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Telltale’s Game of Thrones has added iOS, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One to its roster of launch platforms. In a post on Telltale’s blog, the developer confirmed iOS, PS4 and Xbox One will join the previously announced PS3, Xbox 360, Windows PC and Mac platforms. Additionally, the post provides a …
Read More »Telltale’s Game of Thrones to span six episodes beginning with ‘Iron From Ice’
Telltale’s Game of Thrones will take place across six episodes, the development studio has revealed. The episode total is one more than Telltale’s other episodic games, such as The Walking Dead Season One and Season Two, Tales from the Borderlands and The Wolf Among Us. In a new tease on …
Read More »PS4 claims biggest slice of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare sales
More copies Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare were sold on PS4 than any other platform, although the overall Xbox performance bettered the PlayStation platforms. Videogamer reports that 35 per cent of the game’s week one sales in the UK were on PS4 and 32 per cent on Xbox One. However, …
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 »Telltale’s latest Game of Thrones tease involves House Bolton
Telltale has loosed another teaser image pertaining to its upcoming Game of Thrones episodic adventure game, this time making mention of the historically ruthless House Bolton. Without getting into any heavy spoilers, the Bolton’s are known specifically for their flaying traditions. Their foreboding official words Our Blades Are Sharp”, and …
Read More »Dying Light scrapped on PS3 and Xbox 360
Techland has abandoned the last-gen versions of upcoming first person zombie slasher Dying Light. The studio says that it was dissatisfied with its inability to implement a number of its more advanced techs – such as physics-based lighting and high numbers of on-screen objects – on older hardware. We spent …
Read More »New Battlefield Hardline release dates set for March 2015
Electronic Arts has announced release dates in North America and Europe for Visceral Games’ cops and robbers take on the Battlefield franchise, Battlefield Hardline. The title will launch in March 2015, arriving in North America on March 17th and two days later in Europe on March 19th. It was originally …
Read More »What’s next for the Xbox 360 at UK retail?
In June last year, GfK Chart-Track announced that the Xbox 360 had overtaken Nintendo’s Wii to become the UK’s best-selling home console for that generation. With almost nine million units sold, the machine is second only to the monolithic PS2 in terms of home console sales in the UK. Launched …
Read More »Telltale confirms Game of Thrones will launch this year
Telltale’s Game of Thrones is still due out before the end of 2014, the developer has confirmed. While fielding questions from fans on Twitter, Telltale community and PR specialist Laura Perusco stated that the episodic adventure game based on the works of George R.R. Martin and HBO’s related television program …
Read More »Microsoft shipped 2.4m Xbox consoles last quarter
Xbox group revenue increases 58 per cent year-on-year.
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