GTA 5 on PC: “Somebody paid a lot of money” to keep it exclusive, says Intel boss
By Brenna Hillier
Grand Theft Auto 5 will come to PC eventually, Intel executive Chris R. Silva has predicted, darkly accusing “someone” of paying to keep it on consoles.
The executive believes it’s damaging to the industry to overlook the PC when releasing a multiplatform game.
“At least with Grand Theft Auto I don’t think it’ll be console exclusive very long. But that’s what happens when you have a brand new launch with two companies that have lots of money trying to make sure they have content,” the marketing director told .
“Somebody paid a lot of money to make sure that title was exclusive,” he added.
Silva said keeping Halo console exclusive before porting the first game to PC was a mistake which hurt the franchise overall, and pointed out that PC gaming is only growing.
“If you look at the amount of revenue that is generated by PC gaming it’s in the tens of billions of dollars each year. It’s incredibly diverse and rich and that’s it’s greatest strength,” he said.
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What kind of shit journalism is this?
almost every post here is only a paragraph or two, but this one particularly leaves you hanging and only raises questions. Why would they even bother write this short garbage, other then to make a quota. I hope your not paying for these authors?
But if you are sign me up. Anyone can write a few sentences, only idiots would pay for this lackluster of writing skill.
1 year ago
Erm… Pretty sure exclusivity of halo made the Xbox successful and created a billion dollar franchise.
What’s this guy on?
1 year ago
@2 easy tiger. Brenna would eat you for breakfast.
1 year ago
CinCityPyro: You should learn to use English properly before criticising the writing ability of other people.
1 year ago
You have to go console first to combat piracy.
Consoles publishers have to deal with used games, PC publishers have to deal with piracy. Piracy is worse.
1 year ago
I’m pretty sure the real reason is a lot more boring than piracy or bribery. Most likely they just had their hands full. Wasn’t Max Payne 3 on all platforms on day one? I think it’s about having enough resources to go around.
@1 I think fanboys see what they want to see. The next gen might sell what? 240 million consoles tops? Over 10 years?
The PC moves 350 million units every year, not counting piecemeal hardware.
Who owns that market? Intel and Nvidia.
The reason why AMD bagged the console gig is because they very badly needed it. They were probably willing to go a lot lower than the two marketleading “butthurts”
1 year ago
@7 I don’t know about Intel, but nVidia are very clearly butthurt about it with the cognitive dissonance that they are displaying towards the consoles.
1 year ago
“The PC moves 350 million units every year, not counting piecemeal hardware.”
And how many of them buy games? Steam, the biggest online pc games store has ONLY 50 MILLION users in what, 10 years?
“The reason why AMD bagged the console gig is because they very badly needed it. They were probably willing to go a lot lower than the two marketleading “butthurts””
So? Simply put, no one approached Intel (no substantial rumours to prove otherwise).
What is your point btw?
“I think fanboys see what they want to see.”
Care to clarify? Although I agree with the statement.
1 year ago
@7 I doubt 2k/R* would have a problem releasing it Day 1 on PC, but if you look at it from this: Many console people were upset about the FPS drops and the like, so many would definitely buy it again for PC not just for that but because of modding and stuff (given not the majority by far, maybe not even at full price) but it’s still extra Revenue from those people.
@1 Ye Intel is so butt hurt to be sitting on (give or take) a 70% market share in Desktop/Notebook CPUs.
Nvidia surely is also butthurt at not receiving 100-250mil a year from the console chips they’ve been making this generation.
For which they have to keep production facilities that produce SUPER outdated chips (nvm the manpower to run those facilities) instead of using these facilities to develop their current stuff.
So ye surely going to hurt them to lose that 0,05% of their yearly income, sounds like a totally legit reason to be butthurt about.
Yes the initial payment for development and that kinda stuff might be a nice boost but in the long run it’s pretty much “chump change” for them. And that is of course talking about Revenue so who knows what actually is left after everything is paid.
People overestimate the money that is to be made of being in on the console gig, it might be quite nice if you basically ship both CPUs and GPUs for all the consoles of the Generation, but if you have to share the cake it actually isn’t THAT substantial to these Billions of $ heavy Manufacturers, at the very least in the long run.
