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Despite having plenty of time left before its November 1st release, Ubisoft is not relenting on its aggressive video marketing campaign for Assassin’s Creed IV. Its latest effort is a live-action trailer, which can be seen below, that suggests life on the high seas is… well… a bit messy. The …
Read More »Nvidia GTX 790 tipped for 2013 release; GeForce 800 series out in Q1 2014?
AMD’s expected Q4 2013 assault on the graphics card market will not go unanswered, it seems. Videocardz.com reports that Nvidia is not only planning a big release of its own before Christmas, but that it is also fast-tracking the release of the GeForce 800 series cards to early next year. …
Read More »Lineker! Bergkamp! Seaman! Neville? Classic players come to FIFA 14
EA has announced the inclusion of a host of classic players in next month’s FIFA 14. The list of stars will be available in the Ultimate Team modes of the Xbox 360 and Xbox One versions. They will randomly be found in Gold Pack downloads. Names the jump out of …
Read More »Call of Duty: Ghosts – upgrade from PS3 to PS4 version for £10
Activision has announced that players looking to upgrade from PS3 to PS4 will be offered a special discount on Call of Duty: Ghosts. Call of Duty: Ghosts is out on PS3 on November 5th. With PS4 now having a confirmed UK release date of November 29th, players face a choice …
Read More »PES 2014 release date confirmed; Will arrive ahead of FIFA 14
Konami has nailed down a UK release date for the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC versions of PES 2014. The football sim will be released on September 20th. That’s exactly one week before the arrival of the current-gen version of EA’s FIFA 14. The PS2 and PSP versions of PES …
Read More »PC version of Call of Duty: Ghosts will look better than PS4, Xbox One
The executive producer of Call of Duty: Ghosts has said that the PC version of the game will boast the strongest visuals. That’s perhaps not surprising, of course – it’s not difficult to beat a next-gen beating gaming PC right now on a moderate budget – but with development currently …
Read More »$100m Disney Infinity "under tremendous pressure" to succeed – report
The success or otherwise of Disney Infinity could decide the ultimate fate of Disney’s video games ambitions. That’s according to The Wall Street Journal, which claims that the company has invested well over $100m” in the game’s development and deployment, citing people close to the company”. Said source is quoted: …
Read More »VIDEO: F1 2013 Classic Edition detailed, limited to 10,000 units in UK
Codemasters will only make 10,000 units of F1 2013 Classic Edition available in the UK. That comes as part of a detailed breakdown of exactly what extras will be offered in the SKU, which will release alongside the vanilla F1 2013 on October 4th. GAME is currently selling F1 2013 …
Read More »NCsoft claims Guild Wars 2 MMORPG sales record
Guild Wars 2 has claimed an impressive sales record, if publisher NCsoft is to be believed. The company says that Guild Wars 2 ranks as the all-time fastest selling Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) in Europe and North America” with sales of 3m units in its first nine months …
Read More »Square Enix confirms Thief release date
The wait for Square Enix’s new Thief title will not be as long as expected. The publisher has confirmed that the game will be released on PS4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on February 28th 2014 in Europe. It will arrive in North America on February 25th. Garrett …
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