Category Archives: Sandbox

Mon, Apr 29, 2013 | 01:30 BST

Watch Dogs tease suggests new trailer inbound

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Ubisoft has dropped a little tease related to anticipated next-generation effort Watch Dogs.

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Fri, Apr 26, 2013 | 15:29 BST

Rockstar Steam sale has various titles for 50-75% off

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Rockstar games are on sale through Steam this weekend.

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Fri, Apr 26, 2013 | 11:41 BST

Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag’s “The Watch” pre-order hub gets trailered

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Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag pre-order customers can get exclusive access to the game’s social and multimedia hub “The Watch”. Developer Ubisoft has trailered the service, showing off what it’s all about.

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Fri, Apr 26, 2013 | 08:15 BST

Scribblenauts Unmasked adds DC to the mix – rumour

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Here’s an interesting rumour: E3 will debut a new Scribblenauts game themed around the DC comics universe.

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Thu, Apr 25, 2013 | 16:20 BST

Valve adds Subscription Plans service for subscription-based games on Steam

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Valve has announced the addition of Subscription Plans to its offering of services. With Subscription Plans, users can sign up and manage payments for subscription-based games on Steam. The launch title for the new service is Darkfall: Unholy Wars, with additional subscription-based games to follow. Head over to Steam to sign-up for, manage, cancel or renew game Subscription Plans at any time.

Thu, Apr 25, 2013 | 14:07 BST

GTA 5 trailers featuring the main characters coming April 30

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Mark your calenders for April 30, because three new GTA 5 trailers will be released. Each will focus on one of three main protagonists in the game: Michael, Franklin, and Trevor. Again, that’s three new videos heading your way next week. Get reacquainted with things by watching the second trailer below. GTA 5 will be released on PS3 and Xbox 360 September 17.
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Thu, Apr 25, 2013 | 08:39 BST

Animal Crossing: New Leaf trailer shows new shops

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Animal Crossing: New Leaf has received a new trailer from Nintendo, showing off the village’s assortment of shops, and shows a glimpse of K.K. Slider busting out tunes on his decks.

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Wed, Apr 24, 2013 | 20:37 BST

Disney Infinity could one day sport Star Wars and Marvel themes, toys

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Disney isn’t discounting the possibility of adding Marvel or Star Wars theme to its Infinity hybrid products.

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Tue, Apr 23, 2013 | 05:45 BST

Saints Row 4: Commander in Chief Edition free with pre-orders

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Deep Silver has unveiled a new edition of Saints Row 4, offering a pile of bonus DLC if you pre-order Volition’s latest.

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Tue, Apr 23, 2013 | 02:21 BST

GTA 5: viral promo begins, live-action ad inbound

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Grand Theft Auto 5 is so important that even its marketing proves endlessly fascinating. Just look at this whacked-out stuff from one of the franchise’s viral promotional sources, and get excited about an upcoming commercial designed to get you excited.

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Mon, Apr 22, 2013 | 01:20 BST

Saints Row 4 superpowers add verticality, going virtual adds variety

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But setting Saints Row 4 within a virtual world, Volition has been able to open up the city of Steelport in new ways.

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Fri, Apr 19, 2013 | 15:56 BST

Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut is golden

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Hidetaka “Swery” Suehiro’s open-world, horror-mystery game Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut has gone gold. Set for release exclusively on PS3, the game includes a new scenario, HD graphics, improved controls and DLC. Don’t forget about the pre-order goodies through Gamestop and Amazon. It’s out April 30.

Thu, Apr 18, 2013 | 14:44 BST

Saint’s Row 4′s silly tone doesn’t get in the way of sales, says Volition

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Saint’s Row 4 developer Volition believes that if anything, the series’ daft tone is what makes it such a success, not the other way round. It comes as one Cliff Bleszinski suggested that the wacky nature of the games is holding them back, and for Volition to “lose the gimps and dildos”.

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Tue, Apr 16, 2013 | 12:19 BST

Animal Crossing: New Leaf 3DS XL console bundle listed for UK release in June

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Animal Cross: New Leaf seems to be getting a 3DS XL console bundle here in the UK. You don’t have long to wait either as it’s apparently launching in June.

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Tue, Apr 16, 2013 | 10:30 BST

Starbound pre-order campaign smashes through $600,000

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Starbound developer Chucklefish has amassed over $600,000 in pre-order funding for its sandbox world-builder.

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Tue, Apr 16, 2013 | 05:44 BST

EVE Online executive producer moving on to another role

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Jon Lander, perhaps better known asn CCP Unifex, is stepping down from his role as EVE Online’s executive producer to head up the developer’s mobile division. PC Games N reports Lander has only held the job for about a year, weathering the fallout from the Incarna expansion, and overseeing three much better-received efforts in the interim. CCP is seeking external applicants to replace Lander; maybe you’d like to apply.

Tue, Apr 16, 2013 | 12:33 BST

Grand Theft Auto 5 artworks demonstrate cash and carry

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Rockstar has released two new pieces of Grand Theft Auto 5 art, showing off the franchise’s signature style. One shows a jetski and the other a motorbike; the pair are together titled Cash and Carry.

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Mon, Apr 15, 2013 | 10:39 BST

The War Z hack: ‘no evidence that account details were accessed’, says dev

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The War Z was hacked a few weeks ago and it was feared that user account details were at the mercy of those behind the attack. However, publisher OP Productions has assured players that their details weren’t accessed.

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Mon, Apr 15, 2013 | 01:09 BST

Starbound pre-orders open, approaching $500,000 stretch goal

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Chucklefish has opened pre-orders for Starbound, amassing an impressive 18,875 orders for a total of $470,313 at time of writing.

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Sat, Apr 13, 2013 | 20:14 BST

GTA 5 will contain a character named Casey voiced by Jeff Wincott

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GTA 5 will contain a character named Casey, although what role he plays in the story in unknown at present. Confirmation of the character appeared on an actor’s page posted on IMDB. Casey is voiced by Jeff Wincott – who backed up his role in GTA 5 on Twitter – who has played various roles on different series on television such as Night Heat, 24 and Sons of Anarchy. He has been in movies as well, his most recent being the 2010 Denzel Washington film Unstoppable where he played Chris Pine’s brother. GTA 5 will be released on PS3 and Xbox 360 September 17.Via Gameranx. Thanks, LengendaryBoss.