1 year ago
@JewyMcJew
“Consoles publishers have to deal with used games, PC publishers have to deal with piracy”
you’re noob
games publishers don’t have full control over my ps3
i can apply jailbreak on it and play pirated beyond two souls and GTA V and other exclusives (i won’t do it)
it’s very easy
millions of copies of pirated GTA V downloaded
you can’t defeat piracy
there is no perfect security
1 year ago
Just think of the amount of money and units moved in which they lost out on, which could have increased these records.
1 year ago
Intel afraid of APUs.
Like, salty Nvidia.
1 year ago
“So ye surely going to hurt them to lose that 0,05% of their yearly income, sounds like a totally legit reason to be butthurt about.”
Oh really? Tell me how you reached your &#%” thing. Unless you pulled it out of thin air.
1 year ago
Like GTA III, VC, SA and IV didn’t come out 6 months later on PC.
1 year ago
At the end of he day, if this had been released on PC on day one it most likely would have been gimped tas a port of the console versions. While good for the modding community this would have led to a mass of PC ‘enthusiasts’ crying out against Rockstar’s handling of the PC as a platform.
Much better to delay the release and make the PC version properly.
1 year ago
“The PC moves 350 million units every year, not counting piecemeal hardware.”
And how many of them buy games? Steam, the biggest online pc games store has ONLY 50 MILLION users in what, 10 years?
And what does that have to do with what DSB mentioned? Intel and Nvidia are making lots of money, regardless of consumers buying PC for gaming or not. You can’t deny that they have the bigger chunk of the pie, nor say that they are “butthurt” for losing a small percentage of their revenues.
Spinning much…
1 year ago
If this came for the PC at day 1 it would have been the most pirated game to date. I know it, you know it..heck everyone knows it.
1 year ago
Is he really suggesting MS & Sony colluded together to keep it off PCs? Odd.
1 year ago
@18: It also would be the most bought PC game to date. I know it, you know it. Heck, everyone with a little brain knows it.
The console version was pirated 2 weeks in advance.
““Somebody paid a lot of money to make sure that title was exclusive,” he added.”
I somehow doubt it. Look at GTA Online. Rockstar would’ve ruined the PC launch if it was supposed to launch along with the console release.
1 year ago
#20 Sure go ahead and insult me. Hope it made you feel all good inside.
1 year ago
Why does it say “feature b” at the top?
1 year ago
@22 that’s what we type to slot it into the ‘B’ slot in our homepage. I think someone’s typed it in the body text instead of our tag search field.
1 year ago
You’re absolutely right. It’s no secret there’s a lot of piracy on PC, but it’s no secret either the most pirated are the most bought.
And you’re also right about console piracy, I know a bunch of people who pirated it on PS3 before release.
1 year ago
Why are you people so intimidated by the PC?
1 year ago
I doubt any companies are ‘ butthurt’ over it… Using that word is now no longer funny and shows how ridiculously stupid you are.
And I doubt intel and Nvidia are afraid of APU’s since they only get put in notebooks and consoles, intel rules the desktop world at the moment, sure alot of people have amd CPU’s but alot more use Intel.
@absolutezero
Because people don’t like being told/ shown there consoles are outdated.
so they attack anything the PC does
“PIRACY!”
“YOU ONLY CARE ABOUT GRAPHICS”
“NOT REAL GAMERS SINCE PC’S CAN MAKE SPREADSHEETS!”
“YOUR AN ELITIST BECAUSE YOU HAVE VALID ARGUMENTS ABOUT HARDWARE”
“ETC ETC”
1 year ago
1 year ago
“The PC moves 350 million units every year, not counting piecemeal hardware.”
And what did this had to do with my comment?
Just because you like PC and Valve doesn’t mean anything you should see anything against them as a spin. How is you coming in defence of them not a spin?
“Intel and Nvidia are making lots of money, regardless of consumers buying PC for gaming or not. You can’t deny that they have the bigger chunk of the pie, nor say that they are “butthurt” for losing a small percentage of their revenues.”
Where did I say that? You sure you aren’t putting words in my mouth?
