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Capcom will be holding a four-day interactive experience to celebrate the launch of Resident Evil 7, the company announced today. Taking place between January 20th – 23rd in a haunted and dilapidated venue in East London, Resident Evil 7: The Experience will see members of the public take part in …
Read More »Ubisoft launches Assassin’s Creed Unity tie-in experience Project Widow
Ubisoft has launched a unique online experience to promote its upcoming Xbox One and PS4 title Assassin’s Creed Unity. Entitled Project Widow – referring to a nickname for the guillotine – the city night walk experience provides gamers with an online interactive guided tour around late 18th-century Paris – the …
Read More »Framerate counter and desktop capture added to GeForce Experience ShadowPlay
Nvidia has added some important new functionality to its GeForce Experience software. Streamers will be delighted to hear that desktop capture has been added to ShadowPlay. Previously the software would only stream live video of compatible titles, but now users can stream whatever is being displayed on their screen, opening …
Read More »Mehdi – Xbox One with Kinect is still the ‘premium experience’
Microsoft may have bowed to market pressures and cut Kinect from Xbox One, but it hasn’t given up its Kinect charm offensive. Even now the company is still refusing to acknowledge the camera’s unpopularity and is instead insisting that the 349 Kinect-free SKU is still just the first step in …
Read More »Samsung opens eight new UK stores
Samsung has opened a number of new standalone stores in eight cities across the UK. The eight Experience Stores have been unveiled in London, Liverpool, Manchester, Bradford, Cardiff, Bournemouth and Newcastle – where two have opened. The stores follow in the footsteps ofSamsung’s first UK Experience Store, which opened up …
Read More »Six-month Kinect roadshow revealed
Microsoft has outlined dates for a six-month Kinect tour which will visit UK shopping centres, Disney on Ice shows and The Clothes Show. The ‘Your Kinect Experience Tour’ kicks off in late September and will run to March. Consumers will be able to play several upcoming games compatible with the …
Read More »Michael Jackson hits Kinect and Move
Today sees the release of Ubisoft’s Michael Jackson: The Experience on Xbox 360 and PS3. The game, which until today has been available only on handhelds and Nintendo Wii, takes the successful formula laid down by Just Dance and adds a healthy dose of the King of Pop. Last week …
Read More »Michael Jackson game hits 2m
Having enjoyed a very strong Christmas, Ubisoft’s Michael Jackson: The Experience has now sold over 2m units across Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East. There’s more to come from the game too, with a Japanese release incoming and an April release for the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions …
Read More »Ubisofts new anti-piracy weapon
Publisher Ubisoft has implemented an innovative security measure in the DS version of Michael Jackson: The Experience – the South African vuvuzela horn made famous in this summer’s World Cup. Eurogamer reports that people attempting to play the hacked version of the game via a downloadable ROM are founding that …
Read More »FFXIV to impose gameplay time limit
Square Enix has revealed that it will be implementing new measures in upcoming MMO Square Enix that are designed to narrow the gap between hardcore players of the genre and more casual players. Kotaku reports that the game will allow players eight hours of unrestricted play. Once that barrier is …
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