PlayStation 4 exclusive, “The Order: 1886“ is something of gamble for Sony. Having recently wrapped development at Irvine based studio Ready at Dawn, its early showings have elicited mixed reactions from press and fans. The most recent coverage out of December’s PSX event was considerably more positive. However, it’s safe to say that gamers, and the press at large are still ...
Read More »Ubisoft’s battle against illegal keys continues
In an unexpected turn of events regarding Ubisoft’s fraudulent keys issues, the company has decided to reinstate some of the revoked copies of those games which were obtained through illegal means. In an interview with Eurogamer, Ubisoft said that after working with EA and conducting further investigations, they decided to reinstate all game copies whose owners had already activated and ...
Read More »Japanese Players can Already Pre-Register for New Title “Sonic Runners”
Just yesterday, Sonic Team teased their newest title featuring the blue blur: Sonic Runners. However, Sonic Team doesn’t waste any time, as just this morning they announced that Japanese players are not only able to ‘pre-register’ (not unlike a cashless preorder) the game, but if they do so with a valid email address, they get extra goodies. Sonic Runners is ...
Read More »The Langrisser Series is Being Revived
After fifteen years without a new installment, the tactical series Langrisser is getting a new game on the 3DS this summer in Japan. This comes from an announcement in this week’s Famitsu magazine as translated by Siliconera. Here is the answer to Masaya Games’s promise from last week that soon would come the reveal of a game fans have been waiting ...
Read More »MineCon 2015 Details Announced
Good news for Minecraft fans; Mojang has announced that MineCon, the annual Minecraft convention, will return in 2015. The popular convention used to be held every year, but Mojang skipped last year. Even though Microsoft currently owns the rights to Minecraft, it’s expected that Mojang will still take part. The studio who created Minecraft says that MineCon is the place ...
Read More »Borderlands multiplayer is back online for the PS3
The original Borderlands game can now be played again on the Playstation 3, the last console lacking multiplayer support for the title. The game, which relied on GameSpy service for its multiplayer component, became unplayable after the service was shut down in May 2014. Gearbox said they have been working on a way to restore multiplayer for PS3 users ever ...
Read More »Shinra Technologies proposes cloud-based development solutions
Shinra Technologies, subsidiary of Square Enix, has announced today through their website the launch of the Prototype Accelerator program. The program is aimed at providing experienced developers with the means to easily go through the time consuming and complex task of creating a game prototype. Shinra’s vice-president Jacob Navok says the project has been created for developers who have a track record ...
Read More »This Video Shows Off The First 18 Minutes Of Bloodborne. Prepare To Die.
For fans of Hidetaka Miyazaki’s “Demons’ Souls” and “Dark Souls” games, the mere mention of the name, “Bloodborne,” is enough to ignite a manic spark in the eye. If you’re one of those people, you might want to sit down, Sony and developer From Software have decided to release a staggering 18 minutes of gameplay from the very start of ...
Read More »PS Now February Lineup Revealed
PS Now has been available for a while now. However the recent introduction of a subscription service allows owners of Sony TVs and consoles to play over 100 titles from the PS3 catalogue for a simple monthly fee. Now the company has announced the February 2015 lineup for this service. These are five great games that will be included in the PS Now subscription ...
Read More »Dying Light Mods To Return
I have previously reported that the developer and publisher of Dying Light may be removing support for mods from the game. This report was based on the suspicious timing of requests issued under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) and a recently introduced patch for the game. Dying Light’s developer introduced a patch that reportedly prevented the game from “looking for certain overrides ...
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