February 2016 was looking to be a hellish month for game makers and consumers alike. At one point in time we could expect Battleborn, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Far Cry Primal, Mirror’s Edge Catalyst, XCOM 2, and Street Fighter V all in the same month. But with Battleborn and Mirror’s Edge Catalyst being pushed to May, another game from the list has now been moved from the February release schedule, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. Though early impressions of the latest in the cyberpunk first-person shooter series have been promising, developer Eidos Montreal believes it needs more time to get the…
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Earlier this week, we reported that Microsoft is gearing up for a digital Black Friday sale on Xbox One and Xbox 360 games in the US, with dates for India to be announced shortly. The company has now confirmed that India’s Xbox One digital Black Friday Deals will go live from Friday. “India will get the Black Friday sale starting tomorrow on Xbox Live. Initially open to Xbox Live Gold members only and starting coming Tuesday open to all,” a Microsoft representative explained to Gadgets 360. (Also see: Microsoft Teases Xbox Digital Black Friday Deals, Says India Discounts Soon) A…
In the past, Sony has been adamant that backwards compatibility for PlayStation 3 (PS3) games would not be coming to the PS4. We’ve seen it with its European boss Jim Ryan stating so in June of this year. The topic presented itself again during Paris Games Week, forcing Shuhei Yoshida, President of Sony’s Worldwide Studios to reconfirm the same. (Also see: PlayStation Event at Paris Games Week: Everything You Need to Know) As for getting PlayStation 1 (PS1) and PlayStation 2 (PS2) games working on the PS4? This seems to be likely. According to website Gearnuke, classic PS2 games like…
One of the highly requested Xbox One features has been the ability to remap buttons as per game. This is now possible through the Xbox Accessories App in the Windows 10 update for the Xbox One (or the New Xbox One Experience as Microsoft prefers calling it). Standard controllers can be remapped via the Button mapping option in Settings or by launching the aforementioned Xbox Accessories App. You will be able to swap button pairs, what this means is if you choose to map the right bumper to the A button, the A button will be mapped to the right…
Final Fantasy publisher Square Enix may be looking to re-enter the Indian market. Earlier, the company had an Indian office that was shut down merely a year after its inception. The news of the firm making a comeback was confirmed by multiple game developers who have been in talks with its representatives for a few months now. “Yes, we’re in talks with Square Enix,” a studio head told Gadgets 360. “It’s not a secret since they were at a publisher meeting held at NGDC [Nasscom Game Developer’s Conference] last week, taking pitches from other [game] studios.” (Also see: Nasscom Game…
One of the odder stories doing the rounds post the horrific ISIS attacks on Paris was that the attackers may have coordinated their strikes using Sony’s PlayStation 4 console. The root cause for this appears to have been a now edited story on Forbes. It originally implied that evidence from numerous raids conducted threw up a PS4: “The hunt for those responsible (eight terrorists were killed Saturday night, but accomplices may still be at large) led to a number of raids in nearby Brussels. Evidence reportedly turned up included at least one PlayStation 4 console. (Also: Anonymous Hackers Declare War…
With a host of old games getting remastered for new consoles and more powerful PCs, Nintendo’s efforts in the space have been relatively small. Barring the superlative Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker on the Wii U, a handful of Wii titles such as Metroid Prime Trilogy and Super Mario Galaxy 2 have found themselves on the Wii U minus any enhancements or added features. Now, the Japanese publisher has announced that the original Pokemon games, Pokemon Blue, Red, and Yellow will hit the 3DS on February 27 digitally via Nintendo’s Virtual Console service. The news was revealed in the latest…
Samsung’s consumer Gear VR headset powered by Oculus VR software was unveiled last month and was promised to be available this month. The Gear VR is now finally available for pre-orders. Available at a price of $99.99 (approximately Rs. 6,600), the Samsung Gear VR is now available to pre-book via Best Buy, Amazon, and Samsung.com. Online retailers and the Oculus VR blog list November 20 as the shipping date for the Gear VR. The online listings of the Gear VR reveals that the headgear will come preloaded with 3D movie trailers as well as 360-degree videos though no detailed list…
Players eager to get an early taste of the latest blockbuster video games are increasingly turning to a privacy tool relied on by journalists and activists to cover their online tracks. Fallout 4, a post-apocalyptic epic from Bethesda, has an official street date of Tuesday, November 10. But thanks to the magic of time zones, it was already November 10 in some parts of the world such as Australia – and gamers eager to explore the wasteland are using Virtual Private Networks to make it appear as if they’re connecting to popular PC game services like Steam from the Land…
Fallout 4 has finally released the world over. While plenty gamers have bought the game on PS4 and Xbox One, a large chunk has got it on PC via Steam or purchased at retail. Earlier we reported that Bethesda has not put the entire game on disc for PC due to piracy concerns. From a publisher’s view, piracy has been a problem over the years and this is one of the methods to combat this. Pete Hines, Vice President of PR and Marketing at Bethesda tweeted that this is something the company has been doing for the last “10+ years”…