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A new Castlevania is on its way to handheld consoles for the first time since 2008. The latest major entry in the franchise was a God of War-esque third-person action game, but the new game sees the franchise return to its beloved roots as a side-scroller. 3D visuals are retained, however, though … [Read more...] about Castlevania: Mirror Of Fate Getting Demo

Bungie's official reveal of its monolithic project also comes with a few technical caveats. The game is hitting all current consoles (PC is unconfirmed) and has a planned life cycle of 10 years, so will presumably be transitioning to the next generation of consoles while maintaining cross-platform … [Read more...] about Bungie’s Destiny To Require Always On Internet

Bungie has finally revealed the project it left Microsoft and shacked up with Activision to build back in 2007. And having left a franchise it created and nurtured into an iconic industry presence over the course of a decade to make it, this should be something truly special. The only problem is … [Read more...] about Destiny: Halo Creator Bungie’s New Project Revealed

Watch Dogs will be set in Chicago with a narrative thread centering around "master hacker" and "former thug" Aiden Pierce, who if the game's E3 showing is anything to go by has a serious problem with smooth traffic. A flyer for the game has ended up in Kotaku's inbox and it provides a bit more … [Read more...] about Watch Dogs Coming This Christmas For All Home Platforms

There are probably still a few big unknowns left about Sony's next flagship home console, but the fact that it will include game streaming technology in some form is not one of them. Sony purchased game streaming company Gaikai last year, prompting speculation that the PS4 will be able to stream its … [Read more...] about PlayStation 4 Backwards Compatible Via Streaming

While Angry Birds is not widely known for its appeal as a home console game, 1 million copies shipped put it in striking distance of many a AAA effort. To put this in perspective, Homefront sold around 2 million across the same platforms excluding the upcoming Wii U game. And to be fair, console … [Read more...] about Angry Birds Console Sells 1 Million Copies At £30 Per Unit

The Wii U certainly got off to a better start than the 3DS, helped along by stellar launch software like Zombii U. Its launch momentum, however, seems to be slowing, with January sales seeing a significant drop not only for the console's lifetime but also compared to the increasingly … [Read more...] about Wii U Sees January Sales Drop In US

Nexon will be bringing the legendary anime series Ghost in the Shell to the PC as a free-to-play first-person shooter. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex sees players battling cyborgs in multiple game modes, at least one of which is cooperative. Game Modes and Features The game promises to … [Read more...] about Free To Play Ghost In The Shell FPS Announced For 2014