The Winners and Losers of 2014
2014 is nearly over which means it is time for the mandatory ‘end of year’ list, where we sum up everything that’s gone on this year. 2014 has been a pretty lacklustre year if I am honest, being that awkward transitional year between last gen and current gen when everything…
Steam Holiday Sale To Begin This Week
Barely a few weeks after the Autumn Sale, Valve have announced the beginning of the Steam Holiday Sale, which will take place from the 18th of December and continue into the new year. In the meantime, you can recycle your unwanted or spare inventory items for Gems to use in…
European Playstation Plus August 2014 Games Revealed
When it comes to Playstation Plus, Sony have been incredibly generous with some of the titles we have received. Ranging from the erotic puzzler Catherine, to the Wonderland quoting Far Cry 3. They usually update their official website with the next month's additions to the Instant Game Collection a little…
Persona 5 Confirmed For Tokyo Game Show?
After it's brief appearance in a live streaming event some months ago, the fifth installment of the Persona series has seen no further updates. Aside from small quips from the development team, such as the confirmation of a high school setting and breaking the chains of modern society, ATLUS have…
7 Things We Don’t Want At E3
Every E3 we salivate feverishly at what the many wonders of the Electronic Entertainment Expo will bring us, which makes it all the more disappointing when the big hitters such as Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony deliver a big fat stinker or bore us to death. Based on our expectations for…
Super Smash Bros Direct – The Full Lowdown
Less than two hours ago, Nintendo's latest Direct presentation took place in front of the entire world, thanks to the world wide web. Instead of focusing on various types of games, it was the turn of Super Smash Bros. to take the limelight. A mountain of new information has been…
Football Manager Classic 2014 Gets Vita Bundle
Fans of the Football Manager series have always enjoyed playing the portable versions that have been available on tablets and PlayStation devices. SEGA revealed that the 2014 edition of the game will be coming to PlayStation Vita last year, and the release date was announced in the last week of…
First Screenshots of World Cup Tie In Game Revealed
The biggest tournament in the football calender, the World Cup, is only a few months away, so a tie-in video game is usually released a few months in advance. EA Sports have today revealed the first screens for this new title, 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil, showing off the graphical…
Worms: Battlegrounds Announced By Team17
Team17 have announced the latest entry into the Worms series, Worms: Battlegrounds. The game is coming to Xbox One and PS4 sometime in 2014. Worms: Battlegrounds will be self-published on Xbox One, thanks to the ID@Xbox Program. Details on the gameplay are scant as of yet, but as this is…
Shiro Games release screenshots for enigmatic game Until Dark
3 months ago, Shiro Games revealed concept art for a new game, Until Dark. Along with the images was a short description labeling Until Dark as a "multiplayer exploration game set in a huge and mysterious world." Later Shiro games, best known for their title Evoland, revealed more concept art…
The Finalists for the 14th Annual GDC Awards Have Been Announced
The Game Developers Choice Awards have announced the full list of nominees for the 14th annual awards event. These awards are open to any video game that was initially released and made available to consumers during 2013, regardless of platform or delivery medium. "The Game Developers Choice Awards are the premier…
Square Enix Has Launched a New Teaser Website With Gloops
In the last few days, Square Enix, in collaboration with Gloops, have put up a teaser website which is pointing to an announcement coming January 8th, 2014. The website in question is http://destiny-viii.jp and apart from the "coming soon..." and a link to Gloops' website there is not much to go on.…
Moshi Monsters Founder is to be Awarded an OBE in 2014
Michael Acton Smith, the founder of the extremely popular Moshi Monsters series, has been awarded an OBE in the Queens New Years Honours List for 2014. The OBE is recognising Mr Smith in the category of Industry and economy in the entrepreneurs section. A fantastic award and very much deserved.…
Pokémon the Series XY is Coming Soon in 2014
Pokémon fans get ready to start 2014 with a bang as Pokémon the Series: XY is coming to Cartoon Network on Saturday, January 18th. I WANNA BE THE VERYYYY BEST Catchy theme aside, this series starts off with rather quickly with Ash heading to Kalos, the new region introduced in Pokémon…
More Playable Villains Up for Pre-Order In Marvel Heroes for 2014
Gazillion Entertainment is giving players the opportunity to pre-order several new heroes and villains for Marvel Heroes which are to be released in 2014. The pre-order will also allow gamers to pick up these characters at a large discounted price in this Marvel Heroes Advance Pack. The characters included are: Juggernaut Venom Magneto…
Nintendo Seems to be Planning to Launch the New Super Smash Bros and Mario Kart in Spring 2014
In a recent interview, the German General Manager for Nintendo, Bernd Fakesch, was quoted in saying the following: "Für nächstes Frühjahr sind außerdem mit Mario Kart8 und Super Smash Bros. zwei weitere große Lizenzspiele für unsere TV-Konsole angekündigt." Which roughly translates to: "For next spring two more big license games…
Early Faults as Hyperkin’s RetroN 5 Is Delayed Until 2014
Faulty pin work has lead to the retro video game console, Hyperkin's RetroN 5 to be delayed until 2014. Lawrence Lee, Hyperkin's Project Manager has commented on the matter: "We apologize for the inconvenience. Hyperkin would like to thank you for all the support you have given us throughout the…
Techland’s Hellraid Release Moved to 2014
Techland, the developers behind zombie game Dead Island, have been working on a new IP called Hellraid. The first-person co-op slasher was originally intended to release by the end of this year but after months of work the developer has made the hard decision to delay the project for the…
New Animated Sonic the Hegdehog Show Coming in 2014
"Sonic the Hedgehog, the iconic video game character who has brought his trademark speed and attitude to four TV series and more than 70 video games, is returning to television in his first-ever CG animated series in the fall 2014" Well this is unexpected. Sonic Boom is going to be…
A Brand New Kirby Title is Coming To 3DS In 2014
SO CUTE! Kirby fans rejoice, today's Nintendo Direct Conference has revealed a new Kirby game is coming out in 2014. Not much is know about the game apart from that it is looking to be going back to Kirby's glory days of gameplay which is great! What do you…
Steam Universe Expansion Teased For 2014
Today Steam revealed a teaser website hinting and improvements and updates set for release at some point in 2014.The introduction on the website states;"Last year, we shipped a software feature called Big Picture, a user-interface tailored for televisions and gamepads. This year we've been working on even more ways to…