So Sony have announced a launch price of $399 in October 2016, this past Tuesday, but what does that mean for us at the bottom of deepest darkest Africa? Well in pure R/$ terms today that translates to R 6099 right now, but as we’ve come to learn of late by the time I click publish on this article that…
Today is a jam-packed edition of the Gaming News Wrap, so grab your coffee and get comfortable. Games Halo 5: Guardians uses variable resolution technique to maintain 60fps There’s a Star Wars Battlefront mini-fridge, too Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate has a Jack the Ripper DLC UPDATE: Season pass detailed, includes permanent XP boost. Bloodborne: The Old Hunters expansion revealed, coming November…
Another day, another Gaming News Wrap. It’s the circle of life. Games Ubisoft has announced a ‘Complete Edition’ for Far Cry 4 which will be available on 19 June. The bundle – which contains the game and five pieces of DLC – seems to only be heading to the PS4 and PC according to the press release. All players of…
Sony is celebrating 20 years of Playstation with a ‘PlayStation 4 20th Anniversary Edition’. The special edition PS4 commemorates the 20th anniversary of the release of the original PlayStation on December 3, 1994. The 20th Anniversary Edition will be limited to 12,300 units worldwide, a number that reflects the launch date of the original PS. As you can see, the special…
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…
Don’t get too excited about it for now, the Glacier White console is a Destiny bundle pack for North America. Sony also said it has nothing to announce with regards to a release elsewhere, but that it is “considering numerous possibilities” with regards to other colours. Having a curious 2 year-old running around the living room, I quite like my…
The PS4 system update 1.71 has started rolling out. SCEE and SCEA tweeted earlier today: “PS4 system software update 1.71 coming soon, will improve software stability of some features.” CVG now reports the update is available.
The fairly substantial PS4 system update 1.70 is reportedly arriving next week, April 30. IGN report that Sony announced the European date for the update, so it’s assumed the rest of the world will be around then. Still no YouTube! It is however updating some important stuff. The update includes SHAREfactory, the “new rich video editor app that makes it…
Lords of Fallen dev says higher resolutions are more difficult to achieve on Xbox One than on Playstation 4, echoing the sentiments of other devs. Speaking with IGN, CI Games executive producer Tomasz Gop explains that the frame rate will never drop below 30 frames per second, but achieving conformity in resolution across all platforms is proving to be more…
PlayStation 4 system update 1.70 will provide another feature users have been calling for – the ability to pre-load games before the game’s release. This is a great feature for digital pre-orders, as any Steam user will tell you. So basically you can purchase and download the game prior to release, and on release day, the game unlocks. Another headline…