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The former boss of Sony Computer Entertainment America has described the early success of PS4 as a ‘redemption’ for the challenges experienced by PS3. Tretton left Sony at the end of March and recently joined AI start-up Genotaur. "I did want to go out on top. I feel really good …
Read More »New God of War teased by Sony Santa Monica
A brand new God of War now looks on course for a reveal at E3 next week. Developer Sony Santa Monica has tweeted that: The Gods have spoken once again, maybe they are just excited for #E3”. The presumption is that any new entry would debut on PS4, although of …
Read More »Telltale confirms Walking Dead, Wolf Among Us for PS4 and Xbox One
Both The Wolf Among Us and the first two seasons of The Walking Dead will arrive on the latest generation of consoles, developer Telltale Games has announced. A post on the studio’s blog confirms The Walking Dead: Season One GOTY Edition, The Walking Dead: Season Two and The Wolf Among …
Read More »VIDEO: New footage of mysterious Project Beast
A few short gameplay snippets of the still unconfirmed From Software title Project Beast have been posted online. They were compiled be NeoGAF and combine all of the leaked gameplay to date, although it amounts to less than 20 seconds. What we ‘know’ of the game is based purely on …
Read More »PSN Instant Game Collection to offer two titles per platform per month from June
Sony’s successful Instant Game Collection is being stepped up from June. Starting on June 4th Sony will be offering PlayStation Plus subscribers free access to two games per platform per month across PS4, PS3 and Vita. The deal kicks off with access to Pixeljunk Shooter Ultimate and Trine 2 on …
Read More »FIFA 14 World Cup expansion delayed
EA’s free FIFA 14 Ultimate Team: World Cup DLC will not be released today as planned. The PS4, Xbox One, PC, PS3 and 360 content had been due to arrive today alongside the World Cup Kick-Off mode on PS4 and Xbox One. Knowing that our players have been so excited …
Read More »The Order: 1886 deliberately targeting 30fps for ‘filmic look’
Much of the gaming fandom can get quite obsessive with framerates, but one upcoming next-gen title is deliberately avoiding the magical 60 frames per second target. The director of Ready At Dawn’s in-development The Order: 1886 has said his team has chosen 30fps because the fell it offers compliments the …
Read More »EA teases Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare on PlayStation
EA has posted a new Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare image that hints at a PlayStation version for PopCap’s third-person shooter. The image (pictured) – posted to EA’s Twitter account earlier this week – seems an obvious tribute to Sony’s Sly Cooper. EA has yet to officially announce anything regarding …
Read More »Wii U outsells PS4 in Infamous’ first week in Japan
Nintendo’s Wii U has outsold the PlayStation 4 this week in Japan according to sales data provided by Famitsu. The Wii U has been close behind Sony’s consoles for the last few weeks and this week overtook the PS4 by 1,471 units. The bigger surprise was that the change comes …
Read More »VIDEO: LEGO Batman 3 announced for autumn release
Warner Bros has confirmed that TT Games is working on LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham. It sees the Dark Knight team up with Superman and DC chums and take to space to fight Brainiac. Over 150 characters are included as well as locations such as the Batcave, Hall of Justice …
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