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Konami has revealed a significant sales bias for March release Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes. Its latest financial report reveals that the game sold three times as many copies on Sony’s PS4 as it did on Xbox One. Eurogamer reports that specific sales numbers were not revealed, although 570k …
Read More »Twitch Plays Pokemon beats every generation of the series
Remember Twitch Plays Pokemon? Well, it has just beat 3DS title Pokemon X, meaning that every generation of Nintendo’s series has now been bettered. VentureBeat reports that due to the lack of 3DS emulation, one of the community actually concocted a modified physical 3DS that would recognise and input the …
Read More »Hyrule Warriors Special edition comes with a scarf
Nintendo’s quest for an original item to bundle in its Hyrule Warriors: Special Edition has led to the inclusion of a scarf. The turquoise and orange garment carries the Hyrulian crest. Japanese gamers are instead getting an LCD Triforce clock while American gamers are getting one of a selection of …
Read More »Brand new engine to blame for F1 2014 PS4 and Xbox One no-show
Codemasters has said that the construction of a brand new game engine is the reason why F1 2014 won’t be released on PS4 and Xbox One. The game was revealed last week for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC, with Codemasters also confirmed that F1 2015 will indeed be a next-gen …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed: Rogue hitting PS3 and 360 this November
Boxart for the rumoured Assassin’s Creed: Rogue has leaked online. The PS3 and Xbox 360 game was listed by a Swiss retailer last week and new images unearthed by Access the Animus now confirms it will be released on November 11th. Other images published by the site show a hooded …
Read More »Microsoft confirms white Xbox One Sunset Overdrive bundle
A white Xbox One will be released later this year. Following rumours yesterday, Polygon has word from a Microsoft spokesperson that bundles featuring both Madden NFL 25 and Sunset Overdrive will launch later this year – the latter of which including a white version of the console. The former SKU …
Read More »Original Resident Evil being remastered for PS4, Xbox One, PC and last-gen
Capcom has announced a 1080p remake of its 1996 survival horror classic Resident Evil. THe assets released so far appear to show a build based around the 2002 GameCube remake, although this new version will have an all-new visual makeover, complete with the option to switch between 16:9 and 4:3 …
Read More »GameStop to increase pre-owned trade-in credit, report claims
Gamers will shortly receive more money for the games they trade in at GameStop. That’s according to Kotaku, which has word from an insider at the retailer about a simplification to its trade-in structure that’s due to be implemented on August 18th. The headline figure – the average price paid …
Read More »Reports of unrest at Nintendo, claims management plotting Iwata toppling
A Japanese news site claims that Nintendo management are locked in a dispute with president Satoru Iwata over his smartphone strategy. Business Journal, as reported by Nintendo Everything and retweeted by Nintendo analyst Dr Serkan Toto, says that Iwata is singlehandedly vetoing demands to release Nintendo IP on smartphones. It …
Read More »Destiny: Ghost Edition bundles selling for $600+ on eBay
Already pre-ordered your Destiny: Ghost Edition? If so then a dilemma possibly awaits. As spotted by CVG, there are already a handful of successful sales of the SKU on eBay, with a recent one closing on $610. Some folk are now listing the bundle for as much as $1,000 via …
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