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Pornhub has released a detailed 2014 report on the habits of its visitors, including a chart detailing which game consoles brought in the most traffic for the adult entertainment website. The unquestionably thorough Game Politics reports on the adult entertainment site’s research, which takes a look at dozens of different …
Read More »The Banner Saga 2 in the works for PC, PS4, Xbox One
A sequel to Stoic Studio’s hit strategy game The Banner Saga is heading to PC and new-gen consoles, publisher Versus Evil has confirmed. The Banner Saga 2 has been given a 2015 release window and is in development for Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The original Banner Saga is …
Read More »Shovel Knight PlayStation release to include God of War’s Kratos
Shovel Knight is heading to PlayStation platforms, and Kratos is apparently crashing the party. The Kickstarter success was on display at Sony’s PlayStation Experience event over the weekend, with a new trailer confirming the game will release on PS3, PS4 and PS Vita. The trailer also teases an appearance of …
Read More »Sony settles with FTC, to refund Vita customers over false advertising
Sony Computer Entertainment America has settled with the FTC over false and misleading advertisement charges involving PS Vita’s launch campaign. As part of the settlement, Sony will offer partial refunds to Vita customers who purchased the device prior to June 1st, 2012. Qualifying individuals will have their choice between a …
Read More »PlayStation Plus boasts 7.9m subscribers
Sony’s PlayStation Plus service has climbed to 7.9m members, the company has confirmed. The firm revealed the figure during a post-earnings conference call with international investors earlier this week, following Sony’s earlier announcement that its PlayStation 4 hardware had reached 13.5m sales worldwide. It’s not clear how the number breaks …
Read More »The Unfinished Swan lands on PS4, Vita next week
The Unfinished Swan will launch for PlayStation 4 and PS Vita later this month, developer Giant Sparrow has announced. A post on the PlayStation US Blog reveals the game will arrive in North America on October 28th. The mirrored post on the PlayStation Europe Blog confirms the game for an …
Read More »Tetris Ultimate lands on 3DS in November
Upcoming Tetris update Tetris Ultimate will launch next month on Nintendo 3DS, publisher Ubisoft has announced. The 3DS version includes four single-player Challenge modes: "Master" has Tetriminos drop instantly and appear at the bottom of the screen, "Rotation Lock" randomizes the orientations of the Tetriminos and freezes them in one …
Read More »Hotline Miami 2 delayed, now expected by early 2015
The sequel to violent indie game hit Hotline Miami has suffered a delay, developer Dennaton Games has confirmed. Joystiq reports Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is now scheduled for a late 2014 or early 2015 release, after the title missed it previously announced release window of September 2014. "Hotline Miami …
Read More »PlayStation Now beta heading to PlayStation TV, Vita
The open beta of Sony’s PlayStation Now streaming game service will be available on PlayStation TV when the microconsole launches later this month. The US PlayStation blog reveals both PlayStation TV and the PS Vita hardware its based on will carry PS Now’s beta version starting October 14th – the …
Read More »Skullgirls Encore PS4, Vita editions delayed to 2015
Skullgirls Encore will miss its previously scheduled 2014 release window on PlayStation 4 and PS Vita, developer Lab Zero Games has announced. A post on the US PlayStation blog confirms the upcoming PlayStation editions have been pushed back to an early 2015” window. Lab Zero explains the delay is due …
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