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A surprise Nintendo Direct will take place tomorrow, the platform holder has announced. The broadcast, hosted by Nintendo President Satoru Iwata and Nintendo of Europe President Satoru Shibata,” the announcement reads. [It] will mainly provide updates on software coming to Wii U and Nintendo 3DS in the remainder of 2013.” …
Read More »Arma 3 single player campaign won’t arrive until after launch
Bohemia Interactive has announced that the single player campaign for Arma 3 won’t arrive until after the game is officially released. The developer now plans to release in the campaign across three free DLC episodes called Survive, Adapt and Win. The game will still ship with 12 single player showcase …
Read More »Xbox avatars going HD; 360 and One games to have separate Achievements
Microsoft has revealed a number of new details about Xbox One, including a significant upgrade to avatars. Chief Xbox One platform architect Marc Whitten told IGN that the company is upgrading Xbox Live avatars to allow for full-body HD gamerpics. In fact, the old 64×64 gamerpics are being ditched altogether …
Read More »Nintendo has sold 654.12 million consoles in the last 30 years
654.12m. That amazingly high figure is the number of consoles that Nintendo has sold in the last 30 years. That number breaks down into two parts, GoNintendo reports. Firstly, Nintendo has sold 268.97m home consoles – that includes sales of the NES (Famicom), SNES (Super Famicom), N64, GameCube, Wii and …
Read More »Battlefield 4’s Battlelog is PC and next-gen only
EA’s second-screen experience for battlefield 4 won’t be available to players on Xbox 360 or PS3. Speaking to Engadget, Battlelog’s assistant producer Jesper Nielsen said that the reason is the web-based tech powering the project. "When we set out to build [Battlelog in Battlefield 4], our biggest goal from the …
Read More »Doom 4 was scrapped because it "did not have spirit"
Id software director Tim Willits has admitted that the former build of Doom 4 was scrapped because it failed to harness the spirit of the series. In October 2011 it was revealed that work on the game had been indefinitely postponed” although both Id and publisher Bethesda insist that the …
Read More »AMD releases Crossfire-fixing 13.8 beta driver
Graphics card specialist AMD has finally released its long-awaited beta driver aimed at fixing the problems faced by multiple graphics cards users. Microstutter has been an ongoing issue for those who use two or more AMD graphics cards (a process known as Crossfire) in their PC. The issue effectively led …
Read More »505’s Ashes game gets rival as Don Bradman Cricket 14 is revealed
A second cricket game is on the way to consoles and PC later this year. Home Entertainment Suppliers has announced Don Bradman Cricket 14, which will be out on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC later this year. That puts it directly up against 505 Games’ delayed Ashes Cricket 2013, which …
Read More »Volition producer was uncomfortable with THQ’s Saints Row marketing
An associate producer from developer Volition has spoken out about her discomfort at the series’ handling by former publisher THQ. I did not always love how much THQ put an emphasis on porn stars,” Kate Nelson told Edge. In Saints Row 2 and Saints Row 3 there was an emphasis …
Read More »Sony rejects entertainment sell-off proposal
An attempt by an ‘activist shareholder’ to force Sony into an entertainment spin-off has been rejected by Sony. Reuters reports that shareholder Daniel Loeb had proposed that Sony sell parts of its movie, TV and music business – constituting around a fifth of its entertainment interests – in an attempt …
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