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RUMOUR: Final Fantasy Versus XIII is now Final Fantasy XV

by Shane Willoughby - on Mar 15th 2013 - No Comments
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Japanese fashion brand Roen, a company that has contributed designs to the oft delayed Final Fantasy Versus XIII, is now curiously listing the game as “Final Fantasy 15″ on their biography page. Back in 2008, developers Square-Enix announced the partnership with Roen for Versus XIII. Now, that partnership appears to be one...

SimCity modder reveals unlimited offline version

by Joseph Murphy - on Mar 14th 2013 - No Comments
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A video has surfaced online which appears to confirm that SimCity has been modded to allow uninterrupted offline play. The video, seen below, comes courtesy of Youtube user UKAzzer and shows the game in debug mode – which essentially allows those equipped with the code the ability to play offline for an unlimited amount of time....

BioWare San Francisco shut down, reports point to 25+ layoffs

by Joseph Murphy - on Mar 6th 2013 - No Comments
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Reports are spreading that appear to confirm the closure of BioWare San Francisco. Speaking to Gamesradar, an undislosed source within the studio confirmed EA has closed the San Francisco branch, with 25 to 30 employees laid off. The studio focused on social and mobile titles, but was deemed “too expensive” to continue production...

Dead Space 4 on hold, series in trouble as Dead Space 3 fails to meet targets

by Joseph Murphy - on Mar 5th 2013 - No Comments
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EA has stopped further development of Dead Space 4, that’s according to a source close to VideoGamer. The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, has said EA has “axed” the series due to the poor sales of Dead Space 3. The source goes on to detail that Dead Space 4 had been in pre-production at Visceral, with a...

Rumour: Yu Suzuki considering Kickstarter to fund Shenmue 3

by Joseph Murphy - on Mar 4th 2013 - No Comments
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Yu Suzuki, creator of Shenmue, is reportedly “not ruling out” funding Shenmue 3 via Kickstarter. The spark of information comes from French reporter Sebastien-Abdelhamid. Speaking with Suzuki recently, Abdelhamid took to twitter revealing the iconic dev is “considering” crowd-funding to fuel the thrid installment...

New Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag leak appears to reveal map

by Joseph Murphy - on Feb 27th 2013 - No Comments
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Remember that supposed Assassin’s Creed IV poster that hit the net last night? Well, the reverse side has something arguably more interesting  than before. The latest leak comes once again from Kotaku citing their original tipster as their source. The unnamed tipster, who previously leaked snaps of what appears to be an Assassin’s...

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag poster leaks, announcement incoming?

by Joseph Murphy - on Feb 26th 2013 - No Comments
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Is the next Assassin’s Creed named Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag? According to a tipster, via Kotaku, the promo poster below is indeed the kinda’ thing you can expect to hit retail stores this March. With TGL heading to the UK tomorrow for an “Assassin’s Creed announcement”, the 8-ball says this...

Sony registers string of “PlayStation Cloud” domains

by Joseph Murphy - on Feb 20th 2013 - 1 Comment
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Sony has registered a string of domains which point to the next PlayStation streaming games direct to the console. The new domains, seen here (Playstation-Cloud.org), here (Playstation-cloud.com) and here (ps-cloud.net), were registered via someone from Gaikai. Gaikai, as you may remember, was snapped up by Sony last year. Son’y...

Report: The PlayStation 4 will stream PS3 games via Gaikai technology

by Shane Willoughby - on Feb 16th 2013 - 1 Comment
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The Wall Street Journal understands that later this week, Sony will not only reveal the PlayStation 4 but how the company will use their acquisition of cloud gaming service Gaikai to stream games specifically for “current PlayStation 3 titles” onto the new console. WSJ understands that the streaming service will be announced alongside...

Leaked Watch Dogs poster suggests 2013 release for “all home consoles”

by Shane Willoughby - on Feb 15th 2013 - No Comments
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Kotaku has obtained a couple of snaps of promotional posters for Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs which suggests that not only will the game drop in 2013 but it is coming to “all home consoles”. The poster includes a G4 quote describing the game as a “truly next-gen adventure.” With PlayStation 4 and the next Xbox rumoured...

Former Sony employee says The Last Guardian is now a PlayStation 4 title

by Shane Willoughby - on Feb 15th 2013 - 1 Comment
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Former Sony employee and BigBig developer Kenny Linder has said The Last Guardian has been moved to PlayStation 4. Not only that, but it has been a PlayStation 4 title for some time now. “It’s been PS4 for a long time now,” he said on NeoGAF. “I don’t know, but I know it’s been in development on Orbis for a long time now....

Another shot of THAT leaked PlayStation 4 controller surfaces

by Shane Willoughby - on Feb 15th 2013 - No Comments
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Following on from yesterday’s rumoured PS4 controller prototype image leak, Digital Foundry has published another image of the would-be PS4 controller. The new image, taken from a different angle, shows the same controller as previous, only this time it confirms that there will be a head-phone jack at the base of the controller. The...

Rumour: Is this what the new PlayStation 4 controller looks like?

by Shane Willoughby - on Feb 14th 2013 - No Comments
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Destructoid has been handed the above image of what they are suggesting could very well be the new PlayStation 4 controller. Now, this could be BS of the highest order. It could be a FAKE or it could be a prototype. The controller seen above looks like it features the touch pad that has been rumoured to be added to the new controller. It...

Motorstorm developer likely teasing new reveal around PlayStation Meeting on Feb 20th

by Shane Willoughby - on Feb 11th 2013 - No Comments
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Motorstorm developers Evolution Studios appear to be hinting at a reveal of something around the same time as the February 20th PlayStation Meeting that could very well reveal Sony’s next console, PlayStation 4. OnlySP spotted that Motorstorm director Paul Rustchynsky tweeted “10 days” exactly ten days prior to the PlayStation...

Mysterious “Alien Noire” teaser site appears. Appears to be Prey 2 related

by Shane Willoughby - on Feb 2nd 2013 - No Comments
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A mysterious “Alien Noire” countdown teaser site has appeared. On the surface it looks to feature bizarre symbols, however embedded in the site’s source code you will find the words and tags ” Prey, Prey2, Prey 2, FPS, Bethesda Softworks, Human Head Studios, Alien Noire.” It looks like Bethesda’s troubled...