I am quite surprised how people cant talk but go straight into insulting/aggresive/stay away mode after hearing anything remotely negative about their companies.
“Is he really suggesting MS & Sony colluded together to keep it off PCs? Odd.”
See? This is the “butthurt” I am talking about. No need to be butthurt about that.
1 year ago
The PS4/X1 userbase is currently zero. It’ll take years before those consoles hit 50m units each, if they even get to that number.
1 year ago
“I am quite surprised how people cant talk but go straight into insulting/aggresive/stay away mode after hearing anything remotely negative about their companies.”
Oh God the irony, it burns.
pssstttt Steam is not PC gaming. I know its an easy peasy cover-all but theres a fuckload more going on than just whats on Steam.
1 year ago
Yep, every one who doesn’t use PC as a format for gaming thinks steam is the only place for PC gamers to go…
1 year ago
So Sony and MS payed to keep it exclusive to their platform? Someones “butthurt”.
1 year ago
@28 it’s Valve not Vlave :p
AMD creates for the consoles because they are the cheaper alternative compared to intel/nvidia but performance wise amd is always less because they have less market share.
1 year ago
Says someone on a video games forum while himself playing games.
Oh God the irony, its so hilarious.
I am eagerly anticipating an expletive laden response.
1 year ago
Its funny that you choose that specific sentence to copy paste because it sums up this entire comment section fucking perfectly.
I mean it might blow your mind to hear but hyperbolic statements are not all that rare on the internet. Also disliking a fanbase has absolutely no baring on the enjoyment of a medium.
Please do continue being a passive aggressive smiley posting retard though.
1 year ago
Don’t take away his main form of attack.
There is nothing like ignoring 90% of someones input / comment history and then cherry picking a select sentence (completly missing out it’s context), and trying to use it to prove a point.
Works like a charm, but only without prior knowledge.
1 year ago
1 year ago
I feel quite flattered that he remembered I said that. Then went and found it on the forum in order to link to it in here.
At least it shows he’s taking things on-board a little.
1 year ago
@Dragon !???
I fail to get a grip on what you say.
Where was I “defending my beloved” PC and Valve? I was pointing out that despite Intel/Nvidia not being part of next-gen consoles they aren’t losing much revenue from possible partnerships with MS/Sony.
“Intel and Nvidia are making lots of money [...]”
I wasn’t putting any word in your mouth, I was just make a clear point.
Also, chill out!
@29 That wasn’t my statement.
1 year ago
Selectivly yeah, but taking things on board non the less.
And credit where credits due, it must take a lot of organisation and bookmarking to be able to link / ‘pluck’ choice sentence’s out to use in the future.
Maybe even a secretary or some form of filing system would be helpful.
1 year ago
yea indeed, Intel could make amd go bankrupt but they wont cause as a monopoly they would get a lot of complaints from EU etc :p
1 year ago
Oh man, you misunderstood like last time.
Part after….. wasn’t aimed at you. Remember that used games debate.
Also, I never said Intel and Nvidia are going down or something like that, however point remains that they are not in next-gen consoles. People like to make a point about how “Its not necessary for them”. But, frankly, who doesn’t like profits? Simply put, neither Intel or Nvidia are alone capable of providing a complete set like AMD. Thats it.
I dont know how “next-gen will sell this” and other things DSB said cam into foray, and then you quoted my response.
I dont see why you made that “spinning” argument.
Nvidia and Intel are well run companies with great products, I never denied that. I just said this particular comments feel like butthurt, and I am not alone in feeling that.
And I am cooool
Same as above.
I am quite flattered banned Lee Wilson still obsesses over my comments. Quite typical, if not sad…
Onset of OCD I guess?
1 year ago
Uses someones real name he found after carefully studying someones photo, accuses someone of being banned after writing emails to Pat about another poster.
Calls someone else obsessed…
Okaaaaaay……..
1 year ago
^Yeah yeah whatever Wilson. I wonder who got wet when your dear German friend posted pics of “Dragon246″ and scoured the net for anything regarding me.
I am not really interested in talking with banned guys on VG247 (sharing the honour with TEA and Shatner no less). Plus I have a feeling your “pal/s” may want to join in.
