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Some PS4 owners who have pre-ordered Destiny’s The Dark Below DLC have been left unable to play the game. GameSpot says that several reports suggest that those affected are when trying to load the game presented with a timer counting down to the release of the DLC tomorrow. For some …
Read More »Tory MP caught playing Candy Crush Saga in parliamentary committee meeting
An MP who was caught playing King’s Candy Crush Saga during a parliamentary committee meeting has apologised for his behaviour. The Guardian reports that Conservative Amber Valley MP Nigel Mills was pictured by The Sun playing the game during a meeting of the works and pensions committee. There was a …
Read More »Xbox boss Spencer: ‘I’ll make amends for Street Fighter V loss’
‘Business deals happen’ – that’s the reaction from Xbox boss Phil Spencer to the news that Street Fighter V will be a PS4 console exclusive. Capcom’s game was last week revealed as a PS4 and PC exclusive. Business deals happen. We won’t do all of them,” Spencer said on Twitter. …
Read More »Telltale games cut in price on PS4 to fall in line with Xbox One
The price of Telltale’s Game of Thrones and Tales from the Borderlands has been cut on PS4. It was noticed last week that the total price for the new Game of Thrones series on PS4 was 24.99 while on Xbox One it was just 19.98. Eurogamer now reports that the …
Read More »Apple names Threes its Game of the Year
Sirvo’s puzzle title Threes has been named as Apple’s iOS game of the year, with 1337 & Senri’s Leo’s Fortune the runner up. A number of games are named in the platform holder’s Best Games list, including Monument Valley, 80 Days, Wayward Souls, Retry, Godus and Alone. Minecrat: Pocket Edition …
Read More »4-inch iPhone 6 to be released next year, report claims
Apple will next release add a third, smaller variant of its iPhone 6 to its product roster, a report has claimed. PC Pro reports that supply chain sources” have told Taiwanese media that the model is likely to be called the iPhone 6S or 6 Mini, and accompanies rumours that …
Read More »VIDEO: Keita Takahashi returns to gaming with new PlayStation title Wattam
The creator of Katamari Damacy took to the PlayStation Experience stage this weekend to unveil his new title – Wattam. Hi. I’m Japanese, I guess,” a nervous looking, plastic-fork fiddling Keita Takahashi said, before explaining that the idea for this game came from when I was playing with my two-year-old …
Read More »VIDEOS: Uncharted 4 and The Order: 1886 gameplay demos shown off
Two of the highest profile videos to emerge from Sony’s PlayStation Experience event at the weekend show off a pair of the PS4’s big upcoming triple-As. A 15-minute gameplay demo of Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End shows us the first look at the game in action. There’s a lot of …
Read More »FIFA 15 is back at the top of the UK charts
EA’s hit football title FIFA 15 is back at the top of the UKIE GfK Chart-Track Top 40 after a six-week break. That’s despite a drop in sales, although fortunately for EA’s game its dips were the smallest. Last week’s No.1 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare slips one place to …
Read More »The father of video games Ralph Baer has passed away
One of the founding fathers of video games as we know them has passed away at the end of 92. Ralph Baer was the creator of the pioneering Brown Box in 1969, which formed the foundation of what became one of the first home consoles – 1972’s the Magnavox Odyssey. …
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