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Former The Witcher dev Tomasz Gop has admitted that he at one stage struggled to deal with the constant comparisons between his upcoming game Lords of the Fallen and Dark Souls. "I had a really tough time around a year ago, or even beyond that,” the executive producer told Digital …
Read More »VIDEO: Sunset Overdrive gameplay footage arrives
Insomniac’s Xbox One exclusive Sunset Overdrive has been shown off in a new gameplay video. The four minute trailer looks at how players will navigate the game’s colourful setting, quickly hopping between rooftops, walls and zip lines. It also gives us a closer look at the hordes of enemies you’re …
Read More »Dying Light delayed until 2015
Techland’s Dying light won’t arrive in 2014 after all. PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC title will now arrive in February next year after the developers said they needed a few extra months. After careful consideration, we have decided to release our upcoming game in February 2015,” the …
Read More »Elder Scrolls Online console delay confirmed; Character porting from PC/Mac planned
Bethesda has confirmed that the PS4 and Xbox One versions of The Elder Scrolls Online have been delayed by around six months. This follows this morning’s leak, when the same information was posted on the game’s FAQ. We continue to work on the console versions of ESO, and game development …
Read More »Elder Scrolls Online FAQ claims six months delay on PS4 and Xbox One
A now-removed update to Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls Online FAQ has claimed that the console version of the MMO has suffered a big delay. The PS4 and Xbox One version of the game had been scheduled to arrive in June. As captured by Reddit, the FAQ post last night read: …
Read More »IDC predicts Kinect-less Xbox One will overtake PS4 in North America
Microsoft will take control of the next-gen race in North America if it releases a cut price Xbox One without Kinect, analyst IDC has claimed. International Data Corporation predicts that while PS4 will have the single biggest share of the market in 2016 with 51m hardware units sold globally, Microsoft …
Read More »Destiny beta scheduled for July
The beta release of Bungie’s Destiny is now set for July, Activision Blizzard revealed during its quarterly financial report. The beta’s release window was originally targeted for Spring 2014, and subsequently adjusted to Summer 2014 earlier this year. It will arrive on PS3 and PS4 first, and shortly after on …
Read More »Microsoft parity cause rules out Curve Digital games for Xbox One
Games such as The Swapper, MouseCraft and Titan Attacks won’t be released on Xbox One. That, developer Curve Digital says, is because of the parity clause imposed by Microsoft on indie devs which stipulates that games are released on Xbox One at the same time they arrive on other systems. …
Read More »Xbox One’s Amazing Spider-Man 2 swinging to retail this month
Activision has said that The Amazing Spider-Man 2 will be released physically on Xbox One in the UK some time in early May. In mid April the Xbox One version of the game mysteriously disappeared from release schedules, with Activision simply saying that it was working with Microsoft in an …
Read More »New Call of Duty game reveal this weekend
The next title in the Call of Duty franchise will be unveiled this Sunday, according to a new teaser page for the game. The page reads Get Ready for a New Era of Call of Duty,” and shows images of a soldier and what appears to be the Golden Gate …
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