By: Connor Sheridan Valve wants Steam to pour forth onto Linux users, and the company is starting with Ubuntu and a work-in-progress Left 4 Dead 2 port. The developer’s efforts to mesh the digital distribution platform (and an accompanying library of Valve titles) with the open-source operating system were outlined on a post on the new Valve Linux Blog. The project, which began in 2011, … Continue reading Valve porting Steam to Linux
By: Eddie Makuch Just this week, Sony announced that it had purchased cloud-gaming giant Gaikai for $380 million. That, however, does not mean the PlayStation house is giving up on retail with future hardware. Speaking toMCV, Sony Computer Entertainment UK boss Fergal Gara acknowledged the retail business has declined of late, but said this is a “readjustment” period, rather than a total disintegration. “We’d love … Continue reading Retail still important for PS4, says Sony
By: Eddie Makuch Producer Mike Gamble teases additional add-on content for space-bound role-playing game to follow yesterday’s Extended Cut. Yesterday’s free Extended Cut downloadable content for Mass Effect 3 will not be the final add-on for the space-bound role-playing game. Producer Mike Gamble teased additional content for the game last night through Twitter, saying the developer is planning “much more.” “Would now be a good … Continue reading BioWare planning ‘much more’ Mass Effect 3 DLC
By: Eddie Makuch Despite some suggestions that Sony would show new hardware during its2012 Electronic Entertainment Expo media briefing earlier this month, the company did not utter a word about the PlayStation 4. Explaining the console’s absence from the show and Sony’s wider thoughts about new hardware to MCV, PlayStation CEO Andrew House said gamers should not expect talk of the PS4 until major advances … Continue reading No PS4 news until ‘significant leap’ can be shown – Sony
By: Eddie Makuch LOS ANGELES–Naughty Dog’s postapocalyptic PlayStation 3 action game The Last of Usis not going to arrive this year. In an interview with VG247, Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida confirmed gamers will have to wait until 2013 to pick up the title. “We are not ready to talk about 2013. But some of the games we showed like God of War and … Continue reading The Last of Us confirmed for 2013 – Report
By: William Usher A lot of rumors have been flying off the walls about the next-gen consoles and whether they will even support disc drives or not. Well, Sony debunked rumors that the PS4 would be digital only, but today they took it step further by explaining why boxed editions aren’t going the way of the dodo anytime soon. Speaking with MCV UK, Sony Computer … Continue reading Sony Explains Why Disc-Based Games Are Necessary For PS3, PS4
By: Brendan Sinclair, Senior Editor The superheroes and villains of DC Comics are returning to the world of fighting games, as Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today announced Injustice: Gods Among Us for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii U. et for release in 2013, the game will feature a pantheon of DC staples, with the currently revealed roster already including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, … Continue reading DC Comics fighter Injustice set for 2013
By: Eddie Makuch, News Editor Console gamers seeking to slay new monsters and wield new weapons in Dark Souls are in luck. Namco Bandai has revealed to IGN that the Artorias of the Abyss expansion included with this summer’s Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition for PC will also come to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Due out this winter for 1,200 MS points … Continue reading Dark Souls DLC coming to Xbox 360, PS3
By: Chloe Read (@Astharis) It’s been a while since the Unionites have gotten together for a clan night, and what better way to gather together with an old classic? That’s right, from the depth of clan nights past we’re bringing back Uncharted 2! With Naughty Dog’s recent announcement that they are making all the DLC for this game free for a limited amount of time, … Continue reading Clan Night: Uncharted 2, PS3 (2nd June)
Developer Sanzaru Games has announced today that the new game, Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, will not be exclusively available on the PlayStation 3. According to the statement released on the PlayStation Blog, there will be a version available for the PlayStation Vita. The game will launch at the same time as the PS3 version later this fall. According to a recent article I read … Continue reading Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time hitting PS Vita
