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Listings for PS4 and Xbox One editions of Dirt: Rally have popped up on Taiwan’s rating board. VG247reports both Playstation and Xbox ratings list Codemasters as publisher, but there’s no word of a release date or window. The ratings aren’t official confirmation, but a console release is always something that’s …
Read More »Over 300,000 consoles sold during Black Friday week in the UK
315,000 games consoles were sold during the Black Friday week. UK retailers told MCV that it was PS4 that was the best-selling machine, with around 139,000 consoles sold. But it was very close between Sony and Microsoft, with Xbox One shifting almost 134,000 units. Note that these figures run from …
Read More »King’s Quest: Rubble Without a Cause hits this month
The second chapter of The Odd Gentlemen’s King’s Quest revival is set to release later this month across all platforms, publisher Sierra has announced. King’s Quest: Rubble Without a Cause will launch December 16th on PC, PS4, PS3, Xbox One, and Xbox 360. The first chapter is available on the …
Read More »Call of Duty: Black Ops III tops Black Friday in US – Infoscout
Infoscout has released its list of most popular Black Friday games in terms of revenue, with Call of Duty: Black Ops III coming out on top. Discounts on Walmart.com in particular gave the shooter a major boost, according to themarketing research firm. The news follows last month’sannouncement from Activisionthat retail …
Read More »Which console is dominating festive ad space in 2015?
Generation Media account executive Joseph Phelan takes a look at which games are pulling ahead in the race for Q4 TV advertising presence Q4 is at the halfway point and the plethora of triple-A titles is not easing up as Christmas fast approaches. Generation Media has looked at the Top …
Read More »Accessories Update: Yeti Whiteout Microphone and PS4 In-ear Stereo Headset
This week, the Whiteout Yeti offers a new microphone for YouTubers and streamers, while PlayStation has a premium headset for PS4 players Blue Microphones Whiteout Yeti gaming microphone The popular Yeti USB microphone has been given a clean makeover for streamers and YouTubers. Blue Microphones’ peripheral includes a number of …
Read More »Sony unlocks seventh core for PS4 devs
Access to more CPU power now available
Read More »Black Friday traffic sinks PSN servers
Sony’s PlayStation Network is struggling across all platforms – likely as a result of the Black Friday rush. As with much of games retail today, Sony is holding a generous sale event to mark the occasion, with up to 50 per cent knocked off of games such as The Witcher …
Read More »Demon’s Souls PS4 remaster teased
The game that started it all for From Software’s Souls series could be set for a resurrection. Demon’s Souls was released exclusively for the PS3 in Japan back in 2009, before heading to UK shores the following year. Of course, it then saw a set of spiritual successors in the …
Read More »Naughty Dog on the end of Uncharted, learning from The Last of Us and what comes next
Naughty Dog is hardly being subtle with the subtitle of its fourth – and final – entry in the Uncharted franchise. ‘A Thief’s End’: the bell is tolling for PlayStation’s blockbuster series. For eight years (the first instalment launched shortly after the PS3 in 2007), the exploits of Nathan Drake …
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