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Rockstar has outlined the extras that will be offered to those who port their Grand Theft Auto Online progress from PS3 and Xbox 360 to the upcoming next-gen version. The headline extra is the Murder Mystery story mode addition, starring Michael, which upon completion rewards players with two Noir filters …
Read More »UPDATED: Bloodborne producer says 30fps is ‘best’
The producer of upcoming PS4 exclusive Bloodborne has said that the decision to target 30fps was a specific and deliberate design goal. Sony Computer Entertainment Japan Studio’s Masaaki Yamagiwa told PlayStationLifeStyle that while SCEJ and From Software haven’t made an official announcement” regarding Bloodborne’s tech specs they will probably go …
Read More »More women play RPGs and PC games than men
53.6 per cent of RPG players are now women, new research from SuperData has discovered. Females also claim 57.8 per cent of the mobile gaming market and 50.2 per cent of the PC market, Joystiq reports. Men, on the other hand, account for 66 per cent of both MMO and …
Read More »Blizzard bans ‘several thousand’ Hearthstone bot accounts
Card battler Hearthstone is now several thousand users lighter after Blizzard embarked on a bot-bashing spree. We’ve recently banned several thousand Hearthstone accounts that were associated with the use of third-party programs that automate gameplay, otherwise known as ‘bots’,” the developer said. These accounts will be banned until 2015. As …
Read More »Far Cry 4 dev baffled by fascination with resolution
The creative director of Far Cry 4 has questioned whether the debate surrounding 1080p support on next-gen consoles has any impact on commercial performance. Alex Hutchinson told OPM that the 1080p debate, in face, is far more the preoccupation of the media and a select group of core gamers than …
Read More »Twitch changes T&Cs to clamp down on naked streaming
Streaming video service Twitch has amended its rules of conduct in an effort to stop its users streaming in the buff. Nerds are sexy, and you’re all magnificent, beautiful creatures, but let’s try and keep this about the games, shall we?” the document now reads. Wearing no clothing or sexually …
Read More »LucasArts re-releases confirmed for GOG.com, including Star Wars: X-Wing and Tie Fighter
Classic space sims Star Wars: X-Wing and Star Wars: Tie Fighter are among many new LucasArts classics confirmed for a re-release on GOG.com. Both will be released in Special Edition form (complete with increased resolutions) and both are designed to work with modern Windows PCs. No more DOS prompts! It’s …
Read More »Lords of the Fallen release date brought forward to tomorrow
Square Enix had made the surprise decision to bring forward the release date of Lords of the Fallen to tomorrow. The action RPG was due out this Friday (October 31st) in the UK but will now be available both digitally and on the High Street first thing tomorrow (October 28th). …
Read More »Call of Duty ‘has peaked’; AW expected to sell 70% less than Black Ops 2
Next week’s Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare could sell 70 per cent fewer units than 2012’s Black Ops 2. It could also fall 40 per cent short of last year’s COD: Ghosts, according to estimates from Cowen and Company which says that the series is now in a state of …
Read More »VIDEO: Here’s how Share Play will work on PS4
Sony has explained how its new Share Play feature will work on PS4s. The feature arrives as part of PS4’s v2.0 firmware is released tomorrow. It allows owners to transfer control of their games to friends over the internet, and as it relies on streaming tech the share-ee need not …
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