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Square Enix has confirmed a European and North American release for Dragon Quest: Heroes. The game is released on PS4 and PS3 in Japan this week, but will be a PS4 exclusive in the West. It will be released physically and digitally. Dragon Quest Heroes is a spin-off to the …
Read More »OlliOlli dev unveils Not a Hero for PC, PS4 and Vita
OlliOlli developer Roll7 has revealed it’s working on more than just a sequel to its 2D skateboarding title. The team has announced cover-based shooter Not A Hero for release this year on PC, PS4 and PS Vita. A beta version will make the convention rounds in both the UK and …
Read More »Sony insists it hasn’t ditched DriveClub PS Plus Edition
The free PlayStation Plus Edition of Evolution’s PS4 racer DriveClub has not been scrapped, Sony has claimed. Although currently we do not have an update regarding the timing for the launch of the PS Plus Edition, we are continually working on improving the server capacity to enable us to launch …
Read More »Is bundling killing software sales?
Boxed games are struggling to sell because consumers don’t need to buy any, UK retailers have told MCV. Fewer physical games were sold in 2014 compared with 2013, while recent releases – including Saints Row and Evolve – have not achieved the numbers some retailers had anticipated. The figures are …
Read More »Sony can’t guarantee free PlayStation Plus DriveClub will ever arrive
The free version of DriveClub for PlayStation Plus members may never be released, Sony has admitted. That’s still being looked at,” Sony Computer Entertainment Europe president and CEO Jim Ryan told Metro when asked about the release. When pressed on whether he could guarantee” that it will be released, Ryan …
Read More »New Rock Band in development for PS4, Xbox One – report
A new Rock Band effort is reportedly in the works for Sony and Microsoft’s latest consoles. Bloomberg has word from a source familiar with Harmonix’s plan that the franchise will be resurrected on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, though there’s not much other relevant info being leaked at the moment …
Read More »Capcom has made big changes to Deep Down
Free-to-play PS4 RPG Deep Down IS still in development, but has undergone some big changes since it was first unveiled. It looks like Deep Down will take just a little longer,” Capcom’s consumer games development boss Yoshinori Ono told 4Gamer, as reported by Siliconera. It also looks like some people …
Read More »Grow Home could hit consoles if success is found on PC
Ubisoft’s experimental PC Grow Home could yet brand out onto other platforms. Want to see Grow Home on consoles?” game artist at Ubisoft Reflections Jack Couvela said. We have to prove ourselves on PC first, so tell every PC gamer you know they have to buy it!” He also said …
Read More »GAME reveals The Order: 1886 half-price trade-in offer
Consumers can get a 50 per cent discount on new PS4 title The Order: 1886 by trading in a select title at GAME. The retailer will sell the regular edition of the game at half price to anyone who trades in a copy of either Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, …
Read More »PS4 sales to outpace Xbox One by 40 per cent through 2018, analyst predicts
PlayStation 4 will beat out Xbox One over the first five years of the current console era, market research company Strategy Analytics has predicted. Games Industry reports on the firm’s findings, which claim Sony’s hardware will outsell Microsoft’s by 40 per cent and is on path to reproduce the success …
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