So yeah, whatever.
Bye. Keep obsessing.
1 year ago
“I am not really interested in talking with banned guys on VG247″
“Unless I can use them in the games I like to play…” fixed it for you
1 year ago
@42 who’s Lee Wilson? :p
1 year ago
Monkeygourmet.
1 year ago
1 year ago
@9 I didn’t see anyone talking about games, let alone user accounts. Just hardware. Do you have to sell a computer to gamers for it to be profitable now?
Personally I’d find it kinda hard to be butthurt when you’ve got a company that is ahead in every market that matters, so I really just saw your comment as one of those typical kneejerk fanboy quips, is all.
And I think you’re kidding yourself if you think Intel and Nvidia didn’t bid on it. 240 million is still money.
Microsoft and Sony have every reason to let their vendors compete for the best offer, because that’s how you actually identify the best offer. Simply offering it to one would be incredibly amateurish. Intel and Nvidia likely just weren’t willing to go low enough.
1 year ago
Sure, you buy a NVidia GTX Video Card to improve your Excel charts. It has nothing to do with games at all!
@Topic: Not clearly butthurt from Intel, but surely just wanting a piece of the attention that surrounds GTA V nowadays.
@most of the commenters: Screw you and all your fanboysm. I don’t care that people sell more PCs than consoles. I don’t care which one have larger user base. I don’t care which one is king of the hill. All I care is my personal opinnion and taste, and I’m happy with it. You would all be happier if you did the same. But no, you all want to not only be happy, you also want the other guy to feel miserable. You want to say “I have chose the side that is the winner! I rule you suck!”
Gosh… don’t know why I even bother… I should start hearing myself and stop reading comments section. It always makes me angry and sad for humanity.
1 year ago
Oh lol. Look, it’s Sony246 here talking crap about Nvidia and Intel that owns not just PC market. It owns EVERY MOBILE Market on the planet that has to do with gaming.
I salute to Sony and MS that will sell… maybe 150m consoles combined after 10 years and dump it after these years.
AMD is the only one that tries to survive here.
Their financial difficulties are so bad right now. It was the cheapest alternative for Sony and MS to make consoles with horrible hardware.
1 year ago
Paying for exclusive or worse, time exclusive never made sense, does not make sense, and will never make sense unless of course that manufacturer is unsecure at all levels.
C’mon guys we got cash, why don’t we pay 3rd party so they sell only for usfor a period of time, fuck yeah man, why don’t we, and then it will make our product (console) so much more attractive to everyone and anyone around the world.
Weeewww look at our library, so much more than anyone else by a large 3 titles, wweeeewww groovy. For sure we will pound competitors
that way, our list is shinier.
Although putting glitz never did anything for me unless the game is a can’t miss. Althoufh and finally, I never bought a console for a single game, nor for an exclusive or time exclusive.
Am I the only one?
1 year ago
makes sense
and rockstar LOVES money..
1 year ago
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EA announced its financial results for its Q3 fiscal year 2015 quarter, ended December 31, 2014, noting total net revenue $1.13 billion in total net revenue compared to $808 million year-over-year. For the nine months ending December 31, total net revenue came in at $3.3 billion. Net revenues were up 39% and net income came [&]
Ahead of its Q3 2015 earnings release, Electronic Arts has released a game infographic showing some interesting stats compiled through gameplay from October – December 2014. For FIFA 15, over 3.3 bil 73 million knockouts occurred in EA SPORTS UFC; over 10 million families were created in The Sims 4; 113 million [&]
Koei Tecmo has announced shipments of its Wii U hack and slash action title, Hyrule Warriors, has shipped one million units worldwide. The Omega Force-developed title was released in Japan on August 14 and in the west on September 26. Two packs of DLC for the game are slated for February alongside the version 1.5.0 [&]
This week’s deals available through the Xbox Games Store will be valid until February 2 with titles such as Battlefield 4, Dragon Age Inquisition, Never Alone, and Titanfall discounted. Discounted titles with an asterisk are for Xbox Live Gold members only. Xbox One Just Dance 2015* – 40% Another World* – 50% Never Alone* – [&]
As promised, one of two character reveals this week for Mortal Kombat X has occurred: it’s the acid-spitting Reptile. Nice! Watch the video above. Mortal Kombat X is slated for release on April 14 and will be available on PC, PS3, PS4,Bxo 360 and Xbox One. Thanks, MrTGJelly (Trent).
