A sequel to the 2009 game Afro Samurai is under development. Versus Evil, the publisher behind The Banner Saga, revealed today that Redacted Studios is working on the game with a release date set to be announced shortly. The publisher also confirmed that the next generation game would release on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC. Afro Samurai 2 will ...
Read More »Gran Turismo 7 won’t be arriving this year
Gran Turismo 7 is in development at Polyphony Digital but the racing game is unlikely to release any time this year according to series boss Kazunori Yamauchi. It has only been a year since the latest game in the iconic series launched and it now seems that we will have to wait a little longer to see a PlayStation 4 ...
Read More »Ubisoft is making changes to Watch Dogs’ multiplayer
Ubisoft has revealed that it is making a number of changes to the multiplayer in Watch Dogs. The modifications are aimed at giving players a better experience online and to encourage them not to quit after failing objectives. Players will now not lose notoriety if they are hacked and cannot find their attacker, while those involved in a ctOS Mobile ...
Read More »YouTube announce new features including the addition of donations
YouTube has announced that it is bringing a range of new features to its video service. In order to combat the threat of other streaming services they have revealed that they will soon allow videos to run at 60 frames per second. This means that those streaming high definition video games will now be able to have their videos at ...
Read More »Nintendo shareholders vote to keep Iwata as president
Nintendo shareholders have voted to keep Satoru Iwata as company president at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. This shows that shareholders have kept faith in company executives even though they are currently going through a period of poor financial results. Also re-elected were gaming legend Shigeru Miyamoto and head of internal development Shinya Takahashi. Nintendo has been facing poor ...
Read More »New Humble Weekly Bundle is all about adventure
The latest Humble Weekly Bundle brings a collection of adventure games from Frogwares. You can pay what you want for Department 42: The Mystery of the Nine, Journey: Heart of Glass, Dracula: Origin, Dracula: Love Kills and Journey to the Center of the Earth. Also included are a number of games from the Sherlock Holmes series such as Sherlock Holmes ...
Read More »‘Smart’ kill-switch for stolen smartphones being developed
Researchers are developing a kill switch for smartphones that would allow the device to detect whether a phone has been stolen in only a few minutes. Using advanced software the smartphone is able to log the behavior of the user to build up a portrait that is then uses to recognize you. If it detects that you are not the ...
Read More »Google begins to remove search results following controversial ruling
Google has begun to remove search results that relate to particular individuals. The action by the search engine comes after a controversial ruling from the European Union Court of Justice. The Court ruled that Google had to change its search results that were irrelevant or outdated at the request of ordinary people. The ruling was described by EU Justice Commissioner ...
Read More »Minecraft on consoles has now outsold PC versions
Minecraft has now sold more copies across all consoles that it has on PC platforms according to Mojang’s Patrick Gueder. Speaking on Twitter the developer confirmed that the game has now sold an impressive 54 million copies. To put that into context, Minecraft is now the 3rd best-selling individual game of all time. Only Wii Sports and Tetris have sold ...
Read More »The Legend of Korra game being developed by Platinum Games
Platinum Games is working on a The Legend of Korra game according to publisher Activision. The new title will take place mostly in Republic City and is set between the second and third season of the hit animated show. It will see players employing lightning fast martial arts along with the mystical bending ability to defeat enemies. Tim Hedrick, one ...
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