Fri, May 17, 2013 | 17:16 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 | 13:48 BST
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance coming to PC
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance will be released on PC, according to Hideo Kojima speaking during his HideRadio podcast. Platinum Games creative producer Jean Pierre Kellams also confirmed the news on Twitter. This is all that’s known at the moment, but as more details are announced, we’ll be sure to update you on the matter. Thanks, Joystiq.
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Posted in: Action, Konami, PC
Tags: hideo kojima, Metal Gear Rising, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, MGR:R, platinum games, Revengeance
Fri, May 17, 2013 | 13:30 BST
Wildstar second closed beta open to both European and US regions
Wildstar’s second closed beta, The Dominion, has started. It focuses solely on the second faction it’s named after and features new zones, dungeons, battlegrounds and more.
Fri, May 17, 2013 | 13:37 BST
The story of NeoGAF part three: money, money, money
Alex Donaldson concludes his discussion with NeoGAF owner Tyler Malka, and discusses the issue of money and how you keep something so big and influential afloat for so long.
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Posted in: Interview
Tags: Neogaf, Tyler Malka
Fri, May 17, 2013 | 12:57 BST
Final Fantasy 8: HD port announced for PC, first screens inside
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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Posted in: PC, RPG, Square Enix
Tags: Final Fantasy 8
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 | 10:44 BST
Firefall studio makes music video to PSY’s ‘Gentleman’ in Minecraft
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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Posted in: PC, Sandbox, Shooter
Tags: firefall, Grieferman, Minecraft, PSY, Red 5 Studios
Fri, May 17, 2013 | 10:38 BST
Rainbow Six: Patriots cancellation rumoured as GameStop bins pre-orders
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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Posted in: Shooter, Ubisoft
Tags: jade raymond, Rainbow Six: Patriots, Ubisoft Toronto
Fri, May 17, 2013 | 10:27 BST
Battlefield senior product manager jumps ship for Call of Duty team
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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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, EA, Shooter
Tags: battlefield, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Kevin Flynn
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 | 21:24 BST
EA appoints New York Times Company executive to board of directors
Denise F. Warren, executive vice president of the Digital Products and Services Group at The New York Times Company, is the first woman to br appointed to EA’s board of directors and audit board, the firm has announced.
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Posted in: EA, Jobs
Tags: Denise F. Warren
New Xbox dashboard to hit public beta in June or July to prep for next console – report