According to PlayStation American VP of marketing John Koller, new research suggests 31% of PS4 owners had an Xbox 360 or Wii, but not a PS3 in the last generation. Kotaku report that Koller says the research also showed that 17% of PS4 owners didn’t own a last-gen console at all. “The person that we’ve picked up since launch primarily…
Activision is pulling all downloadable song DLC for Guitar Hero, DJ Hero and Band Hero at the end of the month. Eurogamer transcribed the statement from Activision announcing that servers for the PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360 games will stay online and any tracks you have already purchased will be unaffected, but the song DLC will be dropped on…
It is unclear from a statement issued by Nintendo president, Satoru Iwata, whether Nintendo’s new focus on health will result in a new games platform, or if it intends to build upon its current platforms, as Nintendo looks to establishing a new business area which will focus on health Polygon report that Iwata has announced in a statement on the…
Sorry, it’s a slow news day… So we’ll tell you how to spend your money with titles that are releasing today. First up is D3P and Cartoon Network’s Ben 10 Omniverse 2 which is available for Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Wii, Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. On a more serious side, there’s Need for Speed Rivals for the Xbox…
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 weekend. Almost. The DualShock 4 controller has dropped pressure sensitive face buttons for digital buttons. The pressure sensitive analogue buttons were found on the DualShock 3 and allowed game designers to assign multiple functions to a button depending on the pressure applied by the player. These were rarely used by designers. [More on VentureBeat] The…
Good morning. Let’s not fill this with mindless chit-chat and get to it shall we? The PlayStation 4 Party Chat will support up to eight users at once. Let the online parties begin. Sony has confirmed that real names will be usable from launch with the PS4. You will be able to identify yourself either with your real name or PSN…
Good morning. Yes, it’s the most important day of the week in the zombie calendar… Chewsday. No, we told you that will never get old. Killzone Shadow Fall has gone gold, ensuring the PS4 exclusive shooter will launch alongside Sony’s new console. Guerrilla Games’ Steven Ter Heide has said via the PlayStation Blog that the game “should last well over ten…
Good morning. Just a few more sleeps until South Africa’s rAge expo kicks off. We’ll see some of you there we assume? The Xbox One day one update is expected to take between 15 and 20 minutes to download. We assume that Microsoft is basing that time on internet speeds in the US and not South Africa… The day one…
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…