Category: Gaming
Nintendo joins the 21st century and announces plans to develop mobile games
Massive gaming news this morning - Nintendo has made a dramatic U-turn and has today announced that it will soon be developing games for mobile devices in partnership with Japanese app developer DeNA (pronounced like "DNA"). The new deal between the companies sees Nintendo acquire 10% of DeNA, and DeNA will take a 1.24% shareholding…
WATCH: First LEGO Jurassic World gameplay trailer
WB Games has released the first gameplay trailer for June's LEGO Jurassic World - check it out above. The trailer shows the typical Lego game sense of humour mashed with some classic scenes from the whole Jurassic Park series. We can't wait.
GTA5 retakes pole position – UK games chart for 16th March
[nextpage title="Next"] This week's games chart is in and Grand Theft Auto 5 is back in the top slot - perhaps thanks to the release of the long-awaited Heist DLC this week. Last week's number one, Dying Light, the first person zombie game from the creators of Dead Island is down to number 2. The…
Titanfall 2 is coming to PS4 – just as we predicted a year ago
Big news for big mechs today, as CEO of Respawn games Vince Zampella has confirmed that a sequel to last year's Titanfall will not be an Xbox exclusive - but will be coming to PS4 and PC too. According to IGN, he said: "So we're working on a sequel. No official name yet, but we're…
WATCH: How licensing can change game releases between territories
Check out the above video - which is much more interesting than it sounds. YouTube channel Videogame Facts has been delving into the world of licensed videogames - and showcases how the same game can be rebadged withe entirely different characters in a different country. The McDonalds game you remember playing as a kid? Turns…
The BBC is making a show about the making of Grand Theft Auto
Today the BBC has announced a new initiative called "Make It Digital" which is aiming to do all sorts of worthy activities with young people to encourage them to code - including the dishing out of free Micro Bit Raspberry-Pi type devices to 12 year olds. Sounds pretty good, right? And fits in with the…
Uncharted 4 delayed until next spring
Sony has quietly announced that Uncharted 4: A Thief's End has been delayed until Spring 2016. Writing on the Playstation Blog, Directors Bruce Straley & Neil Druckmann said: "After spending so many years with Nathan Drake, he means a lot to the team, and telling the climactic chapter of his adventures is a task we…
WATCH: Netflix running on an original NES
Check out the above video, which claims to show the efforts of two engineers at a recent Netflix hackday, who managed to get the VOD platform running on a supposedly unmodified original NES. It isn't clear exactly how they've done it. Presumably there is some hardware either feeding data to the console or the cartridge,…
Fans urge Activision to re-release a remastered Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Whilst we might be despairing at 273,000 people wanting to re-instate Jeremy Clarkson, another petition is also gathering steam: 91,000 people (at the time of writing) want a new version of Modern Warfare 2. The game is perhaps best known for the controversial "No Russian" mission. The 2009 shooter was released…
GTA Online heists are finally here!
It has been a long time coming but believe it or not, heist mode is finally available in Grand Theft Auto Online. After being promised at launch, heists were AWOL for the longest time, but today if you log into GTA Online on PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 or Xbox One you'll find an update containing…
