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PlayStation 4 release dates for India and the Middle East will be part of a separate announcement, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe CEO Jim Ryan has told MCV. Asked by Christopher Dring from our sister publication MCV UK about a PS4 release date for India and the Middle East region, Ryan …
Read More »Ubisoft partners with Nvidia for upcoming PC titles
Ubisoft has partnered with Nvidia to include several of the latter’s graphics technologies in its upcoming PC games. Games such as Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag and Watch Dogs will all benefit from Nvidia’s TXAA antialiasing, HBAO+ (horizon-based ambient occlusion) and advanced DX11 tessellation. Details on how …
Read More »Upgrade from PS3 to PS4 versions of games for $10
Yesterday at Gamescom, Sony announced that you’ll be able to upgrade from the PS3 versions of certain games to the PS4 versions for a heavily discounted price. Activision has put that price at $10, which is today around Rs 640. There’s no telling what it might be tomorrow. PS3 owners …
Read More »PES 2014 gets 20th September release date; demo a week earlier
Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 will release on 20th September; three days after Grand Theft Auto V and a week before rival FIFA 14. While Konami has earlier said that it would release a demo for PES 2014 this month, it has now revealed that the demo will arrive on 11th …
Read More »PS4 launch line-up: 33 games, 15 on Blu-ray
Sony has revealed a 33-game strong launch line-up for the PS4. The line-up features 15 games that will be available on disc, with the rest being released digitally via PSN, all on 29th November. Here’s the complete list (via Eurogamer): Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag (Blu-ray/digital) Basement Crawl (digital) Battlefield …
Read More »UPDATE: PS4 India launch in 2013 uncertain; pricing announcement closer to launch
Update: PlayStation Middle East has confirmed to IGN that the PlayStation 4 will launch in the GCC (Gulf Coperation Council) region this holiday season. It is likely then that the PS4 will also arrive in India at the same time. Original story: A 2013 launch for the PlayStation 4 in …
Read More »MCV’s first – and free – Gamescom show daily is online now
MCV has just published its very first Gamescom daily magazine for iPad and browsers. It’s online now, and it’sFREE! Published in association with Xbox One, the 14-pagemagazine has been put together by the MCV team currently working out of the Cologne games show. It features news from the show, a …
Read More »Volume PS4, PS Vita launch exclusivity lasts one month
Sony announced at its Gamescom press conference earlier today that games from several top indie developers would be console-exclusive to PlayStation platforms at launch. It now appears that exclusivity only lasts a month. Thomas Was Alone creator Mike Bithell is one of the developers that Sony has managed to swing …
Read More »PS4: India not on list of 32 launch countries
Sony today announced that the PS4 would launch in 32 countries this November. The list of countries has now been released, and India is not on it. Here’s the complete list: United States Canada United Kingdom Australia Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand Norway …
Read More »LittleBigPlanet Hub: Free-to-play PS3 service launching this year
The latest expansion of the LittleBigPlanet universe is LittleBigPlanet Hub, a free-to-play service set to hit PS3 later this year. LittleBigPlanet Hub is essentially your very own pod from where you can access a ton of free and paid content to help create and customise your own LBP adventures. All …
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