Archive for the ‘PC’ Category

Why Alone in the Dark: Illumination Isn’t Looking Too Bright

Alone in the Dark: Illumination is the latest entry in the defining survival horror series. Zorine Te played the closed beta, but wasn’t impressed.

GS News – Bethesda Bullies ‘Fortress Fallout’; Next-Gen Darksiders 2!

Bethesda’s legal team doesn’t want you or anyone using the word ‘Fallout’, and get all caught up on the drama over the length of The Order: 1886.

Darksiders 2: Definitive Edition Confirmed for PS4

A remastered edition of Darksiders II is in development for next-gen systems, its publisher Nordic Games has confirmed to GameSpot. Retailer Amazon stirred rumours when it listed a PlayStation 4 edition of the game, carrying the price tag of $40, but pulled the listing hours later. However, a representative for Nordic Games has since told […]

Dying Light PC Patch Lifts Mod Ban

A new patch for the PC edition of Dying Light has lifted a previous block on modding the game, and also delivers numerous other tweaks and enhancements. In Early February, developer Techland released a patch for the game as part of a wider effort to curb cheating in its Be The Zombie multiplayer mode, but […]

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Sales Surpass 3m Units

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, Capcom’s newest entrant in its flagship action-RPG series, has now shipped more than three million copies worldwide. Released on Friday February 13 in North America and Europe, the game appears to have made an immediate impact, entering the UK all-format game charts at fourth. Sales were spurred on by the release […]

Xbox One Version of Telltale’s Game of Thrones Scuppered by Bug [Update]

Update: Although Telltale Games has not responded to requests for comment from the press, the developer has said a patch to fix the bug has been sent to Microsoft. Providing Microsoft gives the patch a clean bill of health, players will need to wait more than a week for it to arrive on consoles. The […]

UK Chart: Evolve and Majora’s Mask Clear Out the Old

Three new releases have helped reshape the UK games chart following weeks of stagnation, with the launch of Nintendo’s New 3DS also boosting hardware sales. Evolve, the multiplayer-focused first-person shooter, lands at the top of the list in its debut week. This is the first time since March 2013 that publisher Take-Two has produced a […]

Someone Has Played Crusader Kings 2 for 10,000 Hours

Someone out there has played Paradox Interactive’s strategy game Crusader Kings II for 10,500 hours, according to a recent collection of user statistics the publisher and developer has released. That’s a little more than a year of play time if you do the math, which is way more than the top reviewers on the game’s […]

Google and Toy Maker Mattel Reveal Virtual Reality "View-Master"

Google and toy maker Mattel revealed that they are collaborating on a new version of the classic View-Master toy that uses Google’s smartphone-based virtual reality solution, Cardboard. Like Google Cardboard and Samsung’s and Oculus’ Gear VR, the new View-Master is a headset with a slot that holds an Android smartphone, which will produce the images. […]

Weekly Recap: PS4 Beats Xbox One, Molyneux Controversy, Titanfall 2

THE BIG STUFF: PS4 Is Best-Selling Console Once Again: After being outsold by the Xbox One in November and December, Sony’s PlayStation 4 finally turned the tide in January, selling more consoles than the Xbox One. Sony has sold more than 18.5 million PS4s so far, along with 81.8 million games. EA Teases Titanfall 2 […]