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The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones developer Telltale’s next project has been revealed – an episodic series based on Minecraft. It’ll be multiplatform, too, having been confirmed for a PlayStation release by Sony. Minecraft: Story Mode will be an all-new narrative-driven game series developed by Telltale in collaboration with …
Read More »GAME is selling Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker from Monday
UPDATE 1:A branch of GAME in the South East has just confirmed to MCV that the game will "soft launch" in stores on Monday. UPDATE 2: MCV has been told that all UK online retailers have now been given the nod to begin shipping Captain Toad as they see fit, …
Read More »Killzone: Shadow Fall resolution lawsuit given the go-ahead
A lawsuit accusing Sony of misrepresenting the display resolution of PS4 launch title Killzone: Shadow Fall has been given the nod. Game Informer reports that Sony has failed in a motion to get all bar one of the claims dismissed’, meaning that while the outcome is yet to be determined …
Read More »One area in Zelda Wii U the same size as the entire Twilight Princess map
Stepping up from the Wii to Wii U has allowed Nintendo to drastically increase the size of the gameworld in the upcoming Legend of Zelda game on Wii U. "Because of the hardware limitations [of the Wii], what we always had to do was segment off each area and piece …
Read More »Some future GTA V updates may be next-gen and PC only
Xbox 360 and PS3 owners of Grand Theft Auto V may miss out on future new content for the game, Rockstar has warned. Players on PS3 and Xbox 360 can look forward to Online Heists and other updates that are in the works coming soon,” the company said. We are …
Read More »Red Dead Redemption 2 or Bully 2? ‘The issue is bandwidth and timing’, Rockstar says
Sequels to Red Dead Redemption, Bully 2 or LA Noire could be announced in the New Year, Rockstar has teased. It’s wonderful to see so much excitement and enthusiasm for the Red Dead series, and nearly 5 years after Red Dead Redemption’s release(!),” the company said. As we’ve mentioned when …
Read More »Steam games can no longer be gifted freely across regions
A complicated set of restrictions has been implemented that has effectively killed off one avenue through which cheap European CD keys are sold online. Engadget reckons that the changes, which apply to games that are given as a ‘gift’ directly through Steam, have been put in place as a response …
Read More »Disgaea 5 confirmed for western release next year
NIS America has confirmed PS4 tactics RPG Disgaea 5 will see a 2015 release in Europe and North America. The PlayStation US Blog hosts an announcement post from the studio, in which it reveals the game has been fully titled Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance. The game will pack over …
Read More »Apple halts online sales in Russia over volatile rouble concerns
The plummeting value of the rouble has led to tech giant Apple halting online sales of products to Russia and closing its Russian website. Apple had already last month upped its Russian prices by 25 per cent to try and bring prices in line with some other European regions. The …
Read More »Lords of the Fallen 2 is in development
Developer CI Games has begun work on a sequel to Lords of the Fallen. "We’re now working on vision and concepts for Lords 2," executive producer Tomasz Gop told Euroogamer, without revealing any further details. The studio had previously revealed that it had shipped around 700,000 copies of the game, …
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