Announcing the news via its Community Forums, Sony has forewarned users that the PlayStation Network will undergo scheduled maintenance beginning tomorrow, September 25th. The planned repairs have been confirmed for both the North American and European online stores and will begin 10:15AM PT/1:15PM ET and 3:00pm GMT, respectively.
The next instalment in EA Sports' behemoth franchise, FIFA 14, is set for a North American release today across a wide range of different platforms. However, it’s been confirmed that Wii and handheld versions of the game – specifically for PlayStation Vita and 3DS – will only feature new kits and a player roster update but, crucially, will have “no updates to gameplay or modes.”
At an event held in New York yesterday, Microsoft announced a twofold follow-up to its flagship range of Windows tablets entitled Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2. The tablets, which are slated to hit the market October 22nd, will take advantage of Intel's new Haswell processor thereby boosting battery life by 75%. Panos Panay, the company’s Vice President of Surface, has explained the device as a high-end PC under the portable hood of a tablet.
Naughty Dog, the studio responsible for the critically-adorned The Last of Us, will release information regarding downloadable content for the game later this week, according to the game’s director Bruce Stanley. The director took to Twitter to tease the imminent announcement and though he didn’t openly confirm it, it seems highly likely that the news relates to new content for the game's single player.
While Sony’s new microconsole, the PS Vita TV, has been granted with a Japanese launch, the company is reportedly considering a western release after the audience response in North America and Europe exceeded expectations. That’s according to Andrew House, Sony’s Group CEO, who believes that the lack of competition in The Land of The Rising Sun will allow the minute hardware to carve out its own demographic.
Sucker Punch, the developer behind PlayStation’s inFamous franchise, released a trio of new screenshots for the third entry into the superhero series, inFamous: Second Son. The images themselves depict a nocturnal version of the urban Seattle – which serves as the game’s primary setting – and display the atmospheric lighting made possible by the next-gen hardware.
Though Konami’s footie simulator trots into European stores today, Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 won’t debut in the US until September 24th, and in order to provide fans with a taste of the beautiful game, the Japanese developer today detailed the game’s online component. Featuring the return of the ever-popular Master League mode and 11 Vs. 11 multiplayer, these features will be implemented in two separate patches, with the former being available from day one.
Speaking with Gamespot during the company's showing at TGS, Microsoft issued a warning for prospective owners of the Xbox One: keep the console in a horizontal position. That’s according to Albert Panello, head of Xbox’s product management team, who stated that placing the company’s next-gen hardware in any other position – i.e. vertically – would risk damaging the console itself.
In the wake of Rockstar’s forewarning concerning the Xbox 360 version of Grand Theft Auto V, Digital Foundry has unearthed notable performance issues with the PlayStation Network version of the game, too. The matter is illustrated in a comparative video, which you can check out below, where the digital release has discernible pop-in issues and other texture problems due to the game’s streaming. The footage is captured from the opening segment of the game and contains no spoilers.
Hiroshi Yamauchi, the visionary businessman who played a vital role in the insurmountable growth of Nintendo, has died at the age of 85 in Japan. Having overseen control of the company from 1949 to 2002, his fifty-three year reign witnessed Nintendo transform from a humble card making buisness to one of the most recognised companies in the video game medium and, in terms of financial revenue, the largest in the industry.
