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The PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 will not receive all of the post-release DLC pencilled in for the PS4 and Xbox One versions. Players on older machines will not be able to buy a Season Pass to access the content, either. "Season Pass …
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 »PS3 and 360 versions of Black Ops 3 will miss series’ 60fps benchmark
Although games running at 30 frames per second are pretty standard nowadays, Call of Duty is a series that has always valued the benefits of 60fps. However, it has now been confirmed that the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of this year’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 will fall …
Read More »Xbox One and PS4 are up 40% on last-gen sales
But year-on-year hardware sales declined by 23 per cent in September in the US
Read More »Konami apologises for Metal Gear Online issues
Konami is offering up free in-game items for Metal Gear Online to apologise for the game’s rocky launch. VG247reports players have run into issues including losing connection, not being able to connect and shaky matchmaking. To attempt to make up for the troubles, Konami is distributing 3000GP to all players …
Read More »UPDATE: Sega confirms Yakuza 5 western release for next month
Yakuza 5 will launch in the west next month, Sega has confirmed Ablog posttitled Top 5 Movies to Get Hyped for Yakuza 5” buries the lede of the PS3 title’s planned mid-November release for western territories. The new window is the result of a delay caused by "a few weird …
Read More »Tales from the Borderlands season finale arrives this month
Telltale has revealed the fifth and final episode of Tales from the Borderlands debut season will launch next week. As has become a standard for the studio’s episodic releases, Episode Five: The Vault of the Traveler will arrive first for PC, Mac, PS3 and PS4 – debuting for the platforms …
Read More »PlayStation Now launches in the UK for £12.99 a month
Sony’s streaming games service PlayStation Now has now officially launched in the UK. Having entered beta back in June, Sony has now introduced a monthly subscription service priced at 12.99. Individual titles can be rented for 2.99 and the whole thing can be tried for free for seven days. Over …
Read More »PS3 version of PES 2016 outsells PS4 in Japan during debut week
Pro Evolution Soccer 2016’s Japanese launch has highlighted the huge number of gamers still playing on older consoles. According to the latest data from Famitsu, Konami’s football title would’ve claimed the retail chart top spot during its first week if platform sales were combined, shifting over 96,500 units between PS3 …
Read More »NBA 2K16 ships 4m, sets franchise record
NBA 2K16 has shipped 4m units worldwide across all platforms in its first week, publisher 2K Sports has announced. The figure is a record for the baksetball franchise. Digital sales have doubled the numbers of NBA 2K15 during the same period as well, with three times as many games played …
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