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Read More »SONY: Over 100 Vita titles in development
Sony says it has not forgotten about PlayStation Vita, contrary to popular belief. In fact, the company says there are 100 PS Vita games currently in development. Unfortunately, that doesn’t appear to be exclusive games as Sony then listed Tales from the Borderlands, Minecraft and Child of Light. "PS Vita …
Read More »E3 2014: Suda 51’s next title exclusive to PS4
Graphic action game Let It Die unveiled at Sony press conference
Read More »SONY: 25 free-to-play games coming to PS4
Sony has announced a major push behind its free-to-play line-up. The firm revealed a number of ‘free’ games during the firm’s pre-E3 press conference. Namely: Planetside 2, Guns Up, Kingdom Under Fire II. Fat Princess Piece of Cake, BigFest, Destiny of Spirits, Reaper, My Singing Monster, War Thunder, Pain, Loadout, …
Read More »E3 2014: Every Paradox studio working on PS4 exclusive
Magicka 2 first in line from leading strategy and RPG firm
Read More »SONY: Dead Island 2 exclusives for PS4
Dead Island 2 has been announced during Sony’s pre-E3 press conference. The comedy trailer featured a runner who soon became a zombie, and then someone ran him over and stole his shoes. It is the latest in the successful zombie franchise from Deep Silver. The game’s Beta has a 30 …
Read More »E3 2014: New graduate studio unveils first title, Entwined
Papercraft title now available for PlayStation 4
Read More »Ultimate Tetris coming to Vita this Christmas
Tetris Ultimate is coming to PS Vita, the game’s legendary creator Alexey Pajitnov announced ahead of Sony’s E3 press conference. It will be out this Christmas. The game has already been announced for Xbox One, PC and PS4. It probably means there will be a cross-buy option between PS4 and …
Read More »OPINION: Xbox’s humble bundle
From the moment Phil Spencer took to the stage and referenced his ‘friends’ over at Sony and Nintendo, you knew Xbox was playing the humble card. And that’s fair enough, because they had been humbled. Last year’s E3 was a disaster for the platform holder, a mistake they must not …
Read More »Sony tops global console sales for first time in 8 years
Sony has re-taken the crown as the world’s most successful games console manufacturer. Nikkei reports, via AFP, that in the year ending March 2014 cumulative sales of PlayStation hardware – which presumably included PS4, PS3, PS2, Vita and PSP – reached 18.7m units. In the same period Nintendo sold 16.31m …
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