Dark Souls II Accolades Trailer Follows Yesterdays launch
Not wanting to rest the day after the North American launch, Bandai Namco have released a Dark souls II Accolades trailer , prepping for the European launch. The launch trailer only dropped yesterday, so releasing another trailer so soon after is slightly overkill. If any game deserves to be overkill…
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Review
As the grand finale to the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy, the somewhat unhelpfully titled Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII tries to improve upon the issues of the games it follows. After the linearity of XIII, and the back and forth muddle of XIII-2, Lightning Returns successfully combines the two into…
Valve Veteran Joins Oculus Rift Company
Oculus VR, the company behind the Oculus Rift headset, today announced a new member of their team, Valve virtual reality veteran Atman Binstock to become Chief Architect. Binsock was key in Vavle’s secret VR project, and helped create the company’s ‘VR Room’ demo that Steam Dev Days attendees had the…
New DLC for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
Today a new batch of outfit-based DLC has been released for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. Almost one month since its general release, pre-order bonuses such as the Yuna and Cloud themed outfits are finally available for any player to pick up, alongside some entirely new content. You can preview…
Hawken Now Free-To-Play on Steam
Multiplayer first-person shooter Hawken went free-to-play on Steam as of Friday. Originally the mech combat title was only available to players who purchased starter packs. The packs do remain available for purchase but users can now jump into the game without putting any money upfront. "We are proud to announce…
PlayStation Home Adding Trophy Support
PlayStation Home will be receiving PSN Trophies of its own with an update due on Wednesday. PlayStation Europe community manage Chris Owen tweeted the news of the update coming to the PlayStation 3. The Trophy supports should not be confused with Trophy Rooms, a yet unreleased feature that would allow…
No Man’s Sky Procedural Creation Engine ‘scares me,’ Creator Says
No Man’s Sky’s procedural creation engine allows its four person team to create a huge variety of content with just one click, developer Hello Games says. The studio’s co-founder Sean Murray spoke to Polygon saying that preparing the game’s incredible video debut for VGX in December was easy with the…
The Witcher 3 Pushed Back Until Next Year
CD Projekt RED have announced that The Witcher 3 will be pushed back until February next year. In an open letter posted on their site, the developer cited the main reason as to "achieve the quality that will satisfy us". "We know many of you would have liked to play The…
The Year of Luigi Comes to a Close with eShop Sales
Nintendo's Year of Luigi is finally coming to an end, but not before a few last deals are made in honour of our favourite green-capped plumber. From the 13th to the 18th of March, there will be a sale on three downloadable games. On 3DS you can pick up Luigi's…
Nintendo’s eShop Now Includes Indie Hub
Nintendo have expanded their eShop with a hub dedicated to indie games. Over 1000 titles for the Wii U and 3DS will be featured in the new hub making it easier to find indie titles among the platforms' major releases. Spotlight titles include Siesta Fiesta, Moon Chronicles, Steamworld Dig, Gunman…
Dark Souls II Launch Trailer Promises Grim Times Ahead
The Dark Souls II launch trailer has arrived on time and on tone as the game comes out in North American today. While Japan and Europe will have to wait a few days more, From Software's newest game should be worth the wait. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0jC38feoB4 Similar to the original Dark Souls…
HMV Abandoning Pre-Owned Games Market
UK based retailed HMV will be pulling out of the pre-owned games market. Remaining stock will be sold at a discount and stores will no longer buy games from customers. This news is according to one branch talking to Eurogamer, as well as two other anonymous sources. Due to all…
Ubisoft Reveal Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag Jackdaw Edition
Today Ubisoft have revealed that Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag Jackdaw Edition will be making its way across Europe from March 27th. This new edition of Black Flag will not only include the original game, but seven DLC packs. The smaller additions bundled in with the title are the Death…
Deus Ex: The Fall PC Release Date Brought Forward
Deus Ex: The Fall is coming to Steam one week earlier than expected, reports StrategyInformer. The cyberpunk stealth-action RPG title was first released on iOS devices last year, and Android devices last month. Serving as a side-story to Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Deus Ex: The Fall is now releasing on…
EA CEO Regards VR as Fourth ‘Modality’ of Playing Games
The idea of Virtual Reality has always been very romantic to the technology buffs, and with the Oculus Rift, Valve’s prototype virtual reality technology and Sony rumoured to be working in the concept, it’s easy for developers to experiment. However, it’s still not quite to the levels we all dream…
Klei’s Puzzle Game Eets Munchies Available on iOS
Don’t Starve and Mark of the Ninja developer Klei Entertainment has released their first mobile game, Eets Munchies, on iOS. The puzzler is thought of as a re-imagining of Klei’s previous PC game Eets, which challenges players to guide a hungry, armless rabbit-esque creature through obstacle littered levels toward eating…
First Details Of Tales From The Borderlands Come From SXSW Panel
Tales from the Borderlands was announced at the VGX awards late last year, and will be the next title from Telltale Games after The Walking Dead: Season 2 and The Wolf Among Us. Since then not much has been said, until yesterdays panel named "Two Sides to Every Story -…
Final Fantasy X|X-2 HD Remaster TV Ad Goes Mining For Nostalgia
Final Fantasy 10/10-2 HD Remaster is less than two weeks away, so Square-Enix are breaking out the nostalgia factor to oil up the marketing machine. Using the iconic Nobuo Uematsu theme used in the opening of Final Fantasy X, it is a sure fire way to unearth memories buried deep…
Lego Mega Packs Coming To PS Vita
Sony have announced a Lego Mega Pack of the Playstation Vita, bundling together six games. It can either be bought as a part of a memory card bundle, or with a brand new PS Vita console. The Lego games part of the bundle are: LEGO Harry Potter: 5-7 Years LEGO…
Two New Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth Trailers Show Support For Fuuka And Rise
The two newest trailers for Persona Q:Shadow of the Labyrinth shed a spotlight on Persona 3 and Persona 4 support characters, Fuuka Yamagishi and Rise Kujikawa. Providing back-up for their respective groups, both have become fan favourites and have appeared in Persona 4: Arena. ATLUS have been releasing sets of…
Video Games Live 2014 Add 50 New Show Dates
Video Games Live 2014, a concert tour that performs video game tunes, has added 50 new dates to this years tour. Showing world wide, those who want to watch live renditions of everything from Pac-man music to Metal Gear Solid melodies are in luck. The tour begins today in Pheonix,…