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Want to know what the ‘PS4 Life’ looks like? If Sony is to be believed it features a lot of dancing with video game characters, including some guardians from Activision’s hit online shooter, Destiny. That’s according to a new advert – which appears to have been pitched as a musical …
Read More »First official PS4 media remote due ‘before Christmas’ in UK
The first officially-licensed remote control for the PS4 has been released in the US, with a UK launch expected before the end of the year. PDP’s Universal Media Remote was first announced back in July, with a US date originally set for October 31st. UK pricing and release details were …
Read More »Rocket League attracts over 750,000 players a day
Gap between number of PlayStation 4 and PC users narrowing
Read More »PS4 success partially to blame for DriveClub woes
Sony did not expect the PlayStation 4 to sell as well as it is, and this has caused a few problems. That’s according to the publisher’s head of worldwide studios, Shuhei Yoshida, who – speaking to Eurogamer – says that the console is currently tracking ahead of its internal predictions. …
Read More »Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture was the REAL No.1 last week
Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture would have topped the UK charts – if digital data was included. It may well have been the first PSN exclusive release to get to No.1 in the UK, although the lack of historical data makes that impossible to quantify. MCV sources say the interactive …
Read More »US Xbox One sales up 44 per cent year-on-year in July
PlayStation 4 was the best-selling console in America in July, but Xbox One sales climbed 44 per cent compared with July 2014. Sales of video game hardware rose two per cent year-on-year to $202.1m. Incidentally,PS4 and Xbox One sales are 50 per cent higher than PS3 and 360 sales were …
Read More »The Elder Scrolls Online tops PSN EU PS4 chart for June
The console version of Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls Online was the best-selling PS4 title on PSN this June. That’s according to the EU PlayStation Blog, breaking down the best-selling games on Sony platforms. The PC version of the firm’s MMO title launched last year, with console gamers having to wait …
Read More »SONY: The Last Guardian still alive, opens PlayStation’s conference
PlayStation opened its E3 media briefing with the news that The Last Guardian is indeed still in development, and is coming to PlayStation 4. Directed by Ico lead developer Fumito Ueda, the puzzle game is much the same as the last time we saw it – a little boy is …
Read More »Opinion: Xbox One backwards compatibility is a console war game changer
The noise that greeted the news that Xbox One would now be backwards compatible with Xbox 360 titles said everything you needed to know about how big a deal that was. This wasn’t on the E3 bingo cards. This hadn’t leaked out via the media – it wasn’t even part …
Read More »Final Fantasy VII remake rumoured, again
A remake of Final Fantasy VII for PlayStation 4 is once again apparently in the works. That’s according to Siliconera, who claims to have a learnt that a remake is in development to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the 1997 title. Of course, this means the game – if real …
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