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17-year Konami veteran Dave Cox has left the Japanese publisher. Cox is best known for his work on the Castlevania series of games, and was in charge of the recent Lords of Shadow series of games. Lords of Shadow was a great return to form for the Castlevania series. Its …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Unity delayed
Ubisoft has pushed back the release of Assassin’s Creed Unity by a few weeks. The game was originally due October 28th, but will now hit European shelves (including the UK) on November 13th. It’ a slight delay, no doubt to ensure the game gets those last few bugs out of …
Read More »Splatoon was nearly a Mario game
Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto said the firm almost turned Splatoon into a Mario game. Splatoon was announced at E3. It is a co-op shooter where players fire ink and turn into a squid to dart around the arena. We found it a lot of fun. The game is a completely …
Read More »The Evolution of Take-Two
The US giant is riding high thanks to Grand Theft Auto V and its lucrative digital business. But after delaying its big new IP Evolve into 2015, is it still brimming with confidence? Christopher Dring speaks to CEO and president Strauss Zelnick Your Q1 revenues beat expectations, despite not releasing …
Read More »How PewDiePie fired Skate 3 back into the charts
If you follow the UK charts as closely as we do, you will have noticed that Skate 3 has been in the Top 40 all year. This week the game sits at No.20. The reason why this is worth noting is because Skate 3 is four years-old. There is no …
Read More »Amazon to buy Twitch in $970m deal
Retail giant Amazon has agreed to buy Twitch for $970m in cash. The retail giant swoops in for the firm, which was widely believed to have been an acquisition target for Google. Twitch is a major live-streaming platform for games, and one that has benefited hugely from eSports. It is …
Read More »Games retail gets involved in the Ice Bucket Challenge
It turns out everyone in the games industry is getting buckets of ice cold water thrown over their heads. The whole thing is designed to support ALS, in an effort to raise awareness of the motor neurone disease. And some cash, as well. Plenty of games industry folk have done …
Read More »Actually, Call of Duty pre-orders spiked 385% last week
As it turns out, Call of Duty had a pretty good Gamescom after all. You may recall that yesterday we published a story about pre-order spikes during Gamescom. Amazon UK revealed to us the impact Gamescom had on its big games and the numbers surprised us a bit. It revealed …
Read More »White PS4 Destiny bundle cut to £350 at GAME
GAME is now selling the White PS4 Destiny bundle for the same RRP of a normal PS4. The console was on sale 379.99 but can now be bought for a penny below 350. The price cut follows a mini-price war over the normal black PS4 destiny bundle, which is available …
Read More »Horror games terrify in Cologne
A few years ago, horror games were a rarity. Even the big horror IP such as Dead Space and Resident Evil were abandoning scares in favour of action. That’s been changing this year, and Gamescom was filled with creepy games designed to scare the pants of gamers. The Evil Within …
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