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The gap between and console and PC releases of Dark Souls 2 should me measured in weeks and not months. That’s according to the game’s producer Takeshi Miyazoe who told Digital Spy that the PC SKU should hit shelves shortly after” the game’s arrival on Xbox 360 and PS3 on …
Read More »Next Call of Duty is leading on next-gen
PS4 and Xbox One are the lead platforms for this year’s as-of-yet unannounced Call of Duty. Sledgehammer is approaching this as a next-gen-first development,” Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg told IGN. Obviously in the console-transition year, anyone who developed a cross-generational game last year had to deal with the fact …
Read More »Far Cry Classic is released while Wild Expedition is dated
Ubisoft’s Far Cry Classic is available now on Xbox Live for Xbox 360. The game is an HD re-working of the cult PC shooter. It’s priced at 7.99 on Xbox Live, and will cost the same when it hits PSN for PS3 tomorrow. Ubisoft has also nailed down a February …
Read More »Resident Evil: Revelations surpasses 1m sales on consoles, PC
Resident Evil: Revelations has sold more than 1m copies on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360, Capcom has announced. Originally launching in January 2012 as a 3DS offering, RE: Revelations PC/console port has reached 1.1m in sales since it launched last May. Capcom Unity states the title joins Dead Rising 3 …
Read More »Diablo III sells 15m units across all platforms
Diablo III has sold a lifetime total of 15m units, Activision Blizzard has revealed. The announcement came during the publisher’s annual earnings call this week. The game had moved 14m as of November—meaning it’s racked up another million copies sold between then and now. The steady numbers this far out …
Read More »Strider release date confirmed
Capcom’s Strider reboot will be with us very shortly. The digital-only sci-fi ninja romp will arrive on February 19th across PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. It’s made by Double Helix, the studio behind Xbox One exclusive Killer Instinct that was this morning acquired by Amazon as part …
Read More »UPDATE: Physical release for FIFA World Cup game on PS3 and Xbox 360
EA has at last announced EA Sports 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil. However, the surprise is that the game is getting a physical release and is only scheduled for PS3 and Xbox 360. In June last year EA Sports boss Andrew Wilson described its digital-only Euro 2012 expansion for FIFA …
Read More »PSN February sale features 60 games; full list and Indian prices here
If you thought PSN’s insane January sale was a flash in the pan, its back with an equally massive February sale. PS4 games make their way into the sale this time, even if it’s only the two – Knack and Tiny Brains. Elsewhere, the sale will include titles such as …
Read More »Bioshock Infinite: Burial at Sea Episode 2 arrives in March
The second episode of Bioshock Infinite’s Burial at Sea DLC will arrive on March 25th, publisher 2K Games has announced. The date for the game’s third DLC offering is confirmed to be a worldwide release of the downloadable add-on that will launch simultaneously on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. The …
Read More »Call of Duty: Ghosts ‘Onslaught’ DLC gets PC, PSN date
Following a period of exclusivity on Xbox consoles, Call of Duty: Ghosts’ Onslaught DLC is set to arrive on PC and PlayStation hardware later this month. Activision announces the game’s inaugural map pack will release on February 27th for PC, PS3, and PS4. It adds four new maps (one which …
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