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Shane Willoughby

Co-Founder of TheGamingLiberty & TGL's PlayStation Editor.

Sony trademarks “The Best Place to Play” & “Push the Boundaries of Play” as PS4 ad slogans

by Shane Willoughby - on May 24th 2013 - No Comments
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Sony Computer Enertainment America has trademarked two apparent PlayStation 4 advertisment slogans ahead of E3 and what you can only assume will be a very expensive PlayStation 4 advertising initiative. The first slogan spotted by PSLS is: “The Best Place to Play”. The second is “Push the Boundaries of Play”. Sony it would seem...

Report – Xbox One can talk to you. Features Remote Play via Skype

by Shane Willoughby - on May 24th 2013 - No Comments
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A couple of additional nuggets of information in relation to Xbox One and Kinect 2.0 have emerged via Polygon. Apparently, Kinect 2.0 can communicate and talk to you directly, for two-way conversations. For example, the system can verbally welcome you and can ask persons in the room it does not know or recognise to identify themselves...

Techland announces “Dying Light” for PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360 and PC

by Shane Willoughby - on May 24th 2013 - 1 Comment
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Dead Island developers Techland has announced a new Warner. Bros published first-person, action survival horror video game in Dying Light for PS4, Xbox One, PS3, PC and Xbox 360. It’s an FPS with “a portentous day-night cycle set in a vast open world.” During the day, players will traverse an expansive urban environment...

Report – Xbox One pre-owned game activation to cost around £35

by Shane Willoughby - on May 24th 2013 - No Comments
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A report over on MCV suggests that Microsoft has already thoroughly explained and detailed the nature of their pre-owned fee system and will continue to allow retailers to sell pre-owned games at a price they see fit, that is however not before both Microsoft and the game’s publisher takes a cut from the re-sale. This, according to the...

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn gets awesome PS3 box art. CE detailed

by Shane Willoughby - on May 24th 2013 - No Comments
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Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn finnnnnnnnnnnnnnnally arrives on PS3 and PC this August 27th and Square-Enix has revealed the game’s box art and detailed its pre-order incentives and collector’s edition. “It gives me great pleasure to announce the release date of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.” said Producer/Director...

Sonic: Lost World teases new characters with silhouette image

by Shane Willoughby - on May 23rd 2013 - No Comments
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SEGA’s Sonic: Lost World just got a new teaser image, revealing the silhouettes of any number of probable new characters. From what we can observe of the above imge, there’s no character in there that we are already aware of in the Sonic Universe. We’re expecting to SEGA and Nintendo to reveal more info on Lost World...

New Destiny CG trailer explains the law of the jungle. Gameplay to debut on PS4 at E3

by Shane Willoughby - on May 23rd 2013 - No Comments
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Bungie has released a new live-action CG trailer to their would-be multiplatform space epic Destiny. The trailer explains the law of the “jungle” and cuts to some pretty tasty space based warfare. People in the future also apparently still read paper books – which is great. The trailer goes on to confirm that the very...

The Germans are on to something: Amazon Germany listing Mirror’s Edge 2

by Shane Willoughby - on May 23rd 2013 - 1 Comment
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A listing for Mirror’s Edge 2, a would-be sequel to DICE’s popular cult original, has appeared on Amazon Germany. The listing includes some really tame placeholder box art, and has the game billed for an Xbox 360 release. DICE are working on something non-Battlefield 4 related. Mirror’s Edge 2 for E3 2013? That would be...

Shock of shocks – Call of Duty: Ghosts officially confirmed for PlayStation 4

by Shane Willoughby - on May 23rd 2013 - No Comments
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You know, Xbox One isn’t the only console where you can play with ultra realistic military dogs in Call of Duty: Ghosts. Activision has surprised nobody by confirming that Ghosts is also a PlayStation 4 title. So that means, that Ghosts will now release on PS3, 360, PS4, Xbox One and PC. The Xbox versions of the game will get exclusive...

Next-Gen Need for Speed announcement happening today. Ferrari inside

by Shane Willoughby - on May 23rd 2013 - No Comments
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EA will reveal the next-generation of Need for Speed later today with a new game announcement for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. A post on the official NFS Facebook page reads as follows, “The Rivalry Begins. Learn More on May 23rd”. That’s today. But who is developing it? Criterion? The above image was also released and shows the...

Rockstar’s “The Warriors” arrives on PSN next week as PS2 Classic

by Shane Willoughby - on May 22nd 2013 - No Comments
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Rockstar will release “The Warriors” as a PS2 Classic on PSN as of next week. The game will be available on the US branch of the PlayStation store May 28th and in Europe the very next day on May 29th. The game was originally released way back in 2005 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It was ported to PSP in 2007. ...

Remedy will “create something new for Alan Wake when the time is right”

by Shane Willoughby - on May 22nd 2013 - No Comments
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Remedy revealed a new IP in Quantum Break at the Xbox One reveal last night. But what about Remedy’s other big Xbox IP “Alan Wake”? Well, Remedy’s Sam Lake has posted a video over on Humble Bundle, announcing an Alan Wake themed Humble Bundle and speaking candidly about the Alan Wake IP, the sequel that they tried...

In other news: Far Cry HD rated in Brazil for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360

by Shane Willoughby - on May 22nd 2013 - No Comments
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Had enough of all this Xbox One talk? Well, here’s a nugget of interesting information for all you Far Cry fans – a HD re-release of the original Far Cry appears to have been rated by the Brazilian Classification Board for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The original Crytek developed title was published by Ubisoft and released on...

Microsoft: “Huge” Xbox 360 announcement at E3. Will keep console “vibrant” for years to come

by Shane Willoughby - on May 22nd 2013 - No Comments
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Speaking to Gamespot post Xbox One reveal, Microsoft Game Studio exec Phil Spencer has claimed that MS has a “huge” Xbox 360 announcement on the cards for E3 next month. “I think the [Xbox 360] is going to be very vibrant for many years. In fact, we have a huge [Xbox 360] announcement for E3 that I keep wanting to talk...

Microsoft won’t let indies self-publish on Xbox One. They will “court” developers as usual

by Shane Willoughby - on May 22nd 2013 - No Comments
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Microsoft has confirmed that it will not let independent developers self-publish on their next-generation Xbox One. Any developer seeking to publish a game on Xbox One must seek a publishing deal either with Microsoft itself or a third-party publisher. There will be no change with how Xbox One does business with indies and the same rules...