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Rebellion’s PlayStation VR launch title Battlezone will be available to buy on the shelves. The studio says the title is one of a select few” that will receive both a physical and digital release. 2016 is the year of VR, and we are committed to providing a full range of …
Read More »Next PS4 update adds long requested Folders feature
Almost three years after its release, Sony is finally adding one of the most commonly requested features to the machine. Users have since the console’s arrival asked for the ability to sort their games library into folders. Until now, games appear in an uncustomisable list along the device’s XMB user …
Read More »Online play icon was removed from No Man’s Sky retail packaging
The discovery of a change to the UK packaging for No Man’s Sky has fuelled the heated conversation about the game’s online functions. Pictures have appeared online of a sticker placed on the rear of the game’s box. It pictures a PEGI 7 logo and violence warning. Removing it reveals …
Read More »Rime re-emerges as potential multiplatform title
Former PS4 exclusive Rime is back on the horizon. Rime was announced as a Sony published title back at Gamescom 2014. However, the rights to the game were re-acquired by developer Tequila Works earlier this year. Now Six Foot’s Grey Box label has been named as the publisher. Further details …
Read More »Tequila Works names Grey Box as new Rime publisher
Developer reacquired rights to island adventure title from Sony earlier this year
Read More »Bill Bailey, Elon Musk, 10m species discoveries – No Man’s Sky is here
One of the most remarkable development stories is at last in the hands of gamers following today’s UK release of No Man’s Sky. The game hit the US yesterday (August 9th) and will arrive on Steam on Friday (August 12th). Hello Games boss Sean Murray has via Twitter this morning …
Read More »‘No Man’s Sky could have a real impact on the way publishers see indies,’ hopes Sean Murray
Hello Games CEO describes working with Sony as ‘super cool’, outlines developer’s ambition to be ‘the Johnny Depp of studios’
Read More »PS4 Neo could ‘fundamentally change’ No Man’s Sky
No Man’s Sky’s foundation in procedural generation means that Sony’s upcoming PlayStation 4 Neo could substantially change the game beyond surface-level improvements, developer Hello Games has proposed. Hello CEO Sean Murray told theDaily Starthat because No Man’s Sky is procedurally generated, rather than handcrafted, more powerful hardware doesn’t just mean …
Read More »PlayStation Neo – Sony confirms September 7th event
Remember those rumours of a PlayStation event in New York on September 7th? Sony’s just confirmed it. The platform holder hasn’t explicitly stated that the gathering will be the first public unveiling for the PS4 Neo, but that seems an absolute certainty – especially as the event will be livestreamed. …
Read More »Hello Games: PS4 Neo could ‘fundamentally change’ No Man’s Sky
‘More powerful hardware doesn’t just mean upgraded textures or a higher framerate,’ CEO Sean Murray enthuses about title's procedural framework
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