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Rumours of a possible release for a disc-less Xbox One are unlikely to be true, a US analyst has claimed. Claims that such a device is in active testing at Microsoft appeared online yesterday. However, Michael Pachter has said he finds it hard to believe such a machine actually exists. …
Read More »Vita Indie Game Mega Pack detailed
Sony has specified exactly what punters will be getting with the Vita Indie Game Mega Pack. Announced yesterday alongside the Vita Slim, the bundle includes hits such as Thomas Was Alone, Hotline Miami, Limbo and Velocity Ultra. Also included is a 4GB memory card. The games will come in the …
Read More »Warner cancels Batman: Arkham Origins DLC on Wii U
There will no longer be any DLC released for the Wii U version of Batman: Arkham Origins. A Warner Bros spokesperson told VG247 that: Based on demand for DLC content on the system, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has made the decision to remove its offering of the upcoming all-new story …
Read More »Sony questions difference between Vita’s LCD and OLED displays
The difference between the Vita Slim’s LCD display and the Original Vita’s OLED display is small, if not imperceptible” if it exists at all, Sony has claimed. The new Vita arrives in the UK next month and with no plans to replenish stock of the existing model, gamers will have …
Read More »Microsoft offering $100 off an Xbox One when users ditch their PS3
An apparent US Microsoft Store ad is offering to reward consumers for abandoning their PlayStation 3. As spotted by NeoGaf, a digital flyer doing the rounds is offering gamers $100 off the price of an Xbox One when participants hand over their old PS3 console. The PS3 must be in …
Read More »PS4 outselling Xbox One 1.5-to-1 in the UK
Sony has claimed that PS4 is experiencing a significant sales advantage over its rival Xbox One in the UK. UK boss Fergal Gara told Eurogamer that its machine is outselling Microsoft’s by a ratio of 1.5-to-1 in the UK. That means for every two Xbox Ones sold PS4 is selling …
Read More »Bugbear’s Next Car Game makes $1m in one week on Steam Early Access
While releasing a game early doesn’t always reap rewards, it certainly has for racing specialist Bugbear. The studio has announced that its Next Car Game title made over $1m in its first week of availability on Steam Early Access, aping the success of Early Access forerunners such as Day, Rust …
Read More »American McGee’s Akaneiro tumbling down the Kickstarter rabbit hole
Steam Early Access game Akaneiro: Demon Hunters has cost creators Spicy Horse $1.7m, owner American McGee has revealed. The game successfully won $200k worth of backing on Kickstarter and has to date raised a total of $300k in revenue. However, with development costs of nearly $2m that has left the …
Read More »Battlefield 4 Mantle update is live
AMD graphics card owners are now able to play the Mantle version of Battlefield 4. To run the Mantle version users must have updated their AMD GPU driver to the 14.1 beta and be running a Radeon card with Graphics Core Next (R9 290X, R9 290, R7 260X and Kaveri …
Read More »App Store and Google Play games spend overtook portable gaming in 2013
A new report says that games spending on both the iOS App Store and the Google Play Store overtook portable gaming last year. App Annie’s 2013 Retrospective report says that global App Store games spend overtook dedicated games portable software spend at the end of 2012 and Google Play overtook …
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