Author Archives: Dave Cook

Fri, May 17, 2013 | 12:57 BST

Final Fantasy 8: HD port announced for PC, first screens inside

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Final Fantasy 8 is getting the HD treatment on PC, developer Square-Enix has confirmed. THe studio has released two images showing its new lick of paint.

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Fri, May 17, 2013 | 12:51 BST

Monster Hunter 4 gets a batch of chilly gameplay screens

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Monster Hunter 4 has received a new batch of screens from Capcom, showing off the 3DS game’s Frozen Sea, new weapons and of course, monsters.

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Fri, May 17, 2013 | 12:35 BST

Remember Me gets new story trailer, concept art

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Remember Me has received a snazzy new story trailer courtesy of developer Dontnod Entertainment, along with new pieces of concept.

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Fri, May 17, 2013 | 10:52 BST

Manhunt kills its way to PSN Europe today

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Manhunt has released on PSN Europe, courtesy of publisher Rockstar Games. The mega-controversial kill-em-up comes with all the PS2 content intact and unedited.

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Fri, May 17, 2013 | 10:44 BST

Firefall studio makes music video to PSY’s ‘Gentleman’ in Minecraft

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Firefall developer Red 5 Studios has created a parody of PSY’s ‘Gentleman’ music video called ‘Grieferman’. Get your fill of pixelated chicken abuse and dancing Creepers here

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Fri, May 17, 2013 | 10:38 BST

Rainbow Six: Patriots cancellation rumoured as GameStop bins pre-orders

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Rainbow Six: Patriots pre-orders at GameStop have been binned, sparking rumours that Ubisoft’s squad shooter has either been cancelled or is being re-tooled significantly. The latter is probably the likely answer though, so take this with a pinch of salt.

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Fri, May 17, 2013 | 10:27 BST

Battlefield senior product manager jumps ship for Call of Duty team

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Battlefield’s UK senior product manager Kevin Flynn has taken up a new role as senior brand manager for the Call of Duty franchise. Yeah it’s a slow news day, bear with us peeps.

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Fri, May 17, 2013 | 18:10 BST

PS4 watch: job post suggests on-board speech recognition

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PlayStation 4 could have built-in voice recognition, similar to Microsoft’s Kinect speech functions, according to a job post unearthed recently.

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Fri, May 17, 2013 | 10:09 BST

Jagged Alliance: Flashback gets frozen diorama scene, new screens

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Jagged Alliance: Flashback developer Full Control has six days of Kickstarter funding left, and has released a neat Unity-powered diorama, letting you scroll around a scene from the turn-based game’s actual gameplay.

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Fri, May 17, 2013 | 09:40 BST

Apple passes 50 billion App Store downloads since 2008

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Apple is celebrating over 50 billion App Store downloads worldwide since the store launched in 2008.

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Fri, May 17, 2013 | 18:00 BST

The Last of Us has best multiplayer ever conceived – Naughty Dog

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The Last of Us has multiplayer, we know that much and not much else about it to be honest. But Naughty Dog lead artist Nate Wells has been touting it as something rather special.

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Fri, May 17, 2013 | 08:25 BST

Gears of War: Judgment ‘Lost Relics’ DLC outed, new maps & modes inbound

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Gears of War: Judgment’s next DLC pack ‘Lost Relics’ has been outed by co-developer Epic Games, and will bring new a new multiplayer mode and maps to the mix.

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Fri, May 17, 2013 | 13:08 BST

The Last Of Us: disappointing demo syndrome?

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The Last of Us publisher Sony recently sent VG247′s Dave Cook a demo build. He genuinely didn’t enjoy it, but could see greatness forming. Was it just a bad demo, or is there cause for concern?

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Thu, May 16, 2013 | 12:39 BST

Distant Worlds: Final Fantasy concert heading to Blu-Ray

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Distant Worlds: Final Fantasy is an orchestral celebration of the series’ music over the years, and it’s heading to Blu-Ray in Japan from June 26.

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Thu, May 16, 2013 | 12:41 BST

Metro: Last Light FOV, AMD patch now live

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Metro: Last Light developer 4A Games has issued a new PC patch on Steam, that rectifies issues with AMD cards and gives players control over FOV settings.

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Thu, May 16, 2013 | 12:14 BST

Panopticon: Sony’s mysterious countdown ends, trailer appears

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Sony’s mysterious ‘Panopticon’ countdown site has expired, and in its place a new trailer has appeared. It’s not the Last Guardian. Sorry folks.

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Thu, May 16, 2013 | 12:03 BST

Tour de France and Pro Cycling Manager 2013 site open, new screens inside

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Tour de France 2013: 100th Edition and Pro Cycling Manager 2013 publisher Focus Entertainment has launched an official site for both games, along with a batch of fresh screens.

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Fri, May 17, 2013 | 03:48 BST

Fable 4 watch: job ads posted for “re-imagining” existing IP

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Fable 4 could actually be a thing, following a series of new job adverts from Lionhead Studios. One particular post calls on Unreal Engine experts with experience in “re-imagining existing franchises”.

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Thu, May 16, 2013 | 11:14 BST

Deadpool box art breaks the fourth wall

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Deadpool develoepr High Moon Studios has unveiled the game’s box art, and you might notice a daft little fourth wall-breaking joke on the front.

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Thu, May 16, 2013 | 11:09 BST

Super Ubi Land name change revealed following Ubisoft complaint

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Super Ubi Land developer Notion Games has changed the title of its incoming Wii U eShop game, following a complaint from Ubisoft.

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