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Rockstar has told Grand Theft Auto V players that their GTA Online cash boost has been a little delayed. The developer last week said that all players of the game will see their GTA Online character credited with $500,000 of in-game currency to make up for the technical woes that …
Read More »Time also called on Wii in Europe
If you’re in the UK and in the market for a Wii, now is the time to act. Having confirmed that the machine is no longer being supplied to the Japanese market, Nintendo has now revealed that Europe too will not be receiving any further stock of the machine. Wii …
Read More »The Wii lives on in America
Nintendo has confirmed that American retail will continue to be supplied with Wii consoles. MCV reported earlier this week that a message on the Wii page of Nintendo’s Japanese site confirmed that production of the console had ceased in the region. However, that does not reflect its fate elsewhere. "The …
Read More »Virgin Gaming launching subscription e-sports service
A new subscription service has been unveiled by e-sports brand Virgin Gaming. VentureBeat reports that Virgin Premium will cost $4.99 per month. For that users can enter competitive multiplayer tournaments without the need to surrender a portion of their winnings, as is the way with the current offer. Subscribers are …
Read More »New, official Call of Duty: Ghosts PC specs are less demanding
The official minimum PC requirements for Call of Duty: Ghosts have been released. They’re broadly the same as the Nvidia specs reported earlier in the month, although the GPU requirements have been paired back a bit from a GTX 550Ti to a GTS 450 and HDD space requirements have been …
Read More »Watch Dogs and Assassin’s Creed IV content exclusive to PlayStation for six months
It will be six months before players on other platforms get their hands on Sony’s exclusive Ubisoft DLC. Both Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag and the delayed Watch Dogs include exclusive” content on both PS4 and PS3 – and a video below from Sony confirms the precise period of that …
Read More »Konami has fixed PES 2014 multiplayer on Xbox 360
The multiplayer component of Konami’s PES 2014 on Xbox 360 has at last been fixed. An update is now available and ready to download, and should do so manually the next time the game is loaded up. However, 11v11 online multiplayer is not yet available and will be introduced in …
Read More »PS4’s DualShock 4 loses analogue face buttons
The DualShock 4 brings a lot of new features to the PlayStation party, but one bit of functionality has been lost on the way. VentureBeat reports that the DualShock 3’s face buttons were analogue. This meant they were pressure sensitive, so as well as telling the PS3 if they were …
Read More »Injustice: Gods Among Us joins PS3-PS4 upgrade scheme
Warner Bros’ Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition has joined Sony’s next-gen trade-up scheme. Eurogamer reports that those who buy the PS3 version of the game will in the box find a code that, come the game’s PS4 release, will entitle them to buy the next-gen digital version for a …
Read More »PS4 will allow users to use real names online at launch
Gamers will, should they chose to, be allowed to use their real names when gaming online with PS4 at launch. Sony confirmed the news to Kotaku, giving its machine another leg up over its high-profile rival Xbox One which will offer the same functionality but not until an unspecified later …
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