Woolfe: The Red Hood Diaries, the successful Kickstarter from GRIN Studios, has launched on Steam Early Access. The PC title is described as a “cinematic fable featuring a vengeful Red Riding Hood,” who armed with an axe sets out on a quest to avenge the murder of her parents. Gameplay features action-platforming, combo-based hack ‘n [&]
Koei Tecmo has announced it is delaying the PC release of Dead or Alive 5: Last Round to March. According to an updated listing on Steam (thanks, AGB), the fighter was delayed “in order to provide you with the best experience possible.” To apologize for the delay, Team Ninja will offer the Halloween 2013 Set, [&]
Dragon’s Dogma Online will be a free-to-play title for PC, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3. Set for release this year, Dragon’s Dogma Online has a lobby which will support up to 100 players, is open-world, and the executive producer is Hiroyuki Kobayashi. Players can form groups with up to four players or pawns while raids [&]
The Lady Hammerlock DLC for Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel releases today on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and coinciding with the release is the launch trailer. In the Lady Hammerlock DLC, players are introduced and will be able to step into the shoes of Sir Hammerlock’s sister, Lady Aurelia the Baroness. The DLC will run [&]
Free DLC will be released in Japan for Tales of Zestiria, and while Bandai Namco has yet to state whether it will be released westward with the core game this summer, it’s an interesting slice of content. According to information from Jump posted by Siliconera, the DLC Alisha After Episode: What Is Reflected In The [&]
I’m not entirely sure when, or how, this fella managed to sneak into my secret flat in Paris and film it, but since it’s out there I may as well share it with you. All joking aside, this video is rather amazing. It provides a virtual tour of a flat located in P however, it’s [&]
The Witness has seemingly come back from the dead. Creator Jonathan Blow has posted an update on the game’s development. Surely you still remember The Witness? Jonathan Blow’s follow-up to Braid, which was shown during the PlayStation 4 reveal event all the way back in February 2013? Well, today we got our first development update [&]
The latest patch to World of Warcraft has added a S.E.L.F.I.E. Camera to the game. And it does exactly what it sounds like it does. Patch 6.1 is currently being deployed to World of Warcraft’s Public Test Realms (PTR). There’s a massive list of patch notes, but the most pressing one, other than Twitter integration, [&]
The latest developer diary for Hellblade is here with a look at some early gameplay prototypes and a peek at some polished areas. Hellblade developer Ninja Theory has revealed even more details of how game development works behind the scenes. The eighth part of this ongoing diary shows early gameplay footage along with some intriguing [&]
Capcom has revealed a tonne of new details about Raid mode in Resident Evil: Revelations 2. Capcom has confirmed that Raid mode will launch with the first episode of Revelations 2 in February. You will be playing it offline only though, either solo or in split-screen co-op. As for the online portion, Capcom promised it [&]
The first 20 minutes of Life is Strange have been posted online for anyone to watch. The opening 20 minutes of Life is Strange set the stage for what kind of game it is. The kind that you’ll probably like if you’re a fan of Telltale games. The video is courtesy of consolewarsofficial and you [&]
Publishers need to drop PC games prices in order to stem the flourishing grey market, says Matt Martin. “How are you going to sell me Far Cry 4 for ?45 when I can pick up Far Cry, Far Cry 2, Far Cry 3, Far Cry: Blood Dragon and extra DLC for just ?30?” Some players [&]
What’s been heavily-rumoured to be the next instalment in the Dragon’s Dogma franchise, Dragon’s Dogma Online, will be fully revealed this week. According to a recent post by Famitsu, the magazine’s upcoming weekly issue, which releases January 29, will contain a massive feature on Dragon’s Dogma Online. The magazine will dedicate 18 pages to all [&]
Valve has investigated the recent case of match-fixing involving two teams in the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive professional scene and decided to ban those involved from future tournaments. Recent allegations involving match-fixing between iBUYPOWER
– two of the professional teams that played in Cevo Season 5 – came to light. Valve has took notice [&]
