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Battlefield 4 was unveiled a couple of days ago as the game that will debut DICE’s next generation Frostbite 3, and like its predecessor, it looks set to power a host of other EA games. Aaryn Flynn, general manager at Bioware’s Edmonton and Montreal studios has revealed that Dragon Age …
Read More »Batman: Arkham Origins rumoured for release this year
Batman: Arkham Origins is rumoured to be the third Batman game from Rocksteady Studios. French site Gameblog has quoted sources as confirming that the prequel will be revealed at E3 and will be headed to current and next-gen platforms. Interestingly, the website also says that Superman and Green Lantern, as …
Read More »Injustice: Gods Among Us demo arrives on 2nd April
Superhero brawler Injustice: Gods Among Us is set to receive a playable demo next week, developer NetherRealm Studios has revealed. The demo will arrive on PSN on 2nd April, while Xbox Live will get it a day later. NetherRealm hasn’t released any details about what content or which playable characters …
Read More »Nicholas, Lloyd, Slater join Ashes Cricket 2013 commentary team
Mark Nicholas, David Lloyd and Michael Slater will provide commentary for Ashes Cricket 2013, publisher 505 Games has announced. Nicholas, who serves as a television presenter n both the UK and Australia, will be the lead commentator, with Ex-England coach Lloyd and former Aussie opening batsman Slater providing expert inputs. …
Read More »DICE: Single-player a very important part of Battlefield 4
Calling Battlefield 3’s single-player campaign a fail”, DICE is aiming to infuse the true Battlefield experience into the campaign for Battlefield 4. We still have a lot of people who liked the campaign in Battlefield 3, but there were a lot of people who were like, this is not Battlefield. …
Read More »Positioning SimCity as an MMO would’ve justified always-online: EA
In a bid to justify the always-online design of SimCity, EA Labels president Frank Gibeau has said that the game has always had an MMO feel to it, and that positioning it as an MMO would have made the always-online nature of the game easier for players to get behind. …
Read More »Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain announced for PS3, Xbox 360
Hideo Kojima revealed at his GDC presentation earlier today that The Phantom Pain and Ground Zeroes are the same game – Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain. Kojima arrived at his GDC presentation with his face bandaged up, revealing what we already knew – that The Phantom Pain was …
Read More »New GTA5 screenshots: Skydiving, high-speed pursuits, and a Gatlin gun
Rockstar Games has quietly released ten new screenshots for Grand Theft Auto 5, and while there’s no press release accompanying them, the images themselves speak volumes. While one image shows a pier at night with lightening striking down from the sky, another features an urban skyline at dusk, showing off …
Read More »Battlefield 4 revealed with 17 minute single-player gameplay trailer
Battlefield 4 was unveiled today, as promised by EA, via an impressive 17-minute trailer showcasing the game’s single-player campaign. Powered by DICE’s next-generation Frostbite 3 engine, the game looks stunning as you would expect and it’s interesting that EA chose to reveal the game via the campaign, when the multiplayer …
Read More »The Last of Us: Joel and Ellie editions up for preorder
Retailers have listed the two special editions of The Last of Us for release in India. Listings for the Joel Edition and the Ellie Edition, named after the game’s central characters, have appeared on Flipkart and Game4u. Both editions are nearly identical; the only difference being the cover art. You …
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