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Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 won’t feature the rain effect or any Spanish stadiums, both for very different reasons. The omission of rain, as European community manager Adam Bhatti puts it, was down to the game being rebuilt from scratch, and the team therefore not having the time to include the …
Read More »Rayman Legends Indian release this weekend; PS3, Xbox 360 only
Reviews for Rayman Legends hit the web this week, surpassing expressions with a current Metacritic rating of around 90. Not surprisingly, the glowing reviews have sparked a renewed interest in the game, and so we got in touch with distributor E-xpress Interactive to find out when Ubisoft Montpellier’s follow-up to …
Read More »GTA5 pulled from PSN following leaks; Sony apologises to Rockstar, fans
Update: Sony has pulled Grand Theft Auto 5 from its servers after content from the game, which was made available for preload for preorder customers on PSN, made its way online, including potential spoilers. In a statement on the PlayStation Blog, Sony apologised to developer/publisher Rockstar Games and fans of …
Read More »PS3 to PS4 upgrade pricing set by publishers, says Sony
Sony has unveiled a program that will allow players to upgrade certain PS3 titles to their PS4 at a significantly” discounted price. Digital Spy reports on President Andrew House detailing the program during Sony’s Gamescom keynote, explaining that the cost of the transfer will ultimately be up to the publisher …
Read More »PES 2014 India price, release date announced
Distributor Origin Games has revealed the Indian release date and prices across platforms for Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 in India. We reported yesterday that PES 2014 would arrive on 20th September, but it appears India will get the game on UK release date, which is a day earlier – 19th …
Read More »N-Space forced to abandon Nintendo due to lack of publisher demand
The CEO of Skylanders: Giants and Swap Force co-developer N-Space has said that his studio currently has no Nintendo games in development for the first time in a decade. The studio, which has ported and developed a host of titles from the likes of Activision and Disney to Nintendo machines …
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 »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 …
Read More »Gran Turismo 6 gets 6th December release date
The very first order of business at Sony’s Gamescom press conference was Gran Turismo 6 and the brief presentation ended with the long awaited release date. Gran Turismo 6 will release on PS3 globally on 6th December, just a week after the European release of the PS4. You’d have to …
Read More »The Division confirmed for PC; to get exclusive content on Xbox One
Ubisoft Massive has announced (video below) that its online role-playing shooter The Division is also headed to PC. The game was first revealed at E3 as a PS4 and Xbox One game, but citing fan demand, the developer will now also release the game on PC. Meanwhile, Microsoft announced at …
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