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A trailer for Sony’s live-action TV series Powers has been released following its debut at the New York Comic Con. The series, which features District 9 and Maleficent star Sharlto Copley, is the first of Sony’s original PSN programming and will be offered free to PlayStation Plus subscribers. It’s based …
Read More »Finland blames Apple for economic decline
The Prime Minister of Finland has accused Apple of taking down two of the country’s largest economic lynchpins. The Scandinavian country yesterday saw its sovereign debt rating downgraded from AAA to AA+ by ratings agency Standard & Poor. "We have two champions which went down," PM Alexander Stubb told CNBC. …
Read More »Yamauchi says Gran Turismo 7 will be with us in 2015 or 2016
The latest release estimate for PS4’s Gran Turismo 7 is some time over the next two years. For GT7, myself and my staff have a clear vision: to do everything we couldn’t do in GT6,” series creator Kazunori Yamauchi told GamesTM. We want to make it very Gran Turismo. By …
Read More »VIDEO: Star Citizen planetside gameplay shown off for the first time
A video showing some on-planet action in crowdfunded mega-hit Star Citizen has been released. The game – whose total funding currently stands at over $58m – promises an ambitious reach far in excess of its many market rivals, and visiting bustling metropolises is one such example. Unlike other titles in …
Read More »3.2m people play Destiny every day
Bungie has revealed a host of impressive Destiny stats a month on from the game’s launch. The studio says that on average 3.2m people currently play Destiny every day, with each on average playing for three hours. That includes weekends, too. The average Destiny owner has played the game 20.9 …
Read More »Death threats force another female games developer to flee home
Developer Brianna Wu was this weekend forced to leave her home after she received death threats on Twitter. Wu is the creator of smartphone title Revolution 60 and head of development at Boston studio Giant Spacekat. She was targeted by members of the #GamerGate campaign, who also posted her personal …
Read More »Driveclub struggles persist as Evolution says it is pondering compensation
Nearly a week on from the US launch and four days on from its UK release, Sony’s Driveclub is still crippled with severe online problems. Game update 1.03 went live on Saturday and was intended to implement several game-side fixes to reduce server load” and while there have been some …
Read More »Physical and next-gen release date for The Wolf Among Us confirmed
Telltale’s The Wolf Among Us is getting a physical release on PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360 and Vita next month. The game is already available digitally on PS3 and Xbox 360, but this release – dated for November 7th in the UK – is the first time it has …
Read More »Lindsay Lohan steps up Grand Theft Auto V legal complaint
Actress Lindsay Lohan has responded to claims that her Grand Theft Auto V lawsuit is a publicity stunt by significantly upping the intensity of her claim. The Hollywood Reporter says that the previous ten-page lawsuit, filed back in July, has now been buffed up to 67 pages. Its stated aim …
Read More »The Master Chief Collection ‘like binging on Netflix’
The executive producer of The Master Chief Collection has compared the upcoming Xbox One collection to how some people use Netflix. I liken it a lot to binging on Netflix before a next season of something comes out,” Dan Ayoub told GamesTM, saying the SKU is a great way for …
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