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A French gamer called Olivier ‘Luffy’ Hay has won the coveted Street Fighter IV prize at the 2014 Evolution Championship. Not only did he come through the loser’s bracket to do so, and not only did he win using the typically unflavoured Rose character, but he also triumphed using a …
Read More »Alien: Isolation pre-orders get original Alien DLC
Customers who pre-order Sega’s upcoming Alien: Isolation are being handed a fan-friendly bit of free DLC. The content is based on Ridley Scott’s original 1979 film Alien, featuring the likeness and voice talent of key talent such as Sigourney Weaver (Ellen Ripley), Tom Skerritt (Dallas), Veronica Cartwright (Lambert), Harry Dean …
Read More »Microsoft’s decision has ‘killed original Kinect games’; PlayStation Camera could outsell it
Microsoft’s decision to remove Kinect from the Xbox One bundle has destroyed any possibility for developers to make games that realise the potential of the motion-sensing camera. That’s according to Zumba Fitness developer and UK studio Zo Mode, whose studio head Paul Mottram said: "We’ve been closely involved with Microsoft …
Read More »Sony questions difference between Vita’s LCD and OLED displays
The difference between the Vita Slim’s LCD display and the Original Vita’s OLED display is small, if not imperceptible” if it exists at all, Sony has claimed. The new Vita arrives in the UK next month and with no plans to replenish stock of the existing model, gamers will have …
Read More »Original Tomb Raider now available on iOS
Seminal 1996 action title Tomb Raider is now available on iOS. The 69p game is compatible with any iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch running iOS 7. It uses (a considerably high number, it must be said) of virtual buttons to recreate the DualShock-friendly original. Lara’s previous forays onto alternative hardware …
Read More »Original iPhone will be declared ‘obsolete’ next month
Apple’s original iPhone of 2007 is to become obsolete in June, according to internal info. The documentation, picked up by9to5mac.com, shows the headset manufacturer will classify the original iPhone as ‘obsolete’ everywhere, except the US, from June 11th – this applies to all Apple products that were discontinued more than …
Read More »Warren Spector: ‘I desperately want to bring Epic Mickey to 360, PS3’
Epic Mickey creator Warren Spector hopes the original Wii adventure will head to HD consoles ahead of its musical sequel. The Wii game has sold millions of copies worldwide to date since its November 2010 release. With follow-up Disney Epic Mickey 2: Power of Two confirmed as a multiformat release …
Read More »Microsoft hails Xbox’s 10-year achievement
Xbox execs around the world were celebrating this week as Microsoft’s console reached its tenth birthday. Tuesday (November 15th) marked the anniversary of the device’s roll-out in the USA.Although technically the UK birthday is in March 2012, Microsoft has been toasting the console’s event-packed life.Tuesday was also the launch of …
Read More »Cave to release new Windows Phone 7 shooter
Famed 2D shooter studio Cave is to build games for Windows Phone 7, the studio has announced. The Tokyo-based Dodonpachi developer has already embraced the smartphone platforms by porting several champion games to Apple’s iOS platform. Now, according to a report translated byAndriasang, the longstanding studio is building content for …
Read More »The end for (original) Xbox Live
Take heed, original Xbox owners – today is the last day that you’ll be able to take your console online. At midnight tonight Microsoft will permanently turn off the lights for one of the most pioneering online console services the world has ever seen. The move will also see online …
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