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Ubisoft has announced a delay to Rayman Legends on Sony’s PlayStation Vita. The game was due to arrive on the handheld alongside Xbox 360, PS3, PC and Wii U this Friday (August 30th). However, a Ubisoft rep has confirmed to Pocket Gamer that the Vita SKU will now not land …
Read More »Microsoft blames Kinect localisation, and not supply constraints, for Xbox One delays
The complexities behind localising Kinect for numerous languages are causing Xbox one launch delays across eight European territories, Microsoft has claimed. It was recently announced that The Xbox One’s launch has been delayed in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden and Switzerland. Speaking to OXM, the firm’s head of …
Read More »505 Games delays Ashes Cricket 2013 for a second time
Ashes Cricket 2013 has been delayed for a second time by its publisher 505 Games. The reason? In blunt terms the publisher admitted that the game simply wasn’t good enough in its current state”. The game has already missed its previously scheduled for release of June 21st. It will now …
Read More »Sony promises no delay for Gran Turismo 6
Gran turismo 5 was famously dogged by delays, but the newly announced GT6 shouldn’t suffer the same fate, says Sony. The firm is confident Gran Turismo 6 will arrive on time this Christmas. There is no reason to think the proposed release window for GT6 will not be achieved,” product …
Read More »Blizzard ‘resets’ next-gen MMO Titan, cuts team size by 70 per cent
The next-gen MMO from the makers of World of Warcraft is now unlikely to arrive until 2016 at the earliest”. That’s according to VentureBeat which has word that Blizzard has decided to push the reset button” on the game known as Titan. It has also cut its development stream from …
Read More »PS4 WILL arrive in UK this year – report
Sony will not delay the launch of the PS4 in Europe, a new report has claimed. In February it was reported that PS4 would follow its predecessor’s lead by landing in Japan first and then rolling out in Europe after Christmas. This is not so, according to CVG, which cites …
Read More »Ouya to miss June 4th launch
Crowd-funded Android console Ouya will not launch at the beginning of June, as was originally planned. Instead, it will land on shelves a few weeks later on June 25th. Ouya CEO Julie Uhrman claimed the console was delayed in order to meet retail demand, according to Joystiq. "We’ve had incredibly …
Read More »Ive’s iOS7 redesign could delay planned summer rollout
A complete overhaul of Apple’s iOS operating system could delay its rollout until later in the year. Bloomberg reports that the decision to instigate such a radical redesign – the first in the history of iOS – comes from Apple’s former hardware design chief and current software guru Jonathan Ive. …
Read More »Injustice: Gods Among Us delayed on Wii U
Wii U owners will have to wait a tiny bit longer to get their hands on Warner’s Injustice: Gods Among Us. Fortunately, the delay is only a slight one – the game will arrive a week later than originally planned on Wii U on April 26th, as confirmed by CVG. …
Read More »Initial GameStick launch pushed back due to high demand
Creators of the portable console Gamestick have announced a delay for the Android-based device – a setback caused by a much higher consumer demand than expected, according to the hardware makers. A Kickstarter update states that due to the demand jumping from around a thousand units to tens of thousands …
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