman: Games are still too hard to learn
The complexity of modern video games continues to alienate too many potential players, EA’s chief creative officer Richard Hilleman has said. "Our games are actually still too hard to learn," Hilleman said at the D.I.C.E. Summit in Las Vegas, as reported by GameSpot, when comedian Pete Holmes said that he’d …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed: Rogue to sneak onto PC next month
Last year’s last-gen Assassin’s Creed title is, as we all expected, making its way onto PC. Assassin’s Creed: Rogue will be arrive on computers on March 10th having previously only been available on PS3 and Xbox 360. Also included in this release will be eye tracking support. The minimum specs …
Read More »Destiny and Hearthstone make $850m as Skylanders becomes a $3bn franchise
Activision Blizzard has posted full year net revenue of $4.4bn thanks to the success of four key franchises. The publisher says that multiplayer shooter Destiny and card game Hearthstone between them raked in $850m over the last financial year. Bungie’s shooter now has over 16m registered players while the World …
Read More »My Retro Game Box is Loot Crate for games
A new subscription service for retro gamers that follows the successful Loot Crate formula has been unveiled. It’s called My Retro Game Box. Subscribers will each receive a random selection of retro games that are theirs to keep. The supported formats are NES, SNES, N64, Game Boy, Game Boy Colour, …
Read More »Now Glu is making a Katy Perry game
Hot on the heels of its successful venture with Kim Kardashian, Glu Mobile is eying a second celebrity endorsed title. Reuters reports that the company has teamed up with Katy Perry for a game featuring her likeness and voice. Such is the success of Kim Kardashian: Hollywood that Glu posted …
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