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Ever wondered how quickly you could make it to the local Budgens if you drove a Nissan GTR? An update to the Gran Turismo 6 web page has revealed that Polyphony will at a later date release a GPS coordinate data map that users can download to their smartphone. This …
Read More »Now PS3 sales reach 80m units
Sony has revealed that worldwide PS3 sales have, as of November 1st, reached 80m units. Microsoft announced that the Xbox 360 had hit the 80m sales milestone just over two weeks ago. We’ll call that a draw for second place in the current-gen race, shall we? Sony has also revealed …
Read More »VIDEO: Gran Turismo 6 lets you drive a Lunar Rover on the moon
Sony’s PS3 racer is bravely going where no driving simulator has gone before. A new trailer for the game, which can be seen below, offers a glimpse of what the official car list reveals to be the Lunar Roving Vehicle LEV-001 ’71. That’s just one of the 120 new cars …
Read More »Call of Duty: Ghosts pre-load is live on PSN
PS3 owners can start downloading Call of Duty: Ghosts on their PS3 right now. Sony has announced that pre-loads for the digital version of the game are now live on PSN, meaning that gamers can (theoretically) have the game installed to their system and ready to play at 00:01 tomorrow …
Read More »Call of Duty: Ghosts – price roundup, where’s cheapest?
The big hits just keep coming this time of year and tonight it’s the turn of Call of Duty: Ghosts, which arrives worldwide at midnight. Although it will have to perform far beyond expectations to topple Grand Theft Auto V’s record-breaking 2013 performance, Ghosts will undoubtedly be one of the …
Read More »Bungie wants a million gamers "crashing against" Destiny beta
Destiny developer Bungie is hoping to get a ton of testers in on the game’s beta in hopes to avoid many of the issues the launch of Grand Theft Auto Online faced. Speaking with IGN, Bungie senior writer Eric Obsborne discussed how the team needs a large number of gamers …
Read More »South Park: The Stick of Truth delayed once more
Obsidian’s upcoming South Park RPG The Stick of Truth will no longer arrive before the end of the year. Publisher Ubisoft has announced the oft-delayed game is being pushed back yet again – this time to March 4th, 2014. The title had previously been dated for December 10thafter missing multiple …
Read More »PS4 supports cross-platform play with PS3
First game to use feature on next-gen console will be Arrowhead's top-down shooter Helldivers
Read More »VIDEO: Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag compared on PS3 and PS4
Reviewers have heaped praise on Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, which has arrived on some formats today. Stores opened their doors last night for the release of the game on Xbox 360 and PS3. The game’s ‘second’ release will arrive on November 22nd when it is released for PS4, …
Read More »Dark Souls II PS3 beta delayed due to server issues
This past weekend’s PlayStation Network beta test for Dark Souls II in North and South America has been rescheduled, thanks mainly in part to participants running into server problems. Joystiq reports that the beta switch for the anticipated sequel was indeed flipped, but multiple issues largely kept PS3 owners with …
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