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After what feels like a long period of pretty significant investment, we finally know what the first big projects to emerge from Amazon Game Studio will look like. Leading the lineup is Breakaway, an eSports orientated 4×4 team sports brawler” which seems tailor made to try and make the most …
Read More »Battleborn may (or may not) be going free-to-play
Gearbox’s multiplayer shooter seems to be about to launch some sort of free-to-play or free-to-try offer. Kotaku originally reported that a source close to the game had informed it that Battleborn was going to make the switch to free-to-play within a couple of months. This source added that the studio …
Read More »Insomniac wants to bring Sunset Overdrive to PC
The developer of Xbox One exclusive Sunset Overdrive has expressed its desire to port the game to PC. As spotted by PC Gamer, Insomniac told one fan on Twitter that it would love it if it could happen but ball is in Xbox’s court on it”. Shortly after it added: …
Read More ȣ149 PS4s are everywhere
A number of UK retailers are today offering the launch version of the PS4 for just 149. Tesco, Smyths, Argos, Game, John Lewis and ShopTo have all gone live with 149 offers for the pre-slim 500GB version of he PS4 bundled with a game. In most instances it’s new release …
Read More »Advertising Standards Authority confirms No Man’s Sky investigation
Controversial space exploration game No Man’s Sky is being investigated by the ASA over allegations that its marketing was deceptive. Eurogamer reports that the organisation has received several complaints” and that its investigation will examine how the game was presented on its Steam store page. Specifically, it is claimed that …
Read More »An N64 emulator made it onto Xbox One
It’s starting to look as if Xbox One has an emulator problem. Well, arguably it’s not a problem if you’re an owner and have an interest in retro gaming. But it may well be a problem if you’re Microsoft or a rights holder that could be affected by your games …
Read More »Destiny 2 is coming to PC, won’t carry over existing characters – report
Bungie will bring Destiny 2 to PC, as well as PS4 and Xbox One. That’s according to Kotaku, which reports that it has heard from its own sources that forum rumours about PC expansion doing the rounds at the moment are indeed correct. It is also claimed that Activision studios …
Read More »GAME sells head office and distribution centre
Retailer GAME digital and entered into a sale and leaseback agreement for its Basingstoke head office and distribution centre. The company’s freehold interest in both locations has been sold to Portsmouth Estates Developments Limited, a local property investment firm owned by Lord Oliver Henry Rufus Lymington, who is the 35-year-old …
Read More »Windows 10 passes 400m installations
Microsoft is celebrating a big milestone for the latest iteration of its world-conquering operating system. Windows 10 is now installed on over 400m systems worldwide. It has hit this number in 14 months. That’s a fair bit quicker than Windows 7, which took over 20 months to reach the same …
Read More »Amazon’s PSVR pre-order backlog stretches out to mid December
Buyers who place an order for PlayStation VR on Amazon today may not get their hands on the headset until the middle of December. As spotted by Videogamer, the retailer currently has the following disclaimer on the peripheral’s pre-order page: Due to limited stock we are only able to offer …
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