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Valve Busted In The UK For “Misleading” GTA V Sale
The United Kingdom has an advertising regulator referred to as the ASA who makes sure ad campaigns are trustworthy. They felt something about the latest GTA V sale by Valve, on their online store Steam, was less than honest. Valve’s ad promoting the sale was only up for two days — June 11 and 12. They advertised that GTA V was on sale for 25 percent off at £38.98, which […]
Take-Two Still Profiting Off Of GTA V
It’s been out for a while, but according to the latest fiscal quarter report from Take-Two Interactive, Grand Theft Auto V still commands a sizable chunk of their monthly profits. This is mainly due to fees for GTA Online, DLC and microtransactions, which have been keeping the series alive despite no new chapter in sight. For the quarter that ended September 30, Take-Two reported net revenue of $364.9 million, an […]
Need For Speed Director Says “Players Deserve Free DLC”
The reviews for the latest Need For Speed may not have been what EA or developer Ghost Games were hoping for, but for those who do buy the “average” game, creative director Craig Sullivan promises this: they’ll never pay for DLC. According to Sullivan, players “deserve free DLC.” “Everything we’re doing is focusing on listening to what the fans are asking for,” he said. “They’re certainly not saying to us, […]
Fallout 4 Cars Coming To Forza Motorsport 6
If you’re a fan of corporate synergy, or at least free cars, here’s the deal for you: to promote the upcoming Fallout 4, Bethesda Games has struck a deal with Microsoft and Turn 10 Studios to put a pair of Fallout 4-themed cars into Forza 6. As of today you can have, free of charge, the rusted 1956 Ford F100 pictured above. With a powder blue paint job and a […]
New Need For Speed Gets Average Reviews
How is the Need For Speed reboot doing with the critics? Probably not as well as EA had hoped it would. Most review sites are scoring the game a middling 5 out of 10. Destructoid’s Chris Carter (not the X-Files creator) gave Need For Speed a 6 and said, “When you factor in Need for Speed’s forgettable story, you’re left with a slightly above average racing game that’s not as […]
Forza 6 Dev Hints At Special Announcement
What could they be up to at Turn 10 Studios? Today on the Forza blog Brian Ekberg, Turn 10’s community manager, tittered and giggled out some mysterious comment about an announcement he could barely contain himself from spoiling. He promised it was good. Next week promises to be an exciting one. In addition to the release of the latest DLC car pack for Forza Motorsport 6, we’ll have the details […]
Special Halloween Event Begins Today In GTA Online
Logging on to GTA Online during Halloween weekend will net you a few treats — and maybe some tricks. As in past events, you’ll get a free T-shirt when you log on, and it’ll be different depending on which day it is. All three are pictured above, and here’s when you can get: Knife After Dark — Friday, October 30 Psycho Swingers — Saturday, October 31 Zombie Liberals From the […]
New Just Cause 3 Dev Diary Exposes The Story Process
You might think all that’s needed for a Just Cause game is lots of environments to destroy, but this time, the dev team at Avalanche Studios wants to introduce a little more meat into the story. As they explain in the new Dev Diary video released today, Just Cause’s third go-round will send Rico on a more personal mission — to save his island of origin. So will he save […]
New Gameplay Options Coming To Rocket League
According to an announcement from the Playstation Blog, Psyonix’s famous game Rocket League will soon be enhanced with some interesting new gameplay options. Marketed as “Mutations,” they consist of a wide variety of new modes that change one aspect of the basic game: for example, the ball could become a cube, it could bounce higher or become heavier. Different balls will be able to be used and the physics of […]
Sergio Perez Previews 2015 Mexican Grand Prix On F1 2015
Sergio Perez will be competing for Force India at the 2015 Mexican Grand Prix this weekend in Mexico City and he took some time out give you a guided tour of the track on the F1 2015 video game… https://youtu.be/zW8M1Pj8CH0
Next Gran Turismo Game Officially Announced
Big news, racing fans: the next Gran Turismo is officially on the horizon. Sony revealed the next game in the long-running, critically praised Gran Turismo series during their press conference at Paris Games Week this morning. Called Gran Turismo Sport, or GT Sport for short, the game will be produced in partnership with FiA, the International Automobile Federation, and created by the same developers as before (Polyphony Digital). Jim Ryan, […]
Driveclub Now Has Motorcycles
Today Sony announced the addition of motorcycles to their Driveclub racing game for PS4, in an expansion titled Driveclub Bikes. The announcement was made during Sony’s Paris Games Week press conference. The expansion adds motorcycles from Ducati, Yamaha and Honda, which can be used in a new tour and new skill events. When can you get your hands on these hawgs? Today, actually. The Driveclub Bikes expansion was made available […]
Burnout Paradise WILL Be Playable On XBox One
Earlier in the year (last July to be specific), a rumor started swirling that Criterion Games’ Burnout Paradise would be made backwards compatible with the XBox One. Criterion denied it at the time, but as of today they’ve admitted it: Yes there was, and yes it is… It’s in the pipe, five-by-five. Stay tuned for a date though. https://t.co/y2bhTuOccQ — CriterionGames (@CriterionGames) October 26, 2015 During E3 Microsoft announced an […]
Real Racing 3 Gives You Three McLarens
Real Racing 3 has a new update which generously gives you three McLarens [in honor of their win at LeMans] and a pair of Corvettes…
Sega Offers Up New Yakuza 5 Details
Here comes Yakuza 5! It may have come out in Japan in 2012, and there may be sequels in development as we speak, but you don’t get to complain when just getting it at all is a miracle. In this particular game, Sega’s organized crime story focuses on FIVE main characters, and they’ve provided a description of each…. Kazuma Kiryu: After the events of the previous Yakuza games, Kazuma Kiryu–the […]
New Lowriders-Related Event This Weekend! Free Hat! Free Hat!
Following this week’s launch of GTA Online’s Lowriders update, a special event will be held all weekend. Starting today and lasting through Sunday, you’ll be able to enter in special contests AND you’ll get a free hat every day you log on, for doing nothing. Today you’ll get a Magnetics hat; tomorrow you’ll get a Low Santos hat and the day after you’ll get a Benny’s hat. Simple as that; […]