Good morning. We’ve got a little bit for everyone here today. Gaming news and videos – an essential part of everyone’s breakfast. Games A number of Games on Demand have been discounted by at least 33% on Xbox Live – some as much as 75%. Call of Duty Ghosts is 33% cheaper until next week, while Final Fantasy XIII-2, The…
Good morning all. Yes. That’s enough chit-chat we think, so we’ll get the news underway. Games Rockstar Games has announced a number of updates for GTA Online. First up is the Deathmatch and Race Creators Beta which arrives this week (today most likely). As the name reveals, players can create and customize Jobs for the following modes: Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Race, GTA Race and Rally Race.…
Good morning. To our US friends – happy Thanksgiving. To all the turkeys in the US… our commiserations. Hardware Sony will allow users up to three portable devices (which includes PSP, PS Vita and PlayStation Vita TV) to access their PSN accounts, in addition to their PS3 and PS4. Details of how to do so are available here. And so it seems…
Warner Bros. has released this extended gameplay walkthrough trailer for Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate, which certainly looks like a stunning option for the PlayStation Vita and Nintendo 3DS. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=proFwK46uyo
Speaking at the GamesBeat 2013 conference, Nexon CFO Owen Mahoney told the audience that he isn’t particularly interested in going into the console business. He also believes the gap between mobile and console games will diminish in a few years. GamesIndustry are citing Mahoney who explained that the differences between mobile and consoles is comparative to the difference “between a…
Good morning and welcome to the day that could rather be tomorrow. If I was president of the world we’d make it so. The high demand for the PS4 has meant that Sony may not actually fulfill any pre-orders placed after next Monday in the UK. [More on CVG] As if to emphasize this, former CEO of Electronic Arts John Riccitiello…
Konami has penned a deal with the Argentinian Football Association (AFA) to bring the 20 AFA Primera División Teams and some of the corresponding home stadiums into PES 2014. Argentinian FOX Sports announcers, Mariano Closs and Fernando Niembro will commentate for the league. Top teams River Plate, Boca Juniors, Newell’s Old Boys and Racing will all feature. The 20 Primera…
Happy Chewsday…geddit?! Alright, news then. Be prepared for your inner rock star to die a little more. Harmonix has announced that from 2 April, weekly Rock Band song updates will stop. According to the developer: “With several new titles in development and developers needed to usher these new games along, April 2nd will be the last weekly DLC release for Rock…
Wow. Made it. Friday. We’ll stop reminding you of what day it is now. Enjoy your Friday morning news… The latest insider report doing the rounds regarding the next-Xbox comes via The Verge. According to this source, the console will carry a big focus on “greatly improved” speech recognition. The (let’s call it) Xbox 720 will support wake on voice, natural language controls, and speech-to-text.…
The BBC have posted a rather surprising new video article [uploaded by ReutersExclusiveNews] that discusses the benefits of videogames with a senior female gamer, Hilda Knott. Ms. Knott discloses, and it makes total sense, that videogames are beneficial to her as they keep her mentally active. In the report on BBC, the news giant claims: “It is predicted that by the…