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Following GAME’s leak this afternoon, US mag GameInformer has revealed that Batman: Arkham Knight is its next cover star. Developed by Asylum and City creators Rocksteady, Knight is the final Arkham game and is set after the events of 2011’s City. Last year’s Warner Montreal-developer Arkham Origins was a prequel, …
Read More »UPDATE: Retailer outs Batman Arkham Knight
The next instalment in the popular Arkham series has been named. As spotted by Videogamer via a now removed listing on the GAME website, it’s called Batman: Arkham Knight and is due out on PS4, Xbox One and PC this year. It looks like current-gen and Wii U are out …
Read More »Project Spark beta arrives on Xbox One
Microsoft’s beta for the ambitious Project Spark is now available on Xbox One. The beta first arrived on Windows 8.1 back in December and has attracted over 250,000 users. Project Spark lets gamers (or should that be designers?) to create a wide assortment of games, offering what is being tipped …
Read More »End of days for End of Nations?
Trion Worlds’ MOBA RTS End of Nations has been officially put on hold”. Concerns were raised after the game’s website was taken offline and all mention of the PC title was removed from Trion’s website. Its Facebook page has not been updated since August. "As we informed EON’s community last …
Read More »Raiden IV: Overkill slated for Western release on PS3
Moss-developed Japanese shmup Raiden IV is getting a digital release on PS3 in the West. The game was previously published by UFO Interactive on Xbox 360 in 2009 (and was released on XBLA by Moss itself) but now the company is bringing a revamped ‘Overkill’ version – complete with new …
Read More »Fixing Battlefield 4 netcode is ‘one of the top priorities’ as DLC development moves to DICE LA
EA owned studio DICE has once again promised to fix the problems that persist with Battlefield 4. Part of this fix appears to be shifting development of the game’s remaining DLC to DICE LA, leaving Stockholm to focus on the core game. "DICE LA works closely with the DICE studio …
Read More »Twitch gets higher broadcast resolution on Xbox One than PS4
Video streaming via Twitch on Xbox One has been found to be of better quality than on PS4. Videogamer reports that a recent broadcast from Microsoft’s Larry ‘Major Nelson’ Hryb on Twitch via Xbox One was streaming at a resolution of 1280×720 at 30 frames per second. By comparison, PS4’s …
Read More »Gabe Newell’s Reddit AMA scrapped and rescheduled after T&Cs breach
Valve founder Gabe Newell was supposed to hold his long awaited Reddit AMA yesterday. It didn’t happen. That’s because Newell failed to adhere to a couple of Reddit’s terms and conditions – specifically it wasn’t submitted through the site’s approved channel and was posted too long before the event was …
Read More »Watch Dogs product manager promises ‘big week’ for IP
There’s now even more evidence that fresh Watch Dogs news – and quite possibly a release date – will be announced this week. The game’s product manager David Thriault yesterday sent a tweet containing the hashtags ‘watchdogs’ and ‘bigweek’. This comes after more evidence recently that a release date is …
Read More »VIDEO: South Park Stick of Truth launch trailer and censored scenes are go
South Park: The Stick of Truth arrives in the US today and in the UK this Friday, but the launch video is available to view right now. The game has received a number of glowing reviews and currently has an 85 per cent Metacritic average on PC and 82 per …
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