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Cloud Imperium Games has for the first time shown off the first person shooter element of its in-development space epic Star Citizen. The video shows off four players securing a space station manned by hostiles. It all looks little ropey, but boss Chris Roberts promises that the CryEngine 3 based …
Read More »Microsoft says it might have to move autumn 2015 titles due to abundance of content
Xbox boss Phil Spencer has said that Microsoft might have to reassess its Xbox One release schedule for next year as it has more content than it knows what to do with. "Looking at production schedules and how things are lining up, next fall is just crazy,” Spencer said on …
Read More »Hearthstone bot creator forced out of business
Blizzard’s recent decision to block accounts deemed to have been using Hearthstone bots has forced one company to close its doors. Those visiting the Crawlerbots website, who make Hearthstone bot Hearthcrawler and World of Warcraft bot Warcrawler, are now greeted with the following message: This is our last official announcement. …
Read More »Super Smash Bros 3DS players hit with 136-year online ban
71,582,030 minutes – that’s the length of an online ban being sent out to some players of Super Smash Bros on 3DS. A handful of Reddit users have received the – presumably erroneous – ban as punishment for what the platform holder has deemed to be overtly aggressive targeting of …
Read More »Iwata says Nintendo would consider ditching region locking
Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has indicated that Nintendo could be willing to reverse its long-term opposition to region locking. The game business has a history of taking a very long time with localization,” he told investors, as per a NeoGaf translation. [This is due to] among other things – having …
Read More »Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – where’s cheapest?
Gamers worldwide are as of today able to head out and buy Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. That might confuse you a little as the game doesn’t officially release until tomorrow (Tuesday November 4th), but Activision this year has chosen to release the Day Zero Edition a day earlier than …
Read More »Just Dance mobile hits 6m downloads; Console game freed from cameras with new app
Ubisoft has said that its smartphone experiment with the Just Dance franchise has been a big success. Free-to-play Just Dance Now has been downloaded over 6m times since its release on September 25th, and has been a particular hit in overseas territories such as India, Brazil and the Philippines. The …
Read More »Destiny content was not cut to sell as DLC, Bungie insists
Bungie has insisted that it did not cut any content from shooter Destiny so it could sell it at an additional premium as DLC. Gamers last month discovered a way to access a number of placeholder names in the shipped game that appeared to flag up where additional content will …
Read More »Resogun targeting Vita release
Developer Housemarque has confirmed that PS4 shooter Resogun is in development for Vita. The 2.5D shooter was a launch title on PS4 and was one of the console’s early flagbearers, much in the same way as previous title Super Stardust HD was on PS3. News of the Vita port first …
Read More »GAME’s Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare midnight opening will happen on SUNDAY night
Activision and GAME are this year allowing fans who queue up for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare at midnight to get the game a day earlier than everyone else. GAME will in the UK (much as GameSpot and Walmart are in the US) open the doors to 316 stores at …
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