Electronic Arts’ FIFA 15 has shot to the top of the UK game charts after singlehandedly accounting for an extraordinary 80 percent of all game sales last week. The seemingly unstoppable sports franchise, now in its 21st year, also managed to take 87 percent of all game software revenue at retail. Next-gen systems accounted for […]
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Call of Duty and Destiny Servers Downed Again by Hacker Group
September 29th, 2014 
Mark A hacker group has disrupted the online functionality of two Activision games for a second time in September. The online group, Lizard Squad, also claims to have downed servers for certain EA games, though it didn’t specify which. It appears that North American servers of Destiny and Call of Duty: Ghosts were the most affected, […]
Xbox 360 Price Drops By A$100 in Australia
September 29th, 2014 Mark Microsoft Australia has announced a price drop for the Xbox 360, which will come into place from October 1. The largest price drops affect the 250GB console and the 250GB Kinect console bundle, which will both drop by $100. See the chart on the right for more details on the respective new recommended retail prices. […]
GameSpot at EB Expo 2014
September 29th, 2014 Mark Heading to this year’s EB Expo in Sydney? So are we! GameSpot will have our own booth at the show, located between the EB Community Hub and the Robot Wars Battle Arena. We’ll have multiple console stations set up for visitors to play both new releases and upcoming games, and hosting developer interviews. We’ll also […]
AU New Releases: Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS Launches This Week
September 29th, 2014 Mark Nintendo’s flagship brawler takes the fight to handheld this week with the Australian release of Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS. The game is the latest iteration of the Super Smash Bros. series of games, following on from 2008’s Super Smash Bros. Brawl. New characters being introduced will include the Villager from Animal Crossing, Rosalina […]
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Comments Off on AU New Releases: Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS Launches This WeekDestiny Bug Reveals Unreleased Content
September 28th, 2014 Mark Several Destiny players have posted videos to YouTube documenting a bug that locked them out of the Tower, but revealed many pieces of content currently not in the game. As you can see in the video, when the bug occurs the map shows several new, locked areas, some of which have already been announced as […]
Star Fox Fans Will Really Want to Play This Bayonetta 2 Easter Egg
September 28th, 2014 Mark [Spoiler alert! If you care about that kind of thing, this post reveals a Bayonetta 2 easter egg.] If you’re itching for a new Star Fox game, you’re going to want to check out Bayonetta 2. Nintendo has already revealed that Bayonetta 2 will feature outfits for the game’s heroine based on Nintendo characters like […]
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September 28th, 2014 Mark Last week Valve released a major update to Steam, which aims to help users filter through the glut of new releases with improved personalized recommendations and Steam Curators, individuals or groups you can follow for more game recommendations. So far, independent developers are reporting mixed results on the impact the update had on their sales […]
Watch Elite: Dangerous’ CEO Explain Piracy, Exploration, and Bounty Hunting
September 28th, 2014 Mark If you’re still having a hard time wrapping your head around what space sim Elite: Dangerous is, the above video should help. In the 30-minute presentation at EGX 2014, Frontier Developments CEO David Braben walks us through some of the core concepts in Elite: Dangerous as they appear in Beta 2. You’ll see some basic […]
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September 28th, 2014 Mark LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham will get PlayStation-exclusive DLC in Europe, developer TT Games has announced in a post to the PlayStation Blog. Players who buy the game for the PS4 or PS3 in Europe will receive a bonus DLC pack that features characters from the animated TV show “Batman of the Future,” or “Batman […]
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