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Techland has detailed DLC plans for Dying Light, with the game’s first content drop Cuisine & Cargo launching today across all platforms. The studio has provided content descriptions and release window info for all three pieces of DLC that make up Dying Light’s $19.99 Season Pass. The just released Cuisine …
Read More »EA teases multiplatform release for Titanfall 2
Titanfall 2 looks more likely than ever to be heading to PS4. "Last year it was on the Xbox only; in the future, we haven’t yet announced, but we’ll probably have another Titanfall game,” EA CFO Blake Jorgensen told the 2015 Technology, Internet & Media Conference, as reported by GameSpot. …
Read More »DirectX 12 boosts frames per second by 600% on AMD hardware
An early look at Microsoft’s DirectX 12 graphics API has shown that AMD graphics cards – and potentially Xbox One – could be in line for a significant performance boost. An analysis over at Anandtech shows that AMD’s flagship R9 290X GPU enjoyed a near 600 per cent boost from …
Read More »Evolve receiving 3GB day-one patch to improve matchmaking load times
Evolve players will have to endure a 3GB day-one patch when the game launches later this week, developer Turtle Rock has announced. The game’s official site has word of the sizable mandatory update hitting all platforms as soon as the title goes on sale. The patch improves load times in …
Read More »Separate developers confirmed for next-gen and last-gen Mortal Kombat X
NetherRealm is not developing the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Mortal Kombat X, it has been confirmed. Videogamer reports that High Voltage will instead handle development duties on legacy systems, with NetherRealm "100 per cent focused on developing for next-gen". Added Warner: "NetherRealm is not developing the PS3/360 versions. …
Read More »VIDEO: Dark Souls 2’s next-gen visual upgrades shown off
Bandai Namco has for the first time shown off the visual differences between the upcoming next-gen version of Dark Souls II and its last-gen predecessor. Chief among the changes is the implementation of 60fps and 1080p. PC players will be used to this, but console gamers will see a big …
Read More »Halo 5: Guardians multiplayer beta logs 20m matches
Halo 5: Guardians multiplayer beta participants played 20m matches over 2.5m hours, Microsoft has revealed as part of an infographic on the event. The image created by developer 343 Industries (enlarged below) states those 20m matches amounted to 290 years worth of gameplay and 181m confirmed kills. We’re thrilled with …
Read More »Next major Borderlands release to skip Xbox 360, PS3
Gearbox’s next major Borderlands release will bypass PS3 and Xbox 360 platforms for their new-gen counterparts, according to publisher 2K. 2K president Karl Slatoff’s statement comes in the wake of yesterday’s Take-Two financial report: Looking further ahead, we have robust long-term pipeline of titles in development, including ground-breaking new intellectual …
Read More »Crystal Dynamics is not making 360 version of Rise of the Tomb Raider
Rise of the Tomb Raider will be developed by Netherlands-based Nixxes Software on Xbox 360. The Xbox One edition is, of course, currently in the works at Crystal Dynamics but the latest issue ofGame Informer– as spotted byGameSpot– says Nixxes is handling the last-gen version. In the Game Informer interview, …
Read More »Modified PS4 and Xbox One will offer 4K later this year, Netflix says
New versions of both the PS4 and Xbox One will released later this year, Netflix has said. Chief product officer Neil Hunt told a press conference, as reported by The Huffington Post, that Sony has promised” a PS4 hardware revision that will increase its maximum video output to 4K. When …
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