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Asda has turned on Black Friday, signalling its desire to move away from the sales event it helped popularise in the UK. The supermarket, which is owned by US giant Walmart, brought across the American day of discounting to its UK outlets in 2013, making it one of the first …
Read More »Darth Vader PS4 controller to be sold standalone
Star Wars fans looking to show their affection for the Dark Side will be able to pick up anew Darth Vader-themed pad for the PS4. The black controller was originally announced as part of the Darth Vader-themed PS4 bundle, which also includes a copy of upcoming shooter Battlefront and four …
Read More »VIDEO: EA shows off new live-action Star Wars Battlefront trailer
EA has unveiled the latest tease for Star Wars Battlefront, which takes the idea of disappearing into the game quite literally. The publisher previously teamed up with PlayStation to do a live-action advert featuring the iconic X-Wing ship and bin-shaped robot R2-D2. This time, it’s Pitch Perfect, Into The Woods …
Read More »SNES PlayStation hybrid shown powered-on and working
The incredibly rare hardware collaboration between two of the industry’s giants has seemingly been proved real. The ‘SNES PlayStation’ was re-discovered back in July after a Reddit user posted images of the long-lost prototype unit, of which only 200 were made. Created before the original PlayStation, the machine was the …
Read More »EA: ‘Battlefront will be an integral part of the Star Wars universe’
Who would’ve thought, five years ago, that a new Star Wars title would be one of the most anticipated games of 2015? Yet, here we are, with Star Wars Battlefront set to be one of – if not the – biggest titles of Christmas. Gamer anticipation has unsurprisingly been building …
Read More »Capcom targets ‘newer, younger, eSports audience’ with Street Fighter V
It may not seem like it, but it’s been nearly a decade since the last numbered Street Fighter game. That’s right: Street Fighter IV came out in 2008. Of course, you might not have noticed the time passing, given the release of Super Street Fighter IV in 2010, Street Fighter …
Read More »It seems like Fallout 4 Pip-Boy Edition pre-orders are being cancelled at GAME
Gamers are taking to Twitter to lambast GAME after it appears their pre-orders for the Pip-Boy Edition of Fallout 4 were cancelled days before release. The 100 SKU includes the much-discussed real-life Pip-Boy wearable, and was exclusive to the retailer. Consumers had to place a 20 deposit to secure their …
Read More »Battleborn delayed to May
You’ll have to wait an extra three months to play the next shooter from Borderlands creator Gearbox. Battleborn, a character-focused shooter that includes both a campaign and multiple 10-player online modes, was originally planned to launch on February 9th. Now, the PC, PS4 and Xbox One game will hit shelves …
Read More »Take-Two nets $365m during fiscal Q2
Take-Two has beaten its quarterly revenue expectations by almost $50m, as revealed during its latest financials. The 2K and Rockstar parent was previously predicted to generate $318.3 million in revenue during its fiscal Q2, but well surpassed that sum to bring in $364.9 million – a 169 per cent annual …
Read More »Blizzard shooter Overwatch is coming to PS4 and Xbox One
Blizzard’s upcoming shooter Overwatch has been confirmed for a console release, having previously only been revealed for PC. The title, which grew out of the studio’s cancelled Titan MMO project, is a class-based first-person shooter which features a number of distinct characters with unique abilities – not unlike MOBA games …
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