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Ubisoft’s open-world sci-fi adventure Watch Dogs is scheduled for release around Christmas, leaked promotional material for the game reveals. The game is scheduled for release on all home consoles”, suggesting that it will arrive on current and next-gen consoles. A PC version is also on the way. The text on …
Read More »Bungie’s Destiny won’t release in 2013
Bungie’s MMO-ish ‘shared world shooter’ Destiny won’t grace consoles in 2013, publisher Activision has revealed. Destiny is the Halo creator’s first game under its ten-year publishing deal with Activision, and will require an always-on internet connection to be playable. The first-person shooter will consist of a persistent online world, but …
Read More »Brutal Legend headed to PC this month
More than three years after it was released on Xbox 360 and PS3, Double Fine’s Jack Black-starring ode to metal is coming to PC. The game is currently available for preorder on Steam at a discounted $14.99 (regular price is $19.99). The PC version promises enhanced visuals and improved performance, …
Read More »Take-Two acquires WWE game license
Take-Two has announced that it has acquired the video game license for WWE after previous publisher THQ went out of business. Future games are likely to be published by Take-Two’s 2K division. The 2K Sports publishing label is well renowned for its quality sports games such as the NBA 2K …
Read More »Official: The Last of Us pushed back to June
Naughty Dog’s new survival action game The Last of Us has been delayed slightly, and will now release on 14th June. Posting on the PlayStation Blog, studio creative director Neil Druckmann said, As we entered the final phase of development for The Last of Us, we came to realise just …
Read More »EA: Next-gen consoles may not be backward compatible
Next-gen consoles will most likely not be backwards compatible, EA’s CFO Blake Jorgensen has suggested. Speaking at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco, as reported by Gamasutra, Jorgensen said that he expects EA to do good business on current-gen consoles for financial year 2014 even if …
Read More »Black Ops 2 Revolution DLC headed to PC, PS3 on 28th February
The first multiplayer expansion to Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, titled Revolution, will arrive on PC and PS3 on 28th February, a month after it was released for Xbox 360. Revolution features four new competitive multiplayer maps: Hydro: a hydro-electric plant in Pakistan Grind: set in a skate park, …
Read More »Bungie confirms Destiny, to be unveiled on 17th February
So, our game is called Destiny” started a post on Bungie’s blog, rather soberly confirming the title of the Halo creator’s next big game. Alongside the announcement, Bungie has also launched official Facebook, Twitter and Google+ accounts dedicated to Destiny as well as a dedicated forum on Bungie.net. Destiny is …
Read More »Ashes Cricket 2013 release date announced for India
505 Games’ Ashes Cricket 2013 will be released on 21st June, the game’s Indian distributor Origin Games has announced. The new game will be developed by Trickstar Games, who also developed International Cricket 2010 for Codemasters. Ashes Cricket 2013 is being developed using a brand new game engine, so fans …
Read More »The Last of Us possibly delayed to June as retailers alter listings
Two US retailers have updated their websites to reflect a June release date for The Last of Us. Naughty Dog’s new PS3 survival action title is currently scheduled for release on 7th May, but US retailers Best Buy and Walmart have altered the date on their websites to 18th June. …
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