Sony has offered a few steps to help those who are having issues with their pre-loaded PS4 installs of Grim Fandango Remastered. A few reports have started to appear online from users who’ve pre-ordered and pre-loaded Grim Fandango Remastered on their PS4 consoles. Sony has since posted a support thread on the official forums, to [&]
Many EA digital games are being offered at considerable discounts on Xbox One right now. The latest EA sale is pretty good, offering sales on many AAA titles. It’s only available on Xbox One, with extra savings for Xbox Live Gold subscribers. The list below covers prices for Gold Subscribers. Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare [&]
Grim Fandango Remastered is a classic game brought into the new generation, so it’s time for everyone to know how great it is. The reviews for Grim Fandango Remastered have started popping up and as per usual, we’ve collected a few of them below. Grim Fandango Remastered is, as the name suggests, a remastered version [&]
The recent preview build of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was running at full-HD resolution on PlayStation 4 and 900p on Xbox One. German website Gamestar attended the recent preview event for The Witcher 3 and examined the three versions that were on offer, PC, PS4 and Xbox One. Here’s the quote, courtesy of Google [&]
AOL is rumoured to be closing its video game site, Joystiq. Re/code is reporting that AOL is likely to close its video game site Joystiq soon, according to “various sources.” The move is part of a company-wide restructuring that will affect Joystiq and other “under-performing content properties.” Joystiq is one of the most renowned sites [&]
The Last of Us will bring many of the same elements to the big screen as the small one, according to writer Neil Druckmann. Although The Last of Us will have to be adapted in various ways to make the transition from lengthy interactive adventure to cinema-friendly story arc, Druckmann is hoping to keep the [&]
Xbox One control pads have many charms, but quick start up is not one of them. The Xbox One controller currently takes up to five seconds to connect to your console after switching on, which is an eternity for someone with an attention span as short as mine. Luckily, Microsoft is working to fix this [&]
Lucius 2 has a really fitting release date. Lucius developer Shiver Games has produced a follow-up to the dark tale of an evil child, and it’s coming your way on February 13 – which just so happens to be a Friday. Lucius 2: The Prophecy will set you back $20, and release through Steam. As [&]
Saints Row 4: Re-Elected has been recalled in Australia due to a mysterious manufacturing issue. An Australian PR representative said that the retail PS4 version of Saints Row 4: Re-Elected has “a serious manufacturing issue” and has been recalled nation-wide. Here’s what we were told (emphasis mine): “A manufacturing issue has caused an incorrectly classified [&]
Deadalic’s gorgeous-looking adventure Silence has been confirmed for a fourth platform. Originally announced for Mac and PC with an Xbox One port one revealed at a later date, Silence is now on its way to PS4 as well. All versions are due later this year. Silence is Deadalic’s first multi-platform release and in my mind [&]
DOOM is the subject of the next episode of Mythbusters. Having been airing for over ten years now, Mythbusters has pretty much run out of myths to bust, which is why we find ourselves in 2015 with an episode dedicating to answering the question “could DOOM be real?” Bethesda has rveealed that the January 31 [&]
Destiny players have a chance to take down Bungie employees in return for one of the most exclusive vanity items in the game. Destiny’s Bungie Bounties usually feature guests from the community, and today’s event is no exception. Joining Bungie community manager David “Deej” Dague are several members of Bungie.org, the developer’s most staunch fan [&]
Elite: Dangerous team Frontier Developments has had to let staff go. At least 15 staff have been laid off from the developer’s Halifax studio. According to an investor update, this decision will allow Frontier to focus its efforts at its primary studio in Cambridge, England. “With its business emphasis now on two major self-published franchises, [&]
Dragon Age: Inquisition tunes can be yours for the bargain price of zero cashmoney. The tavern songs from Dragon Age: Inquisition will be made available for purchase from various digital distributors sometime after February 9. Until then, though, you can have them for free – including their sheet music. To take advantage of this generous [&]
Five Nights at Freddy’s 3 is probably going to be just as tense and uncomfortable as its two prequels. This teaser for Five Nights at Freddy’s 3 is the first we’ve heard of the project since creator Scott Cawthon confirmed it is in the works. The third entry in the series is now up on [&]
