Throughout the course of the week, many users have encountered slow download speeds whilst using the PlayStation Store, leading to prolonged waits for digital titles. Sony has since acknowledged the performance issues and has assured fans that the company's PlayStation Network engineers are currently investigating the issue.
It's fair to say that the vast majority of the gaming community were surprised to learn that finally - finally - Square Enix would revisit its treasured Final Fantasy VII and release a bona fide remake. In truth, it was an announcement long in the making, but it was also one that surprised the game's director and long-time Square developer, Tetsuya Nomura.
Before Bethesda took to the stage on the eve of E3 Day Zero, many were anticipating that the publisher would lock down a release date for Fallout 4 following the debut of the sequel's first trailer. What many didn't expect, however, was a situation where Bethesda slated the post-apocalyptic title for release in 2015.
George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road threw up an intriguing curveball last month when it essentially relegated Tom Hardy's protagonist to be a sidekick in his own movie, shifting the focus instead to Charlize Theron's no-nonsense Imperator Furiosa. For Hardy's next outing, though, the esteemed British actor is poised to steal the show by playing both Ron and Reggie Kray for Brian Helgeland's upcoming crime drama, Legend.
Jason Statham's hardboiled villain Deckard Shaw may have been locked up in the highest of high-security prisons at the end of James Wan' blockbuster sequel, but that doesn't necessarily rule out he actor from reprising his role - this is the Fast and Furious universe, after all. Well, it seems as though The Stath's role in Furious 8 is all but locked in after the action stalwart spoke about the next installment in an interview with Access Hollywood.
Nathan Drake may be enjoying a fruitful boon in the video game medium, with Naughty Dog prepping to bring back the grizzled treasure hunter early next year for A Thief's End, but his journey to the silver screen for an Uncharted movie has been anything but smooth sailing. And now, Heroic Hollywood brings word that Horrible Bosses' Seth Gordon is the latest director to leave the troubled project.
Microsoft's own Major Nelson - aka Larry Hryb - has taken to his official blog a little earlier than usual to unveil the software Xbox owners can expect in July's Games with Gold offerings.
Cast your mind back to 2008 and you may recall a time when Bethesda was gearing up to bring its dormant first-person behemoth back with a bang with Doom 4. Sporting slick graphics and a different creative approach, the sequel was criticised for its abrupt departure from the franchise's stylistic M.O., and it wasn't long before the studio took the concept back to the drawing board.
Aside from the heavy emphasis on Persona 4: Dancing All Night, fans of the Shin Megami Tensei RPG series would have be disappointed by the lack of news coming out of Persona 5, with Atlus remaining curiously quiet about the anticipated sequel.
