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One of the first person shooting genre’s founding fathers is working on a brand new FPS. Doom co-creator John Romero told Joystiq that he’s working on several games at once right now” and that: "I haven’t made a shooter since 2000. So I’m basically starting to work on another one." …
Read More »Sega proposes $1.25m payment to settle Aliens: Colonial Marines lawsuit
Publisher Sega hopes settle its way out of the Aliens: Colonial Marines lawsuit via a payment of $1.25m. Polygon reports that should the settlement be agreed upon, Sega will escape any further litigation relating to the game – but leave Gearbox fighting on. Of the proposed $1.25m payment, $312.5k is …
Read More »DriveClub Special Edition includes five extra cars
Sony has revealed that five additional cars will be included in the freshly-revealed DriveClub Special Edition. The €69.99 SKU will offer the Ferrari 458 Italia, Aston Martin v12 Vantage S, McLaren P1, Alfa Romeo 4C and Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupe Black Series. It will also include two exclusive in-game livery …
Read More »Square Enix and Dontnod announce episodic title Life Is Strange
As teased in June, publisher Square Enix and developer Dontnod have a new title in production – Life Is Strange. The pair last combined for stylish third person sci-fi outing Remember Me, which was released last year to a mixed critical reception. Life Is Strange is described as a digital, …
Read More »No Madden NFL 25 demo, though EA Access users get to try early
For the first time in around a decade there won’t be a gameplay demo of the upcoming Madden game from EA. Speaking to IGN an EA rep confirmed that subscribers to Xbox One’s EA Access program will be the only ones offered the chance to access a pre-release version of …
Read More »Crytek announces Ryse: Son of Rome for PC
Xbox One exclusive Ryse: Son of Rome will be released on PC this Autumn. The news comes following a period of mass disturbance at developer Crytek, during which the Homefront IP was sold to Deep Silver, along with the team working on the game at Crytek UK. This new PC …
Read More »Once a game is added to EA Access’ Vault, it’s there for good
EA will not freely add and remove games made available via EA Access. The subscription service was revealed last month, and for either 3.99 a month or 19.99 a year offers free access to games contained within ‘The Vault’ as well as a discount on digital DLC and new game …
Read More »Xbox One Digital TV Tuner dated for the UK
From later this year Xbox One owners without a cable or satellite box will be able to watch over-the-air digital TV through their consoles. The Xbox One Digital TV Tuner will be released in the UK in late October, costing 24.99. It will arrive in Europe at the same time …
Read More »VIDEO: New BioWare IP teased for Gamescom
Developer BioWare has continued its teaser campaign for its mysterious presumably new project, due to be revealed at Gamescom next week. The latest short, entitled ‘You’ve Been Chosen: Impact’ (which you can see below) is the third such release from the company following ‘Nightmare’ and ‘Spark’ last month. There’s a …
Read More »First there was Twitch plays Pokemon, now there’s Fish Plays Pokemon
As in, there is literally a fish playing Pokemon, live on Twitch. Remember when crowdgaming pioneer Twitch Plays Pokemon made big news earlier this year? Well, things appear to have moved on somewhat. As spotted earlier today, now we have Fish Plays Pokemon. Welcome to our stream where our fish, …
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