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  • Atari CEO Wants To Move Back Into Hardware

    Atari CEO Wants To Move Back Into Hardware

    Atari’s CEO Frederic Chesnais has more plans for Atari than just living off the of the glory days, it seems. Instead, he’s planning on moving the company back into the hardware zone. In an interview with Venture Beat, Chesnais said the following: “I don’t want to say it’s a hardware brand first and foremost, but…

  • New Video Game Releases (May 19th – 25th, 2014)

    New Video Game Releases (May 19th – 25th, 2014)

    Things are picking up this week as we have a major new release in the form of Wolfenstein: The New Order. The game is a reboot by MachineGames of the classic FPS series that is set in an alternate historical reality where Nazis won World War II. Scroll down to see a complete list of…

  • Everything You Need To Know About Bungie's 'Destiny' In One Quick Video

    Everything You Need To Know About Bungie's 'Destiny' In One Quick Video

    Bungie’s Destiny has a lot of ground-breaking things about it that may seem overwhelming, but to break it all down for you they have released a video letting you know all of the basics. Check it out below. [youtuber youtube=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A0EmiDKbzI’%5D Destiny is being developed for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One and…

  • Naughty Dog Claims Making 'The Last Of Us: Remastered' Was Hell

    Naughty Dog Claims Making 'The Last Of Us: Remastered' Was Hell

    When it was announced that Naughty Dog would be bringing The Last Of Us to PlayStation 4 via The Last Of Us: Remastered, many were skeptical about just how much effort they would be putting into this remaster. Well, judging from this interview with Edge, they went through a hell of a lot of trouble…

  • Ubisoft Aiming To Sell Over 6 Million Copies Of 'Watch Dogs'

    Ubisoft Aiming To Sell Over 6 Million Copies Of 'Watch Dogs'

    Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot is very confident that Watch Dogs is going to sell over 6 million copies. Well, 6.3 million, to be exact. Guillemot claims that he can set the high goal due to the massive success of the Assassin’s Creed franchise. It also doesn’t hurt that the game has had an incredibly great…

  • 'Killzone: Mercenary' Developers Working On Unknown PS4 Game

    'Killzone: Mercenary' Developers Working On Unknown PS4 Game

    Developer Guerrilla Cambridge, who is responsible for the PlayStation Vita game Killzone: Mercenary, are apparently working on an unknown PlayStation 4 game. This news comes from a new job listing that is looking for a Senior Environment Artist. You can find all the details from the PlayStation Jobs website right here. Other than that, there…

  • Seven New 'Pokémon X & Y' Competitions Coming This Year

    Seven New 'Pokémon X & Y' Competitions Coming This Year

    There’s more Pokémon madness coming for all you Pokémon fans, as the Pokémon Company has revealed that seven more competitions are on the way for Pokémon X & Y. These are in addition to the Pokémon World Championships and the Pokémon International May Challenge. These online competitions are all essentially battlegrounds for Pokémon trainers to duke it out with one another and…

  • Ubisoft Thinks PS4 & Xbox One Will Sell 30 Million By March 2015

    Ubisoft Thinks PS4 & Xbox One Will Sell 30 Million By March 2015

    The PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One are both performing very well, as they have both outsold their predecessors by this time in their life cycles. However, Ubisoft thinks that the good numbers are going to get even better. Speaking at a recent earnings call, Ubisoft’s CEO Yves Guillemot said that he thinks that PlayStation…

  • 'Halo: The Master Chief Collection' Inbound?

    'Halo: The Master Chief Collection' Inbound?

    Master Chief’s entire story thus far may be getting a next-gen overhaul, if reports are to be believed. Engadget is the one reporting the news and claims that the collection will contain Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3 and Halo 4. Being the Master Chief collection, it is likely that Halo 3: ODST and…

  • 'Disgaea 4: A Promise Revisited' Coming To PS Vita This August

    'Disgaea 4: A Promise Revisited' Coming To PS Vita This August

    NIS America has revealed that the enhanced version of Disgaea 4, called Disgaea 4: A Promise Revisited, will be making its way exclusively to the PlayStation Vita this August. The game is set to be released both physically and digitally. The original Disgaea 4 was well-received, but the PS Vita version will be bringing a…

  • Western Trailer Debut For Kadokawa Games' 'Natural Doctrine'

    Western Trailer Debut For Kadokawa Games' 'Natural Doctrine'

    Another JRPG is making its way to North America thanks to NIS America, and now Natural Doctrine has received its first western trailer. The game does look very promising, as it reminds be a lot of old-school RPGs that I can’t get enough of. The game is being developed for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4…

  • Check Out This Awesome 'Watch Dogs' Fake Street Hack Video

    Check Out This Awesome 'Watch Dogs' Fake Street Hack Video

    We have been getting a lot of impressive Watch Dogs videos lately, but I think this one takes the cake. In the video we are witness to a “punk’d” situation where a store clerk tricks people into thinking that they can use an app that he installed on their phones to hack anything in the…

  • Naughty Dog Developing "Two Brand New Experiences"

    Naughty Dog Developing "Two Brand New Experiences"

    Naughty Dog are pretty much the best developers around right now, bringing us both the Uncharted series and the fantastic The Last of Us. We know that both a remaster of The Last of Us and new entry in the Uncharted series are in development, but what we didn’t know is that they are working on…

  • New 'DriveClub' Gameplay Trailer Takes Us Through The Forests Of Canada

    New 'DriveClub' Gameplay Trailer Takes Us Through The Forests Of Canada

    The PlayStation 4 exclusive DriveClub recently got a confirmed release date, and we have steadily been getting gameplay trailers that have been showing off new courses and cars. This latest one shows off the Pagani Huayra as it speeds through the forests of Canada. Check out the new gameplay trailer below. [youtuber youtube=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DKb5i9gXf8′%5D DriveClub is being…

  • 'Killzone: Shadowfall' Getting Intercept Co-Op Expansion In June

    'Killzone: Shadowfall' Getting Intercept Co-Op Expansion In June

    The PlayStation 4 exclusive FPS Killzone: Shadowfall is set to receive a co-op expansion in June that is called Intercept. What Intercept does is place you and up to three of your friends on Intelligence Squad Alpha, who are a special VSA team that have been tasked with going behind enemy lines and relaying information…

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