Category Archives: Platform holders
Fri, May 17, 2013 | 16:27 BST
Black Ops 2 is hosting a double XP weapon progression weekend starting today
Black Ops 2 players can earn double xp on weapon progression this weekend. The event starts today at 6pm GMT/10am PDT and runs through Monday until 6pm GMT/10am PDT on Monday. This corresponds with Uprising being available for PC and PS3. Go shoot something.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: black ops 2, call of duty, double xp weekend, treyarch, uprising
Fri, May 17, 2013 | 14:21 BST
Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault releasing on Vita next week
Insomniac Games has announced that Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault will arrive on PSN for Vita next week. It will come with Deadlocked HD as a bonus.
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Posted in: Action, PS3, Sony, Videos, Vita
Tags: insomniac games, Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault
Sat, May 18, 2013 | 18:41 BST
Nintendo Direct – Sonic: Lost World exclusive to Wii U, 3DS
Nintendo Direct sessions for North America and Europe contained quite a bit of interesting information on the firm’s upcoming Wii U and 3DS titles for summer. During the event, the biggest take away was when Nintendo president Satoru Iwata announced that the next three Sonic titles to be released from SEGA will be exclusive to Nintendo systems.
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Posted in: 3DS, 3DS XL, Europe, Nintendo, North America, UK, Videos, Virtual Console, Wii, Wii U, eShop
Tags: Game & Wario, Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, New Super Luigi U, Nintendo Direct, Pikmin 3, Sonic Lost World, The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages, The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons, The Wonderful 101
Fri, May 17, 2013 | 12:51 BST
Monster Hunter 4 gets a batch of chilly gameplay screens
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.
Fri, May 17, 2013 | 12:35 BST
Remember Me gets new story trailer, concept art
Remember Me has received a snazzy new story trailer courtesy of developer Dontnod Entertainment, along with new pieces of concept.
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Posted in: Action, Fighter, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: Dontnod Entertainment, remember me
Fri, May 17, 2013 | 10:52 BST
Manhunt kills its way to PSN Europe today
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.
Fri, May 17, 2013 | 18:10 BST
PS4 watch: job post suggests on-board speech recognition
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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Posted in: PS4, Sony
Tags: playstation 4
Fri, May 17, 2013 | 10:09 BST
Jagged Alliance: Flashback gets frozen diorama scene, new screens
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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Posted in: Mac, PC, Strategy
Tags: Full Control, Jagged Alliance: Flashback, Kickstarter
Fri, May 17, 2013 | 09:40 BST
Apple passes 50 billion App Store downloads since 2008
Apple is celebrating over 50 billion App Store downloads worldwide since the store launched in 2008.
Fri, May 17, 2013 | 18:00 BST
The Last of Us has best multiplayer ever conceived – Naughty Dog
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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Posted in: Action, Horror, PS3, Sony
Tags: Nate Wells, naughty dog, The Last of Us
Fri, May 17, 2013 | 08:25 BST
Gears of War: Judgment ‘Lost Relics’ DLC outed, new maps & modes inbound
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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Posted in: Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: Epic Games, Gears of War: Judgment - 'Lost Relics', people can fly
Fri, May 17, 2013 | 13:08 BST
The Last Of Us: disappointing demo syndrome?
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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Posted in: Action, Horror, PS3
Tags: naughty dog, The Last of Us
Fri, May 17, 2013 | 06:58 BST
Skullgirls: Beowulf chosen as final DLC character
Fans voted in Beowulf as the fifth and final DLC character to be added to Skullgirls following its tremendously successful crowdfunding campaign.
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Posted in: Fighter, PS3, Xbox 360, indie
Tags: dlc, Lab Zero Games, Skullgirls
Fri, May 17, 2013 | 06:32 BST
Angry Birds Seasons Abra-Ca-Bacon update adds portals
Rovio’s latest free addition to Angry Birds Seasons looks like a lot of fun for fans of long-fall boots, if you know what I mean.
Fri, May 17, 2013 | 05:57 BST
The Starship Damrey is ” a bit retro”, supposed to be hard
If you’re struggling to figure out The Starship Damrey, congratulations: you got the point.
Fri, May 17, 2013 | 05:36 BST
The Last of Us is playable during download
You remember how Sony said it wanted to make PlayStation 4 games playable as you download them, so there’s less waiting around? That’s a thing PlayStation 3 exclusive The Last of Us can already do.
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Posted in: Action, PS3, PSN, PlayStation Store, Sony
Tags: naughty dog, The Last of Us
Fri, May 17, 2013 | 13:58 BST
DriveClub promo images are unbelievably gorgeous
Here are some promotional images for DriveClub, Evolution Studios’ PlayStation 4 racer, which are so lovely as to be almost incredible.
Fri, May 17, 2013 | 02:26 BST
Skyward Collapse to release next week
Skyward Collapse, in which you play a hassled deity trying to keep your people from fighting to the death over petty religious squabbles, arrives next week.
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Posted in: Mac, PC, Simulation, Strategy, indie
Tags: Arcen Games, Skyward Collapse
Fri, May 17, 2013 | 02:12 BST
Sony TV spot hints at new Vita hunting game
Sony Japan is teasing a new Vita title in the popular genre of “hard as nails multiplayer RPG”, conveniently shortened to “hunting”. Hunting. Possibly for monsters?
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Posted in: RPG, Sony, Vita
Tags: Monster Hunter, panopticon
Fri, May 17, 2013 | 03:20 BST
Dota 2: The International prize pool now over $2 million
Sales of Valve’s Dota 2 Compendium have already pushed the total prize pool for the third annual world championships event past $2 million.
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Posted in: MOBA, Mac, PC, Valve, eSports
Tags: DOTA 2, The International, The International 2013
Microsoft to announce “tons of exclusives” at E3 next month