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Square Enix will release Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition on next-gen consoles on January 31st in Europe. The SKU will bundle all of the original title’s post-release DLC as well as a number of other digital extras such as costumes and the like. There will also be some consoles-specific functionality. On …
Read More »PS4 to be out of stock soon after launch: Sony India
Sony is yet to announce a launch date for the PS4 in India, but it has said that stocks will most probably run out soon after the console launches in the country. In terms of sell-through, I don’t think we will be too far off from seeing what we’re seeing …
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 »Sony to announce PS4 launch date, price for India between 15-18 December
Sony has broken its silence on when it plans to announce launch details for the PS4 in India. Sony will hold a press conference between 15th and 18th December to reveal its launch plans for the PS4 in India, PlayStation India head Atindriya Bose told MCV at the launch of …
Read More »"The reason Sony beats Microsoft is solely the price", Pachter believes
PS4’s early advantage over Xbox One is purely because it retails for 80 less. That’s according to Michael Pachter, who has downplayed the importance of PS4’s technical advantage or any of the controversy that has dogged Microsoft since E3. "The reason Sony beats Microsoft is solely the price," Wedbush Securities …
Read More »PS4: Sony to price first-party games at Rs 3,999
PS4 games published by Sony will be priced at Rs 3,999 in India. PlayStation India head Atindriya Bose confirmed the pricing to MCV at the Gran Turismo 6 launch event in Mumbai earlier today. First-party game pricing is significant as several third-party publishers tend to take their pricing cues from …
Read More »Flow now available on PS4
Thatgamecompany’s debut PlayStation title Flow is now available to PS4 owners. The game first arrived alongside PS3 in April 2006. This new PS4 version is largely the same, albeit with next-gen 1080p/60fps visuals. Like Thatgamecompany’s second title Flower (which was available on PS4 at launch) the game is free to …
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 »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 »Battlefield 4: China Rising introduces new problems as game’s tech woes continue
DICE’s ongoing struggle to fix the problems that have affected the many versions of Battlefield 4 show no signs of abating. A page on EA’s support site stated: "Some PC players of Battlefield 4 China Rising have found themselves getting kicked from servers within seconds of joining. DICE have identified …
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