The camera is not required for the PlayStation gaming experience, but for me it has proved a surprise hit. It makes it so easy to live broadcast your game and voice and your face.
So many reviews from 'legitimate' websites have lost sight of what a game review should be about and they go off on a tangent or some unrelated ramble about whether a game is artistic, or mark it down if for issues that don't match their political agenda. I just want to know if a game is...
Very well said. No format wars guff just a Rare fan, who wishes these games because of their legacy were on a Nintendo console and ends up recommending them on Xbox!
Since first playing Sid Meier's Pirates on the Amiga I have loved pirate games. AC IV was actually pretty great so I'm looking forward to this one which I have my fingers crossed will turn out to be something special.
But Kudo Tsunoda claiming it is 'the best game Rare has ever made' should be qualified by the detail that he is a Microsoft employee and such a claim has more validity from reviewers and gamers. I've no doubt it will be good but personally I...
Holy Moley! Its great news that Dragon Quest XI is coming, but the fact that a DX version is 'being considered' seems to solidify the idea that the new Nintendo console is coming sooner rather than later. Perhaps 2016 will be the year?!
That made me chuckle!
When a console platform has timed DLC it normally means that when the DLC is released on other platforms it will still sell but with less momentum, so the manufacturer (previously Microsoft, now Sony) has to compensate the publisher (Activision) for this.
The console market at present is a very different landscape from the 360/PS3 generation. In Europe the PS4 has massive market share in Europe and Japan and leading in the USA. For Microsoft to pay for exclusive DLC it has to...
Wow. I'm surprised that Nolan North was so candid. It actually seems like he is upset about his friend Amy Hennig's departure with his explanation of how the work she did was 'thrown away.'
He explains that the "Last of Us guys were the next team there so they TOOK OVER and they just wanted their own flavour. They GOT RID of some of the other people that were involved and just redid THEIR THING."
Maybe I am reading too much into it b...
"First, we will reinvent productivity services for digital work that span all devices"
This sounds like Nadella is making Microsoft software platform agnostic. Nadella is good for Microsoft because, unlike Steve Ballmer who was primarily a businessman, he comes from a technology background and he has a vision for the future. The big computing companies originally had this hope to dominate a hardware market and dominate the software that goes on it, but the reality ...
Such a great concept! The action look crazy good, if the RPG elements are approaching Bethesda level then this could be my perfect game.
@ChronoJoe Hi. You said "All he basically said was that Fallout 4 looked basically the same, as Fallout 3."
Alistair McNally's statement seems innocuous enough. But what he is saying is that the Fallout 4 new-gen graphics (possible release in 2015 or 2016) are comparable with the last-gen graphics of Fallout 3 (released in 2008)! Indirectly he is saying that the graphics are very dated.
Personally I think the criticisms of the Fallout 4 are ove...
@Gority. Thanks!
Yep, a really good piece.
Here's the direct link to the Did Sony Keep Their E3 2014 Promises? video.
https://www.youtube.com/wat...
Wow. The kid has done well for himself. Geoff Keighley had a cushy video games presenting job but he did not complacently sit back like so many other personalities. He's used his contacts and ambition to launch The Game Awards and now this E3 live streaming partnership with YouTube. Whilst his Dorito Pope picture will not be forgotten he's actually done so much to legitimise and mature the video game reporting industry. Good for him. Good for us.
IF the report is correct, that Square Enix's stock level went to its highest point this year, then it just demonstrates the demand and possible profits they could make by bringing it to a home console. Maybe Capcom should take notes, I'd love to see a new Monster Hunter on PS4!
I'm not writing it off! Games should be allowed to cover the same content that movies do. Like in Christian Slater & Winona Ryder movie, Heathers.
Holy Moly this game is... different! I'm not sure killing children would be allowed in a UK game release.
I really enjoyed the Tomb Raider reboot. But for non-gamers gamers, casual gamers and people buying consoles as gifts I think that a Star Wars PS4 bundle will have a bigger draw than a XBO Tomb Raider bundle.
@Seafort.
There are two types of exclusives. The GOOD EXCLUSIVES are the games that wouldn't exist without financial backing. Examples include Sunset Overdrive and Bloodborne. These deals are a boon to the industry because they demonstrate investment in an IP and they create jobs.
There are BAD EXCLUSIVES which is where a manufacturer pays money to withhold or deny a third-party game from being released on a rival platform. These are anti-consumer because...
There's always one!
E3 and Gamescom have come and gone - there will be no Xbox Slim this year. Changing the chassis design means a change to the manufacturing process, the inventory and the factory line. These add cost which Microsoft and Sony will not be in a rush to pay for. The mega-successful Apple only changes the iPhone design (significantly) every two years, and that is with selling 70+ millions per year.
The three year mark will likely see the Slim release.