The next game from Sleeping Dogs developer United Front Games–which most recently worked on Tomb Raider Definitive Edition–is a free-to-play game that will launch in 2015. The untitled game will be published by prolific free-to-play publisher Nexon America, the company announced today. Platforms were not announced, but Nexon is a principally PC outfit. “Nexon brings […]
Update: Sony has announced the list of Plus games that will be available to those in North America, and it’s identical save for one game: In place of LEGO Batman 2, U.S. Vita owners will get Muramasa Rebirth. These games will be available beginning on July 1 and, despite an erroneous statement on Sony’s part, […]
Sony brought its PlayStation 4 virtual reality headset Project Morpheus to E3 earlier this month, allowing attendees to try out the upcoming head-mounted display. Now, Sony has published a video called “Faces of Morpheus” that highlights people’s reactions to using it. Some of the buzzwords Sony uses to describe people’s reactions include, “anticipation,” “trepidation,” “concentration,” […]
An exceedingly rare vinyl copy of Aphex Twin’s officially unreleased album Caustic Window was sold on auction site eBay this week for $46,300. The guy who bought it? That was Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson, a longtime fan of the musician. So I kinda paid a lot for a double LP from the ’90s.. — […]
The votes are in and Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron is the cover star for NHL 15, this year’s installment in EA Sports’ professional hockey franchise. After more than 10 million votes, Bergeron beat out Montreal Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban to claim victory. As you might expect, Bergeron is overjoyed at the selection. “Being featured […]
When Microsoft announced sweeping Xbox One policy changes last summer, the company did away with the ambitious Family Sharing plan that would have allowed users to share their games library with up to 10 family members on any Xbox One. This feature may be gone, but it’s not forgotten. It could actually be implemented someday, […]
Borderlands developer Gearbox Software “chief creative champion” Mikey Neumann will give the keynote address–the “Storytime Session”–at this summer’s PAX Prime, event organizers have announced. Neumann has worked at Gearbox for more than 13 years, doing writing work for major franchises like Brothers in Arms and Borderlands, among others. PAX Prime is my favorite event all […]
After Oculus VR–maker of the Oculus Rift virtual reality gaming headset–sold itself to social networking behemoth Facebook in March, some fans wondered if technology would be shifted away from games. Not so, according to Oculus VR CEO Brendan Iribe, who says in an interview with Bloomberg that gaming remains a “top priority” for the company […]
The previously announced Wave Blue PlayStation 4 controller will be available in the United States starting this fall, Sony has announced. There’s still no word, however, on when the Magma Red controller will be available stateside. Currently, both new color configurations are available only in Japan (though you can pay extra to import them if […]
Sony has announced that a new system software update for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 consoles will be released “soon”. Version 1.72 for the PS4 and version 4.60 for the PS3 will improve the stability of the system software “during use of some features.” The news was posted on the official PlayStation Twitter account. […]
