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Some users who chose to buy the latest Call of Duty via either PSN or XBL are experiencing problems getting the game up and running on their machines. Reports of a problem first arose amongst PlayStation users who had pre-ordered and pre-loaded the game, with Sony acknowledging the issue and …
Read More »Evolve alpha arrives on PS4, extended through tomorrow for all platforms
2K Games has announced the Evolve alpha is now available for PlayStation 4 owners to participate in. The event arrived on schedule for Xbox One and Windows PC versions of the upcoming game, but was postponed on PS4 due to firmware issues relating to Sony’s 2.00 update for the console. …
Read More »PS4 sales reach 13.5 million
Sony's console enjoys best quarter since launch
Read More »Evolve alpha event delayed on PS4 due to firmware issues
Issues with the latest PlayStation 4 firmware update has caused 2K Games and Turtle Rock Studios to postpone the platform’s planned alpha event for Evolve. A post on the upcoming game’s official site states that PS4’s 2.00 firmware update has caused unspecified issues for Turtle Rock – though GameSpot reports …
Read More »PlayStation Plus boasts 7.9m subscribers
Sony’s PlayStation Plus service has climbed to 7.9m members, the company has confirmed. The firm revealed the figure during a post-earnings conference call with international investors earlier this week, following Sony’s earlier announcement that its PlayStation 4 hardware had reached 13.5m sales worldwide. It’s not clear how the number breaks …
Read More »Ubisoft expects Far Cry 4 to sell 6m and The Crew 2m as PS4 games sell over double Xbox One
Far Cry 4 will sell 6m units and The Crew 2m units in their first year on sale, Ubisoft has predicted. That means the publisher expects its upcoming Himalayan shooter to match the performance of its predecessor Far Cry 3. Ubisoft has also revealed that it sold more games on …
Read More »PS4 unit sales reach 13.5m worldwide as console enjoys its best quarter since launch
Sales of the PS4 have now hit 13.5m units after the console shifted 3.3m worldwide in the quarter ending September 30th, Sony has revealed. That’s up from the 2.7m shipped in the quarter before and the 3m shipped in Q4 2013, Sony’s sales datashows. In fact, it is the second …
Read More »Watch Dogs ships 9m copies
Ubisoft’s open-world action adventure game Watch Dogs has shipped 9m units, the company’s latest financial report reveals. The firm announced the title had shipped 8m copies prior to the start of its most recently concluded quarter, meaning the game has moved 1m in the past three months. "The very strong …
Read More »Driveclub PS+ Edition ‘postponed until further notice’
The free version of DriveClub for PlayStation Plus subscribers has been delayed until further notice, Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida has confirmed. Unfortunately, the road to launch has been a little rocky, and we are truly sorry that so many of you have not been able to enjoy everything …
Read More »Sony drops big Uncharted PS4 re-release hint
Some are chalking this up as a mistake. We’re not quite as convinced. In a blog post detailing the new YouTube sharing functionality now available on PS4 as part of the 2.00 firmware update, Sony used a screenshot showing someone uploading an Uncharted 3 clip. Uncharted 3 is only available …
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