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Hit indie sandbox game Terraria is out now on PS Vita, publisher 505 Games has announced. The title is priced at 11.99 and includes cross-play support with Terraria’s PS3 version, which allows co-op play between the two platforms. The version also offers new touch-control support, multiplayer for up to eight, …
Read More »Bungie tabs Destiny worldwide launch for September 2014
Bungie’s upcoming multi-platform FPS Destiny will launch in September 2014, the studio has announced. The Activision-published title will release September 9th, 2014 on PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. "Destiny has always represented a new beginning for our team. It was born from brave possibilities," Bungie’s announcement post states. …
Read More »IMAGES: Gran Turismo 6 India launch
Continuing its partnership with Mercedes-Benz, Sony held the launch of Gran Turismo 6 at the German automaker’s Prbhadevi showroom in Mumbai today. Aside from officially launching the game in India, the event was also where the 17-city Gran Turismo Racing Challenge came to its conclusion. Aashish Jain from Chennai came …
Read More »PS4 will beat PS3 lifetime sales, says Sony boss
80 million consoles sold may sound like a huge number to Xbox, but to PlayStation it is just not good enough. Xbox 360 and PS3 have both sold 80m worldwide so far. But for Sony that’s a disappointing figure having come off the back of PS2, which went on to …
Read More »Gran Turismo 6 microtransactions draw criticism; Unlock the Jaguar XJ13 for £120
Sony is facing criticism over its implementation of microtransactions in Gran Turismo 6. Their inclusion was confirmed last month but the prices were only revealed yesterday and are, according to Eurogamer, as follows: 500,000 in-game credits – 3.99/€4.991m in-game credits – 7.99/€9.992.5m in-game credits – 15.99/€19.997m in-game credits – 39.99/€49.99 …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed IV ‘Freedom Cry’ DLC lands this month
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag will receive its first major DLC add-on, ‘Freedom Cry,’ later this month. An ad from Game Informer’s January issue (via Video Gamer) reveals the content will arrive on December 17th for Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 3. The ad fails to mention …
Read More »VIDEO: Big Ant releases new Don Bradman Cricket 14 trailer
The cancellation of Ashes Cricket 2013 isn’t all bad news for video game cricket fans. News of 505’s misfortune may mean that cricket lovers may have to wait a bit longer than expected, but a cricket game is at least on the way. Developer Big Ant has – opportunistically – …
Read More »PlayStation CEO Andrew House: Not messing with the PS4 business model was just common sense
The boss of Sony’s PlayStation business told MCV he is ‘literally scratching his head’ over the game ownership debate that dogged the Xbox One announcement. In an interview with MCV during last night’s PlayStation 4 launch, the CEO told MCV that the firm found it surprising that it was forced …
Read More »Sony: We won’t repeat PS3’s mistakes
PlayStation UK insists it will not repeat the mistakes of its troubled PS3. The firm told MCV that it has already fixed two of the mistakes it made before, by launching PS4 a lower price and closer to the competition. Sony?UK says it has spent ‘tens of millions’ on its …
Read More »Yamauchi says Gran Turismo 7 could hit PS4 next year
Gran Turismo 7 could be released on PS4 as early as 2014. That’s according to series creator Kazunori Yamauchi, who told Top Gear that the expedited development cycle is due to PS4’s better” architecture. "We don’t want to take too long on Gran Turismo 7," he stated. "Best-case scenario? Next …
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