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The first wave of Microsoft’s Creators Update has begun rolling out to members of the Xbox Insider Program, the company announced yesterday. Chief among them is the new Copilot feature that will help make the console more accessible to players with disabilities. The Copilot feature allows two controllers to act …
Read More »Tekken 7 release date confirmed for June 2nd
Tekken 7 is launching on June 2nd on PS4, Xbox One and PC, Bandai Namco has announced, and will come in multiple editions at retail. The standard Day One version of the game will come with a physical copy of the game and the Eliza character DLC, but there will …
Read More »Halo Wars 2 and Forza Horizon 3 headline new Xbox One S bundles
Microsoft has announced two new Xbox One consoles for the UK: the Xbox One S Halo Wars 2 Ultimate Edition Bundle (1TB) and the Xbox One S Forza Horizon 3 Bundle. The latter comes in both 1TB and 500GB configurations. The Halo Wars 2 Ultimate Edition Bundle launches on February …
Read More »EA releasing 10-hour trial for Mass Effect Andromeda for Access subscribers
EA is planning to release a 10-hour trial of Mass Effect: Andromeda for Access subscribers, the company revealed on its website today. The game doesn’t launch until March 23rd in the UK, but those who subscribe to EA Access on Xbox One, or Origin Access on PC, will be able …
Read More »Capcom has "no plans" to bring Resident Evil to Switch right now
Resident Evil VII is due out tomorrow, but it doesn’t look like Capcom will be bringing its flagship horror franchise to the Nintendo Switch any time soon. That’s according to series producer Masachika Kawata, who spoke about the company’s upcoming plans for the franchise to Express Online. I think [the …
Read More »The Division’s Expansion III: Last Stand DLC detailed
Ubisoft has revealed new details about the third DLC expansion for The Division. Entitled ‘Expansion III: Last Stand’, the DLC pack will be available to download simultaneously on PS4, Xbox One and PC when it launches as part of The Division’s Season Pass. Players will also be able to buy …
Read More »Warface to be published by My.com from February
Crytek’s Warface has a new publisher for Europe and North America. Starting from February 2017, the first-person-shooter will be published by My.com in the above territories. Crytek, meanwhile, will remain in charge of updates as well as its ongoing support. With My.com taking over all publishing and operations duties, the …
Read More »Fig to expand number of crowd-funding projects after raising $7.8m in VC finance
Crowdfunding and investment platform Fig has announced it’s secured $7.84m of funding in its first round of venture capital financing, a sum the company says will allow it to expand the number of game projects it can host going forward. VC firms Spark Capital and Greycroft led the round of …
Read More »Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove launching first on Nintendo Switch
Yacht Club Games has announced its upcoming Shovel Knight expansions, Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove and Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment will be launching on Nintendo Switch first during the console’s launch window. Other platforms will follow after sometime in the spring. Yacht Club Games has yet to reveal specific release …
Read More »Zelda: Breath of the Wild will be the last first-party Wii U game
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild will be the last first-party game to launch on the Wii U, Nintendo has confirmed. Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime broke the news while speaking to Polygon during the Switch reveal event last Friday. From a first-party standpoint, there’s no new …
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