Looking Forward to 2014: Nintendo
Nintendo may have not had the best year in 2013 with many fans giving up on the company due to its lack of games, thus resulting in poor sales and negative feedback. This year however could be a different story. Nintendo actually have a good set of games coming out…
Is The Banner Saga A Bioware Plot In A Different Skin?
During playing the opening hours of Stoic's The Banner Saga during our preview, I fell in love. The art direction looks almost effortlessly beautiful and the world had my immediate attention. It shied away from fantasy cliché, with no frozen dwarves, elves or goblins in sight. That was what I…
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Video Preview
The world is coming to an end and the saviour has come to save the world from destruction. That is the premise for the next instalment in the Lightning trilogy, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. Back at the EuroGamer Expo last year we were able to try out the game,…
Thief To Contain “Nudity” and “Strong Sexual Content”
In the rating for upcoming stealth title, Thief 4, the Entertainment Software Rating Board have 'awarded' Eidos-Montreal's game a "mature" rating for containing a few naughty sections which suggest some in-game nudity. The spoiler-free ESRB synopsis gave Thief this rating due to "Blood, Nudity, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content, Use of…
Strike Vector Ready to Launch Later This Month
Strike Vector, the futuristic flying fighter (Flyter?), will be launching January 28 after spending a few weeks in beta, according to VG247. Giving itself a few weeks to work out the kinks, those who want to play Rage Quit Corporation's sci-fi fighter won't have to wait long. Launching on steam…
Kairosoft’s Ninja Village Now Available on iOS
Ninja Village has finally made the migration from Android and is now available on iOS. Released a week ahead of schedule by the folks at Kairosoft, Ninja Village sneaked under the radar this week but be sure you don't miss out. The latest addition to the huge Kairosoft family, Ninja…
Magicka: Wizard Wars Duel Mode Trailer
Magicka: Wizard Wars is getting a 1 v 1 Duel Mode, which does exactly what it says on the tin - rather than play a team deathmatch or a free for all, this mode keeps things pure with just a straight up fight between fellow wizards. Developed by Paradox North,…
Is the Wii U The PS3 Of This Generation? Is Zelda its MGS4?
Cast your mind back to 2007. Ask any gamer from around that time what console it was they owned between PS3 and 360, and the majority will probably answer with Xbox 360. Having been released earlier, at a lower price and with often better versions of multiplatform games, the 360…
Nintendo’s Shares Recover After Slump
After a stock market scare last week, shares in Nintendo appear to have recovered, reports GaminRealm. A fluctuating stock market coupled with a damning report published by the company on their projections for the fiscal year caused an almost knee-jerk slump in share prices. Nintendo have been the subject of…
New screenshots from upcoming horror survival, The Forest
Currently in development by Endnight Games, The Forest is looking to be a very interesting game. New screenshots identify that it appears that fire spreads across The Forest. As seen with game before, such as Far Cry 2 and so on, the use of fire can be very tactically helpful…
Competitive pricing for Xbox One downloads is “on the agenda”
Microsoft spokesperson Larry ‘Major Nelson’ Hyrib has said the company is looking at making the pricing its Xbox One downloads more competitive. Hyrib spoke to frustrated Xbox One owners via Reddit, who told Hryb that those looking at purchasing Titanfall digitally were unable to take advantage of a $10 off…
PlayStation Network Offline For Six Hours on Monday
Sony has announced via the PlayStation Blog that PSN will be going down for six hours on Monday January 27 for maintenance. In Europe the maintenance will take place between 5.20pm and 11.30pm GMT, whilst North America will have PSN down between 9.30am PT/12pm ET and 3.30pm PT/6.30pm ET. If…
Tomb Raider Definitive Edition launch trailer
Square Enix has released a new trailer for Tomb Raider Definitive Edition ahead of the game’s release. The game offers a graphical upgrade to the 2013 title and has recently been shown as running at 60fps on the PS4, double the rate of the Xbox One. Tomb Raider Definitive Edition…
Indie Dev accuses Candy Crush Stuido of stealing their game
Matthew Cox from indie studio Stolen Goose has claimed the Candy Crush developer, King, of “blatantly” copying their game Scamperghost in 2009 after publishing negotiations fell through. "It's ironic that King.com is concerned about intellectual property when they so blatantly copied our game Scamperghost with their game 'Pac-Avoid' in late…
New character art for Until Dark is revealed.
Shiro Games has posted new character art on their site as well as a bit more information on Until Dark. The character is called Akkad and appears to be the second of six, after the first character, Leaf. Along with the concept art, the information on the characters was expanded…
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Video Game Début Trailer Features an Old Enemy and Some New Tricks
Beenox are back with yet another Spider-Man game, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, coming Spring 2014 for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3, Xbox One and Xbox 360, Wii U, 3DS and for Windows PC. You once again play as Peter Parker as he still seeks to find his beloved Uncle Ben's killer, and…
Namco Bandai Corrects Wrong Information On Dragonball Z Vita Packaging
Namco Bandai have today issued a statement saying that the packaging on Dragonball Z: Battle of Z on PlayStation Vita shows false information. Fans of Japanese voice-acting will be displeased to hear that, despite the game's box stating otherwise, Dragonball Z: Battle of Z will only feature an English-language voice…
Middle-earth Shadow of Mordor Pre-Alpha Gameplay Walkthrough
Warner Bros has released an 8 minute walkthrough video for Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor featuring pre-alpha gameplay which can be seen below. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor does not revolve around the events of Tolkien’s books, but instead inserts it own chapter in-between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.…
Impressive Elder Scrolls Online Voice Cast
The online game’s voice cast includes some big stars. Bethesda have today announced an all-star voice cast for the upcoming MMO The Elder Scrolls Online. Featuring actors from Harry Potter , Spider-Man, WALL-E and Monty Python. The cast: Sir Michael Gambon (Harry Potter) – The Prophet John Cleese (Monty Python)-…
Tomb Raider Xbox One frame rate just half of PS4 version
Tomb Raider Definitive Edition has been shown running at 60fps on the PS4, double the frame rate on the Xbox One. A spokesperson from Square Enix has not commented on the difference, but things have gradually come to light to verify the matter. On Thursday, January 23 GamesRadar published a…
The First Conception II Trailer is Here
The first English trailer for Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars was revealed today by Atlus. It gives gamers their first look at the 3DS version of the title, showing off animated cutscenes, combo attacks, Star Children classes and much more. Conception II is a turn-based RPG, with similar…