Since the turn of the millennium, China has upheld a ban of the sale and distribution of video game consoles due to their alleged impact on young children. However, after the possibility was pitched to various ministries back in January, the sovereign state is reportedly drafting up a new policy that would supersede the thirteen year ban and effectively open up the market for worldwide manufacturers to operate in Shanghai’s free-trade zone.
The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One editions of Ubisoft’s upcoming open-world title Watch Dogs will operate at thirty frames per second, according to creative director Jonathan Morin. Speaking with VideoGamer during the Eurogamer Expo event, Morin stated that the studio is aiming for visual consistency and a level of performance that will minimise the risk of visible lag. Here’s a snippet of what he had to say:
Procedurally generated. Free-to-play, and online-only. Those are but a few of the interesting tidbits surrounding Capcom’s forthcoming PS4 exclusive, Deep Down. Having first roared onto the scene during Sony’s PlayStation 4 reveal event back in February, we’ve gradually learned a little more about the studio’s Dark Souls-esque dungeon crawler, and now a fresh bevy of screenshots have surfaced over on NeoGaf which you can check out in the gallery below.
With the Linux-based operating system and hardware already in the public ether, Valve added the third and final piece to its bold plan to blur the lines between PC gaming and the living room space. That piece was the dedicated Steam controller; a minimalistic gamepad that favours touch-sensitive UI as opposed to traditional controller input methods. The company made the announcement via its website and detailed some of the ideology behind the mouse-cum-gamepad.
Though many industry developers and retailers are offering various upgrade programs in the lead up to the next generation of consoles, one crucial factor that may be lost in translation is single-player save files. In an interview with Kotaku, representatives for Activision, EA and Ubisoft revealed that solo progress on cross-gen titles such as Call of Duty: Ghosts and Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag won’t make the leap to either Xbox One or PlayStation 4 this fall.
In the second of three planned announcements for this week, Valve unveiled that it is working with multiple manufacturing partners to bring a Steam OS-equipped hardware to the market in 2014. The device, better known as Steam Machine, will essentially bring the PC gaming experience to the living room and in a bid to evaluate initial consumer opinion, the company is shipping a limited pool of 300 prototype machines to Steam users for testing later this year.
After five technically stunning and downright arresting seasons, Walter White will hang up the Heisenberg guise once and for all. It’s an end that we always knew was coming, and to commend his thought-provoking journey, here are eight subsequent reasons why we’ll lament the end of his captivating reign.
Grand Theft Auto V hit retail and digital outlets early last week with the power of a storm surge. The fifth numerical entry in Rockstar’s blockbuster franchise smashed records left, right and center and to commemorate the success, the studio is releasing the game’s soundtrack through iTunes. The three-disc compilation, entitled ‘The Music of Grand Theft Auto V’, is priced at $24.99/£17.99 and contains 59 fully licensed songs from the in-game music.
A certification listing over on Germany’s USK rating board suggests that a PlayStation Vita version of Warner Bros.’ fighting game Injustice: Gods Among Us is in the works. The rating itself was initially spotted by Siliconera, which also lends credence to NetherRealm – the studio behind the popular superhero brawler – releasing a Game Of The Year edition, too.
The Dark Knight’s constabulary colleague is set to receive his own television show, after it was revealed by Deadline that FOX has issued a straight-to-series order for a show centred on Commissioner James Gordon. The concept itself, which has been pitched as a prequel, is entitled Gotham, and will chart his preliminary years as a detective on the force. Additionally, while the origins tale won’t feature the caped crusader himself, the studio confirmed a roster of villains will appear “that made Gotham famous.”
