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NPD’s March 2015 report shows PlayStation 4 on top in a down period for hardware at US retail, while Battlefield: Hardline and Bloodborne duked it out for the top spot in a flourishing software category. While Sony declared victory over Microsoft and Nintendo in hardware, the category was down 21 …
Read More »Halo: Spartan Strike launches on Steam, iOS, Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone
343 Industries and Vanguard Games’ twin-stick shooter Halo: Spartan Strike has launched on Windows PC, Windows 8.1, Windows Phone and – somewhat unexpectedly – iOS. The PC version is available now via Steam, while the Windows 8.1 release can be had on the Windows Store. Meanwhile, mobile editions can be …
Read More »Star Wars Battlefront lands this November on PC, PS4 and Xbox One – rumour
Star Wars Battlefront will launch this November, if what fans have unearthed from the source code for the game’s website is anything to go by. Polygon reports on the discovery of the following bit of info hidden in the source code for the news page of the game’s official site: …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto V sets new (non-Valve) user record
The PC version of Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V has set a new record for the number of concurrent users on Steam playing a game not made by Valve. Steam data shows that at its peak in the last 24 hours GTAV was being played by 301,246 people. While this …
Read More »Project Cars gets new ‘guaranteed’ release date
Bandai Namco has announced what is says is the definite final release date for Project Cars. We can now guarantee a release date for Project Cars for May 8th for PS4, Xbox One and PC,” the publisher said on Twitter. The racer, in development at Slightly Mad Studios, has previously …
Read More »EA pulling plug on Battlefield Heroes, FIFA World and other F2P titles
EA has announced it will drop support for free-to-play PC titles Battlefield Heroes, Battlefield Play4Free, FIFA World and Need for Speed World. A post on the EA Blog reveals the company will shut down servers on July 15th, with the explanation being that the games are not as popular as …
Read More »Internal experiment becomes Insomniac’s first PC title
Slow Down, Bull also a charity game, with half of proceeds going to Starlight Children’s Foundation
Read More »Crysis, Saints Row developers form new VR-focused studio
Industry veterans David Wessman, Jack Mamais and Coray Seifert have come together to form Impeller Studios, a new independent outfit focused on developing VR titles. Wessman is known for developing the X-Wing series, as well as deigning Saints Row. Mamais has experience working on titles such as Crysis and Far …
Read More »GTA V already competing for most popular game on Steam
A day after its PC release, Grand Theft Auto V is vaulting up Steam’s top games by current player count chart. VG247 points to Steam’s stat page, which currently shows the game peaking at over 300,000 concurrent users today. That doesn’t necessarily mean it’s sold 300,000 copies in less than …
Read More »Accessories Update: Cougar 300M gaming mouse and Turtle Beach Impact 700 keyboard
MCV takes a look at the best accessories heading to UK retail. This week, it’s a mouse and keyboard combo with Cougar’s 300M and Turtle Beach’s Impact 700 Cougar 300M Gaming Mouse PC peripherals specialist Cougar has bolstered its M series of gaming mice with a brand new product. The …
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