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Video streaming site Netflix has upped its UK subscription price by 1 to 6.99. However, the existing price of 5.99 for current subscribers will be frozen for two years providing their subscription remains active. It has told customers that the hike has been introduced "in order to continue adding more …
Read More »VIDEO: Sunset Overdrive gameplay footage arrives
Insomniac’s Xbox One exclusive Sunset Overdrive has been shown off in a new gameplay video. The four minute trailer looks at how players will navigate the game’s colourful setting, quickly hopping between rooftops, walls and zip lines. It also gives us a closer look at the hordes of enemies you’re …
Read More »VIDEO: No Nintendo E3 press conference, will air a Direct-style video instead
Nintendo will for the second year running not hold a press conference at E3. Instead, it will air an E3 video news broadcast that will further detail about the gaming experiences on the way for Nintendo platforms in 2014 and beyond”. The video will go out at 5pm UK time …
Read More »VIDEO: Watch Dogs multiplayer trailer released, visuals ‘compare greatly’ to E3 reveal
Ubisoft’s creative director Jonathan Morin has said that Watch Dogs will ship with graphics comparable to those seen in the initial E3 reveal in 2012. The assertion comes as Ubisoft continues to tackle perceptions that the game has experienced a graphical downgrading in the many months since its initial debut. …
Read More »MCV AWARDS 2014: See the official opening video
Last week’s MCV Awards 2014 kicked off with some of the industry’s greatest squaring off against the apocalypse – and you can see it all here on video. The short was filmed at Oriental City in Colindale, which has been derelict since 1998. Some – particularly Alex Verrey who used …
Read More »VIDEO: Nintendo to give Tomodachi Life a shot in the West
Having gained a devoted following in Japan, Nintendo’s new Animal Crossing” is going to be debuted on 3DS in Western markets. It’s quite hard to explain Tomodachi Life. In fact, you might be better off simply watching Nintendo’s totally leftfield debut video below. Described by some as The Sims meets …
Read More »VIDEO: New trailer for The Evil Within
Shinji Mikami’s much anticipated The Evil Within is the subject of a brand new trailer, which you can see below. The game is the latest creator from Resident Evil mastermind Shinji Mikami, whose name was made with hits such as Resident Evil, RE2, RE3, RE4 and Code Veronica, as well …
Read More »VIDEO: See The Simpsons’ Minecraft parody intro
That’s when you know you’ve made it, right? Last weekend’s episode of The Simpsons featured a Minecraft-style intro that has left even the game’s creator Markus Persson in awe. The Simpsons did a Minecraft couch gag,” he said. I’m not sure how I feel about it. I STILL feel a …
Read More »Xbox One gameplay YouTube uploads coming today
The ability to upload gameplay clips to YouTube will be patched into the console today, Microsoft has confirmed. It comes as part of an update to the YouTube app. Users will need to adjust their system settings as detailed on the Xbox Wire to get everything up and running. The …
Read More »VIDEO: The Elder Scrolls Online launch trailer is very dramatic
Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls Online is out on PC and Mac today and the launch trailer is well worth five minutes of your time. The lavishly produced and epic short may bear little resemblance to being one-hit killed by a 12 year old’s scantily clad avatar, but it certainly does …
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