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Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption is perhaps the most longed for PC port of them all, but it seems very unlikely it will ever happen. GameSpot reports that the game’s lead multiplayer designer Kris Roberts, who left Rockstar in 2010 and now works on Daybreak’s H1Z1, dashed any lingering hopes on …
Read More »Mighty No. 9 now set to launch in February
Mighty No. 9 has received new US and worldwide release dates, publisher Deep Silver has announced. The digital version of Comcept’s Mega Man spiritual successor will launch February 9thin North America and February 12thfor other territories on PC, Mac, Linux, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Wii U. Downloadable …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers: September 20-26
Elite: Dangerous has nabbed the top spot on Steam’s latest weekly best-selling titles, thanks in large part to a featured discount promotion. The game was able to surpass runner-up Counter-Strike: Global Offensive – which still appears to be selling stronger every week. Last week’s winner Metal Gear Solid V: The …
Read More »System Shock: Enhanced Edition launches on GOG
Night Dive Studios has released an enhanced edition of Looking Glass Technologies’ classic FPS/RPG hybird System Shock on GOG. A post onGOG’s news sectionreveals the updated version adds mouselook and widescreen support, as well as a classic” version of the game that perserves the original’s look and feel. New features …
Read More »Opinion: Who will make the next Rocket League?
If you visited MCV Towers at all this summer, there’s a good chance you would have heard the words ‘Rocket’ and ‘League’ echo around the floors. We’ve loved the car-football title here, and the fact it has been played by 6m people suggests that we’re not the only ones. That …
Read More »Mobile overtakes PC as kids’ gaming platform of choice
New NPD data suggests that PC is no longer the prominent platform for children. The report says 63 per cent of US kids between the age of two and 17 play video games on mobile devices, making it the most popular overall platform and placing it ahead of PC for …
Read More »Now Windows 7, 8 and Vista lock out some old games too
In August it was revealed that the then new Windows 10 would lock out some older disc-based games that used certain DRM methods. Now it seems that the same restrictions have been rolled out older versions of the OS, including Windows 7, 8 and Windows Vista. Rock Paper Shotgun reports …
Read More »Dungeon Defenders II set to become PS4’s first Early Access release
In-development co-op RPG Dungeon Defenders II will become the first Early Access release on PS4 when the game’s pre-alpha version arrives for Sony’s console later this month. A post on the PlayStation Blog by Trendy Entertainment designer and marketing director Philip Asher reveals the game’s Early Access build – currently …
Read More »The Late Show with Stephen Colbert books PewDiePie, No Man’s Sky dev
YouTube sensation PewDiePie and Hello Games founder Sean Murray are both scheduled to appear on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert early next month. CBS announces PewDiePie will be interviewed by Colbert and is to present some kind of demonstration on the show’s October 1strecording, while the programmer of No …
Read More »Nvidia’s full-size GTX 980 graphics card is coming to laptops
The days of watered-down laptop graphics cards could soon be at an end. Nvidia is bringing its flagship GTX 980 GPU to a number of notebook devices. That’s right – the full-size, desktop GTX 980, rather than the laptop-friendly 980M offshoot that launched last year. What this means in practice …
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