According to Game Informer, online retail giant Amazon is poised to release a video game console later this year. Billed as an Android-based device in the same vein as the Ouya, the rumoured platform may even hit the market in time for Black Friday – itself only three months away.
In the wake of Microsoft confirming that DVR functionality on the Xbox One will require an Xbox Live Gold subscription, Sony has addressed the very same topic regarding their own next-gen machine; the Playstation 4. Responding to a fan’s question via Twitter, president of Sony Worldwide Studios, Shuhei Yoshida stated that the console’s ability to record and share gameplay will be available to all users, rather than just Playstation Plus subscribers.
Having swept the critical board during its debut at E3, Respawn Entertainment’s futuristic shooter Titanfall has positioned itself as one of the most anticipated games ahead of the next generation. Its trailblazing success has resulted in the mech-focused FPS accumulating 60 prestigious awards during its preliminary appearance; a success that is placed on display for the game’s Xbox One box art, which was leaked ahead of time via GameStop Germany and later confirmed by EA.
The musically versed KickBeat pommels its way onto PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita on September 3rd and will be entitled to the cross-buy feature, Zen Studios has confirmed. The team’s quirky blend of rhythm and martial arts was originally intended as a Vita-only release, however, the studio pushed the combat title in order to produce a PS3 version in response to audience demand. After almost three years in development, KickBeat has mastered its training and finally has a firm release date pegged down.
Like the tireless reanimated corpses that serve as the franchise’s raison d'etre, the Dead Island series shows no signs of slowing down. And today, Deep Silver announced the third iteration in the infested franchise: Dead Island: Epidemic. Launching as a PC exclusive, this new title will be built as a free-to-play MOBA game – Massive Online Battle Arena – and gives players the ability to duke it out in a “desperate fight for survival.”
Having appeared in every version of the Super Smash Bros. series thus far, it was hardly surprising when Satoru Iwata confirmed the return of everyone’s other favourite Mario Brother to the fighting foray. Still, with Luigi now on the bill, the game’s confirmed roster has expanded to fourteen playable characters.
At their Nintendo Direct today, Nintendo confirmed the release date for The Legend Of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, which will be available across Europe and the UK on October 4th, 2013 - no word yet of an America release date. Saturo Iwata took to the stage to showcase the ten-year old classic, which has been retuned ahead of its debut on the Wii U this coming fall.
Much like they did in 2011, DICE’s illustrious series will duke it out with Activision’s Call of Duty for FPS supremacy this coming November. Acting as the fourth numerical release in the former franchise, Battlefield 4 has recently entered Beta testing in order to gauge the game’s online infrastructure.
While we understand that Ubisoft plan to release an iteration of Assassin’s Creed annually for the foreseeable future, the company have revealed that they have an ending in mind for the overall series. In an interview with Eurogamer, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag game director, Ashraf Ismail, talked about the finite nature of the franchise, as new screenshots of the forthcoming swashbuckling adventure appeared online.
After weeks of unanswered questions from the game’s community, Naughty Dog finally levelled with the censorship issue surrounding their post-pandemic masterpiece, The Last of Us. The studio have confirmed that this red tape has “slightly changed” the online component of the game within Australian, European, and other territories subjected to PAL regulation.