Xbox One and Xbox 360 console sales were strong last quarter, although Microsoft isn’t talking hard numbers yet. Microsoft shipped 6.6 million Xbox 360 and Xbox One consoles to retailers in the quarter ending December 31, the company revealed in its latest financial briefing. This figure wasn’t broken down by platform, and Microsoft didn’t supply [&]
We may not have proper, uncut gameplay footage of the Homeworld Remastered Collection, but we have the next best thing. Homeworld Remastered Collection was confirmed to release on February 25. Gearbox has only showed a trailer, but no extended gameplay demos. There was however a b-roll video showing at PAX South, and we’ve embedded it [&]
Grim Fandango will come back from the dead with the Remastered edition, and it’s looking great. Grim Fandango Remastered has a few new screens available to prove that even old games can look stunning with the right remaster, especially ones with an already well-defined art style. Have a look at them below and get excited. [&]
The Battlefield Hardline beta will include a third new map and a new game mode, on top of what’s already announced. You may remember last week DICE started a community mission for all Battlefield 4 players. The goal was to reach 2 billion points playing Rush mode. That goal has been achieved and as a [&]
The launch trailer for Dying Light is here one day ahead of the game’s release. Techland and Warner Bros. have put out the launch trailer for Dying Light. The trailer is a short reminder of the game’s main selling points: free-running, weapon crafting, drop-kicking zombies. Reviews should start to come out tomorrow for the game [&]
The Witcher 3 developer CD Projekt RED is hosting a Twitch live-stream to show off brand new gameplay footage and answer some fan questions. The live-stream will start at 7:00pm GMT, 2:00pm EST, 11:00am PST. It will show off plenty of new footage, some of which was shown only to the press so far. The [&]
Patience is a virtue and we finally have our hands on a few gameplay screens from Final Fantasy 15. There’s not a lot of them, but they show the impressive lighting and they’re all gameplay as far as I can tell, so take a look. There is no release date for Final Fantasy 15 as [&]
The Witcher 3 has a new direct-feed, 1080p video available that’s 100% gameplay. Would you like some gameplay of The Witcher 3 in beautiful 1080p? Why, of course you would! The gameplay below shows combat, conversations, travelling. In short, it’s a small sample of everything the game will offer. If you’re looking to learn much [&]
Mortal Kombat X will get not one, but two character reveals this week. Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon has been at again on Twitter, teasing all kinds of reveals over the past few days. Firstly, Boon tweeted this image, which at first glance appears to show a character holding a bow. However, further examination by [&]
The Planetside 2 community has successfully organised an online battle involving over 1000 players, breaking the previous Guinness World Record. The event, which was organised by Planetside Battles was pitched to the community last week. 1,158 players have answered the call, smashing the record for “Most Players Online in an FPS Battle.” The previous 999 [&]
Streaming Xbox One games to PC while you watch TV on the console through the HDMI pass-through is something Microsoft is hoping to achieve when the service launches with Windows 10. Microsoft’s Phil Spencer has been on Twitter answering fan questions following last week’s Windows 10 event. One interesting bit that came out of those [&]
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is sure to be one of the biggest RPGs of the year, due for release in May on PC, Xbox One and PS4. Delayed since its target release of 2015, CD Projekt Red’s latest game takes the series to a true open world environment, and charges the player with tracking [&]
According to an email sent to some YouTubers, the upcoming beta for Battlefield Hardline is scheduled for February 3. The date for the Battlefield Hardline beta is believed to be February 3. It comes from an email that’s been sent by Ronku to various YouTubers reminding them of the starting date, February 3. Ronku is [&]
We take a look at The Witcher franchise, from the original short stories to its blockbuster video games. The world was first introduced to Geralt through a set of short stories called The Witcher (English translation) written by author Andrzej Sapkowski. The first short story was published in the Polish fantasy and science fiction magazine [&]
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