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Resident Evil: Revelations 2 will launch this coming February, according to a freshly added listing on the PlayStation Store. The listing reveals episodic content releases for the game are scheduled to kickoff on PlayStation platforms February 17th, 2015—though it’s a pretty sure bet PC and Xbox platforms will get the …
Read More »GTA V sales on PS4 and Xbox One should ‘pale in comparison’ to last-gen
Michael Pachter doesn’t believe the upcoming PS4 and Xbox One version of Grand Theft Auto V will hold a candle to the game’s last-gen performance. The game has to date sold a whopping 34m units across PS3 and Xbox 360, raking in $1bn in its first three days. It’s the …
Read More »Sony unveils Official PlayStation League eSports platform
PlayStation is making its move in the eSports market. Hardcoregamer reports that the Official PlayStation League was announced at a Spanish press event and will debut in Spain tomorrow (October 16th). A rollout in Portugal and Italy will follow shortly after and, presumably, a wider European expansion will follow shortly …
Read More »Peggle 2 out now on PlayStation 4
Peggle 2 is available today for PlayStation 4 owners in Europe and North America, EA and PopCap have announced. The sequel to PopCap’s popular casual title offers single-player offline play, as well as local mutliplayer and two online multiplayer modes with support for up to four players. Peggle 2 had …
Read More »Standalone white PS4 dated for UK
Sony has confirmed a release date for the standalone version of its white PS4 console. GameSpot says that the machine will be released this Friday (October 17th) in the UK. It will include a 500GB hard drive and retail for 350. That’s the official RRP of the console although there’s …
Read More »Xbox One outsold PS4 in September in US, analyst claims
Michael Pachter says that the Xbox One outsold the PS4 in the US in September. VentureBeat reports that the analyst estimates sales of 325k for Microsoft’s machine throughout the month compared to Sony’s 250k sales. The result is interesting as September saw the release of the record-breaking Destiny, which itself …
Read More »Evolution to begin re-activating Driveclub features
Driveclub will see some of its online features switched on in the coming day as Evolution claims that the game’s online performance is improving. Players are largely still reporting issues with the game’s online connectivity, and even when they are connected functions such as Clubs and leaderboards remain offline. Continual …
Read More »Yamauchi says Gran Turismo 7 will be with us in 2015 or 2016
The latest release estimate for PS4’s Gran Turismo 7 is some time over the next two years. For GT7, myself and my staff have a clear vision: to do everything we couldn’t do in GT6,” series creator Kazunori Yamauchi told GamesTM. We want to make it very Gran Turismo. By …
Read More »Driveclub struggles persist as Evolution says it is pondering compensation
Nearly a week on from the US launch and four days on from its UK release, Sony’s Driveclub is still crippled with severe online problems. Game update 1.03 went live on Saturday and was intended to implement several game-side fixes to reduce server load” and while there have been some …
Read More »PS4 Remote Play smartphone launches this month
A new Xperia smartphone with the ability to play PlayStation 4 games remotely is set to launch later this month, Sony has revealed. Polygon reports on the upcoming line of Z3 devices, which support PS4’s Remote Play feature. The Z3v – Verizon’s version of the phone – will go on …
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