That adorably tiny NES that comes with 30 games (opens in new tab) will remain with those 30 games for the rest of time, Nintendo has confirmed. the NES Classic Edition system will not be able to connect to the internet to download more games in the future, Virtual Console-style. …
Read More »New FIFA 17 screens show Juventus players in the Frostbite engine
EA has announced an official partnership with Italian giants Juventus – and released some fine-looking screens of the 32-time domestic champions taken with FIFA 17 (opens in new tab)’s Frostbite engine. Gianluigi Buffon, Paul Pogba, Claudio Marchisio, Giorgio Chiellini, and Paulo Dybala are the first names to be confirmed as …
Read More »The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has legit voice acting, but not for Link
As you may have noticed from that woman telling you to “open your eyes” in the E3 trailer (opens in new tab) for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (opens in new tab), it will be the first Zelda game to feature voice acting – voice acting beyond …
Read More »Mass Effects Mako will actually be fun to drive… thanks to the Need for Speed team
EA’s press conference (opens in new tab) may not have revealed a ton of new info about Mass Effect: Andromeda (opens in new tab), but it offered a brief glimpse of the return of the Mako. That’s right, the bouncing, rubbery, ice skate with wheels is back. But don’t groan …
Read More »Assassins Creed Collection confirmed… as monthly magazine of hideous models
Excited about the potential of an HD Assassin’s Creed Collection when you heard the news of Ubi trademarking assassinscreedcollection.com were you? Perhaps you dreamed it would be a shiny remastered trilogy of Ezio’s adventures? Well, let me curb stomp your dream skull against a pavement, teeth first. And then put …
Read More »Hideo Kojima has been asking the internet what the body of his logo looks like & the results are… interesting
So Hideo Kojima revealed last week that his knight n’ skull combo Kojima Productions Logo actually has a secret unrevealed body (opens in new tab) but he’s only gone and asked the internet what it thinks it looks like. Given how the world needs a good work distraction on a …
Read More »The Witcher 3s Blood & Wine DLC is adding more sweet, sweet Gwent cards
Everyone’s favourite game within a game Gwent is getting new cards as a part of The Witcher 3 (opens in new tab)’s upcoming Blood & Wine expansion. Speaking at a PAX panel (starting around the 5hr10min mark) CD Projekt Red hosted a talk called Gwent-ception, explaining how the game originally …
Read More »Amazon seem to be experimenting with a Prime-only paywall for games
UPDATE: Amazon have given me a statment of sorts on the issue: “One of the many benefits of Amazon Prime is access to exclusive selection on a number of great products. Customers who are not Prime members can sign-up for a 30-day free trial of Amazon Prime, or they can …
Read More »Naughty Dogs fine with Uncharted 5 as long as a new studio could “get the essence right”
While Uncharted 4 (opens in new tab) is still a little way off there’s one big question everyone’s been asking: what happens afterwards? Naughty Dog has made it pretty clear it’s done, but has been a little teasey around the idea of someone else taking over. Speaking to Neil Druckmann …
Read More »Check out a couple of new Crackdown 3 shots
Oooh, look some new Crackdown 3 (opens in new tab) images. First up: the important stuff beards! This is one of two images posted (opens in new tab) by community manager Kieffer Bryant. It’s actually part competition and part survey as Kieffer’s giving out prizes for submitted examples of “your …
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