Thomas Roach on why you should consider buying a Wii U… This Christmas many people will have likely picked up a new games console, and chances are that would have been either a PS4 or a Xbox One. Sadly, many people will have looked over the Nintendo Wii U, which is often deemed too childish, […]
Bungie reveals some insane Destiny statistics
Bungie released some crazy end of the year statistics for Destiny this week and they certainly give off the impression that the game has been hugely successful. Firstly, Bungie says that across all of the available platforms (so that’s PS4, PS3, Xbox One and Xbox 360) a total of 13 million people have played Destiny, […]
New Final Fantasy XIV expansion detailed
New details have been revealed by Square Enix about the expansion coming to Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn – the Heavensward Expansion. Announcing the details at their Fan Festival in Tokyo, Square revealed that players can expect a new race, jobs and a raid. The new race is the Au Ra (pictured below), which […]
EA holding an end of the year sale on Origin
EA are currently holding an end of the year sale on Origin, which covers both new and older releases. Other publishers have included their games in the sale too, meaning it isn’t only EA games that you can buy at slashed prices. Some of the deals are quite good, with big name games like Battlefield […]
New Pokemon hack makes playing as the villain possible
Youtube user ‘hunterb‘ has uploaded a video that shows him playing as Maxie, the villain from the new Pokemon remakes, Pokemon Alpha Sapphire and Omega Ruby. Using a ROM hack and a player model swap, hunterb was able to use the villainous leader of Team Magma, the enemies of Pokemon Omega Ruby specifically. It’s certainly […]
Shonen Jump crossover fighting game J STARS Victory VS+ is coming to the West
J STARS Victory VS+ is a fighting game that features numerous characters from Japan’s hugely popular manga magazine Shonen Jump, and up until now, it was available exclusively in Japan. At the Jump Festa 2015 event however, Bandai Namco has revealed that it will be localising the game for Europe. The game was released in […]
Xbox Live Games with Gold for January revealed
Microsoft has revealed the latest free games coming to their Games with Gold service for the month of January 2015. Gamers will be starting the year off with an impressive batch, including The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition. Xbox Live Gold subscribers will be able to pick up free editions of D4: Dark […]
Bandai Namco gets a name change, again
Despite having only had the name Bandai Namco for under a year, the company is changing its name once more to Bandai Namco Entertainment. The name change will come into effect on April 1st 2015 (which does make it somewhat suspect). A press release announcing the change said: “With the advance of technology and diversification of […]
The Last of Us 2 revealed in Naughty Dog developer’s resume?
The resume of former Naughty Dog developer Michael Knowland may have accidentally revealed The Last of Us 2. Knowland’s resume on his LinkedIn profile seems to reveal that Naughty Dog had produced prototype designs for use in a sequel to their critically acclaimed post apocalyptic survival-horror earlier this year. Knowland was the lead character artist at […]
Final Fantasy XV trailer reveals first female Cid and new information
The latest trailer for Final Fantasy 15 (or XV) was revealed at the Jump Festa 2015 event in Japan and showed off a number of new things amongst the new footage of the highly anticipated game. Fans of the series will recognise the name Cid popping up in the trailer, as many Final Fantasy games […]