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PS4 designers at one stage contemplated releasing the system without a hard drive, Sony Computer Entertainment boss Andrew House has admitted. "The reason [having a hard drive or not] was such a large decision because it’s not just for launch but in it for the cycle," he told the Develop …
Read More »Mountain aiming for Steam and Android release
Having made a lot of noise this last week, Mountain could be making its way to higher ground. Made by David O’Reilly, the ambient $1 game sees players… well, what you actually do seems to be down to interpretation. Players watch the mountain, certainly. Do they interact with it? Opinion …
Read More »Samsung VR headset pictured, called Gear VR
The next competitor in the increasingly crowded virtual reality sector has been pictured for the first time. It was reported in May that the Korean company was working on a VR device, but now SamMobile claims to have obtained the first picture of what will be called the Gear VR. …
Read More »Sharknado: The Video Game is a real thing
Did you know there’s going to be another Sharknado film? There is. And now there’s going to be a game too. Syfy’s 2013 b-movie outing Sharknado was for reasons unfathomable to man a cult hit. So much so, in fact, that the station will on July 30th debut Sharknado 2: …
Read More »Lords of the Fallen release date confirmed
Square Enix’s Lords of the Fallen, which is definitely not Dark Souls, at last has a UK release date. That game will be released for PS4, Xbox One and PC on October 31st in the UK, priced at 49.99 on consoles and 29.99 on PC. That means it will arrive …
Read More »Project Spark joins the busy October release schedule
Xbox One exclusive Project Spark finally has a release date. The creative interactive world build will be released for Xbox One and Windows 8.1 in the UK on October 10th. In the same week gamers will also have the choice of shelling out for Sega’s Alien: Isolation and Middle-earth: Shadow …
Read More »PEGI rated 1,200 fewer games in 2013 than it did in 2009
1,542 games were rated by PEGI last year – that’s 1,208 fewer than were rated than back in the heady days of 2009. It also represents a continued decrease in the number of traditional titles hitting the High Street, with 2,538 rated in 2010, 2,214 in 2011 and 1,813 in …
Read More »Hearthstone’s single player Curse of Naxxramas DLC priced
Blizzard has confirmed the pricing for its upcoming single player Hearthstone expansion Curse of Naxxramas. The DLC, which will be split into five parts, can be had in its entirety for 17.49/$24.99 or each part can be purchased separately for 4.99/$6.99 or 700 in-game gold. There is also a range …
Read More »Some 360 owners being offered free credit if they buy an Xbox One
Microsoft is dangling an Xbox One shaped carrot in the face of a few select Xbox 360 owners. As spotted by NeoGaf, a promotion seems to have cropped up on the dashboard of a select number of Xbox 360 owners offering $75 worth of free credit if they make the …
Read More »VIDEOS: Impressive Driveclub shorts show off weather effects
Well, if these videos are representative of the final game then Driveclub is possibly the best looking racing game ever made. Two new videos released on the PlayStation Blog show off the upcoming racer’s dynamic weather system, that is fully customisable and will be offered as a free game update …
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