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From Software’s PS4 exclusive Bloodborne has had its release date moved back. The game had been due out on February 7th but will now be released in the UK on March 28th. As many of you know, earlier this year we announced that our forthcoming PS4 game, Bloodborne, would launch …
Read More »The average age of a mobile gamer has plummeted
The average mobile gamer of 2014 is some seven years younger than just one year ago. That’s according to the 2014 Deconstructing Mobile & Tablet Gaming Report from EEDAR, as reported by Polygon. In 2013 the average age of a North American person who played games on their mobile device …
Read More »Decade-long study dismisses link between games and behavioural problems
A British study of 11,000 children has failed to find any link between video game usage and attentional or emotional development issues. A report entitled ‘Do television and electronic games predict children’s psychosocial adjustment?‘ tracked the results of a millennial survey to track any possible relationship between screen time and …
Read More »Halo: Master Chief Collection suffers online problems on launch day
Microsoft’s triple-A shooter Halo: Master Chief Collection is suffering a few online issues during its first day of release. A number of players have reported problems with the game’s matchmaking (the system via which players are matched together for online play). Some report extended waits to get a match while …
Read More »Nvidia: Console’s heyday is over
The age of the console is over, according to the boss of the world’s largest PC gaming GPU provider Nvidia. My sense is that the game console platform is not likely to enjoy the heydays when it was really unambiguously the only and the best game platform to enjoy games,” …
Read More »Sonic, Bowser and Mega Man among new wave of confirmed Amiibo figures
Nintendo has named and pictured the characters that will feature in its third and fourth wave of Amiibo releases. Gematsu lists the third wave as Bowser, Ike (Fire Emblem), King DeDeDe (Kirby), Lucario (Pokemon), Meta Knight (Kirby), Rosalina & Luma (Mario Galaxy), Sheik (Zelda) and the cel-shaded version of Link …
Read More »PS4 claims biggest slice of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare sales
More copies Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare were sold on PS4 than any other platform, although the overall Xbox performance bettered the PlayStation platforms. Videogamer reports that 35 per cent of the game’s week one sales in the UK were on PS4 and 32 per cent on Xbox One. However, …
Read More »Wu: Defeating GamerGate would be an historic moment
One of the main targets of the #GamerGate hate campaign has said that ‘defeating’ the movement would be an historic victory for the games industry. The effect defeating Gamergate would have is incalculable, one of this field’s most historic moments, remembered as the moment games development said: ‘This is going …
Read More »DriveClub problems can’t stop it topping PSN sales charts
Some may be calling it the worst first party console launch of all time, but that hasn’t stopped digital buyers flocking to DriveClub. The game has topped the PSN sales chart in Europe for October, topping previous chart-topper Minecraft and beating second place newcomer Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor. It may …
Read More »Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare beats Ghosts’ week one UK numbers, tops charts
As revealed by MCV earlier today, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare has bettered the week one sales numbers of predecessor Ghosts, grabbing the UK No.1 in the process. In doing so it becomes the fifth biggest Call of Duty launch in the UK. Advanced Warfare’s week one unit sales beat …
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