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After two days of intense criticism from social media and the press, Nintendo has finally offered an official apology for the heterosexual marriage requirement in 3DS title Tomodachi Life. The platform holder, however, has insisted that it is not possible for it to retroactively add marriage equality options into the …
Read More »Nintendo refuses to add gay marriage option to Tomodachi Life
Upcoming 3DS title Tomodachi life will not allow gamers to marry others of the same sex. The platform holder went to great lengths to correct reports last month that it had patched out a gay marriage bug” in the game, stressing that gay marriage was never an option in the …
Read More »Day one Trials Fusion patch to up Xbox One resolution to 900p
The Xbox One version of Trials Fusion will be the recipient of a day one resolution increase on Xbox One. The game will ship with a resolution of just 800p. However, Eurogamer reports that this will be bumped up to 900p once a patch ahs been downloaded and installed. As …
Read More »PS4 update will allow DualShock 4 lightbar dimming
An upcoming update to PS4 will allow users to lower the light emitted from their DualShock 4 controllers. GameTrailers journalist Geoff Keighley had claimed on Twitter that users would be able to shut off the light completely, but he was corrected by Sony Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida who clarified that …
Read More »PlayStation Home is getting Trophies
PS3’s virtual world app PlayStation Home is to shortly be updated with Trophy support. The often-forgotten social network will on Wednesday (March 12th) be patched to version v1.86, according to PlayStation Europe community manager Chris Owen, allowing users to earn Trophies for an unspecified array of activities. The Trophies will …
Read More »Gran Turismo 6 adds multi-monitor support
Never one afraid of pushing technological boundaries, developer Polyphony Digital has added multi-monitor support to Gran Turismo 6. The support comes as part of the game’s 1.05 patch and can be implemented in the display options menu. Other additions include alterations to the menus, extra filtering options in the car …
Read More »Respawn could patch-in 1080p Xbox One Titanfall support post-launch
Titanfall will launch on Xbox One in the US tomorrow and the UK this Friday at a resolution of 792p. Developer Respawn confirmed the number to Eurogamer, adding that the game’s resolution will likely increase at some stage down the line via a patch. "We’ve been experimenting with making it …
Read More »Twitch streaming arriving on Xbox One alongside Titanfall next month
Xbox One will offer integrated Twitch video streaming from next month. It will arrive alongside Titanfall on March 11th and is described by Twitch CEO and co-founder Emmett Shear as a complete integration”. "It’s exciting because we’ve never had the ability to broadcast from a console like this with such …
Read More »Xbox One PAL TV stutter fix on the way
Microsoft has said a fix to the Xbox One’s TV video stutter in Europe is just weeks away. It was revealed in November that users attempting to watch PAL TV through their consoles were experiencing judder caused by the difference between the machine’s 60Hz output and the 50Hz picture broadcast …
Read More »No more patches for Batman: Arkham Origins as resources put into DLC
Warner has told fans not to expect any further patches for Batman: Arkham Origins. Instead, Warner Bros Montreal is focusing its development resources on DLC. The team is currently working hard on the upcoming story DLC and there currently are no plans for releasing another patch to address the issues …
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