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Street Fighter V will launch on PS4 this Feburary in Europe and North America, Capcom has revealed. Executive producer Yoshinori Ono presented a new trailer for the title during Sony’s PlayStation Paris Games Week event, announcing it will release for Sony’s console on February 16th. Along with the release date, …
Read More »Galak-Z PC release lands on Steam this week
The PC release of Galak-Z: The Dimensional will arrive on Steam later this week, developer 17-Bit has announced. Valve’s distribution service – and likely other yet to be named digital shops – will carry Windows, Mac and Linux editions of the award-winning space shooter starting on Octoober 29th. The open-world …
Read More »Everquest designer forms indie studio Stonethunder Games
Everquest franchise designer Ryan Barker has moved on from the game he spent the past fifteen years working on to found his own studio, Stonethunder Games. Games Industryreports Barker formed the studio earlier this year, likely spurred by Sony’s sale of Everquest developer Sony Online Entertainment – which has since …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers: October 18-24
Valve has released Steam’s latest weekly top ten sellers chart, with pre-orders for Fallout 4 outpacing the rest for the second straight week. Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide jumped onto the chart and all the way up to the runner-up spot for its top ten debut. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and …
Read More »Batman: Arkham Knight PC re-release arrives this week
The PC edition of Batman: Arkham Knight will be relisted for sale on Steam later this week, Warner Bros has announced. The publisher posted the news on the game’s Steam community hub, stating it will re-release on October 28th. The game was removed from from Valve’s service in June, following …
Read More »Microsoft no longer reporting console sales
A Microsoft source has confirmed to Game Informer that the company will no longer provide sales updates for Xbox One. The reportstates that the firm has stopped reporting console sale totals as ofits most recent quarterly report– which explains why the usual figures were mysteriously absent from Microsoft’s results earlier …
Read More »Xbox Live co-creator Eric Neustadter leaves Microsoft
Eric Neustadter – one of the creators of Xbox Live – has announced his exit from Microsoft after nearly two decades with the firm. Engadget reports on the departure. Neustadter is best-known for evolving Xbox Live from a network of in-house desktop computers to a multi-platform service boasting 39m users, …
Read More »Telltale details Game of Thrones season finale release
The sixth and final release of Telltale’s debut Game of Thrones episodic will land next week, the studio has announced. Dubbed The Ice Dragon, the episode will arrive simultaneously across all platforms on November 17th – a first for a Telltale release. Along with the release dates of the upcoming …
Read More »Nintendo reveals Yo-Kai Watch 2DS bundle
Nintendo has revealed a new Yo-Kai Watch-themed 2DS bundle set to arrive in North America next month. The hardware package – priced at $100 – is set to hit shelves on November 6th, the same day Yo-Kai Watch itself arrives on 3DS in the region. The game will also launch …
Read More »Twitch app arrives for PS4
Twitch’s dedicated viewing app for PS4 has arrived on the North American PlayStation Store. Polygonreports on the app’s arrival following the company’s announcement at its inaugural TwitchCon event last month. The free download weighs in at 54 MB. ThePS4 packed the ability to broadcast gameplayvia Twitch at launch, but until …
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