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If you though the circus around No Man’s Sky was over, things took a strange turn on social media this week. Hello Games suddenly tweeted “No Man’s Sky was a mistake” shortly before new EDT Friday. The post was quickly removed, but not before being retweeted over a thousand times. Obviously they must have been…
So you’ve just bought a fancy new gaming PC and are looking to enhance your frame rates. Maybe you’re thinking a second graphics card in SLI or CrossFire will do the trick. Multi-GPU setups have been around for the better part of 20 years now. While they can improve performance, they have major drawbacks as…
Ubisoft has hinted that they may not be releasing a new Assassin’s Creed game anytime soon. In an inteview with IGN, Ubisoft VP of Editorial, Tommy François said that they are examining the franchise. “We believe Alpha for these games needs to be one year before release. We’re trying to achieve that. That’s super [expletive] blunt, I don’t…
Sonic Generations owners can now get the Casino Nights DLC for free off Steam. The addon features a giant pinball table modelled after the famous level from Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Casino Nights had originally cost $21.99, which is rather expensive for such a short expansion. So it’s quite a good deal. Sonic Generations first…
Dishonored 2 is serving up more brutal, and supernatural, assassinations in the latest gameplay trailer. Emily Kaldwin visits the Clockwork Mansion to put an end to inventor Kirin Jindosh. I’m not normally a fan of steal games, but this looks like it could be bloody good fun. Dishonored 2 will be available on Windows PC, Xbox One,…
The Advertising Standards Authority confirmed that it has launched an investigation into No Man’s Sky. Regulators told Eurogamer they have received “several complaints about the game. The ASA can pull any ads that it feels violate its code of conduct. Advertisers who refuse to comply can be subject to sanctions. The investigation is ongoing, but a post…
Quantum Break is finally out on Steam. Though if you’re looking to play with the latest graphical enhancements, you may feel a bit left out. Reddit users noticed that the Steam version only runs in DirectX 11 mode. Meanwhile, the version on the Windows Store is still a DirectX 12 exclusive. This may or may…
UK retailer Tesco’s may have leaked the price of the upcoming Nintendo NX. Eagle eyed gamers spotted a placeholder on the store’s website, showing a price £349.99. Tesco has since taken the page down. My Nintendo News points out that retailers had recently visited Nintendo’s German headquarters last week for “unspecified reasons”. It’s entirely possible that they’ve got a…
No Man’s Sky creator Sean Murray seems to have disappeared off the face of the Earth since the release of the critically panned game. It has now been over a month and a half since the Hello Games team and Murray have communicated with their customers. “We’re totally focused on customer support right now. Then…
Oh boy, it’s been a fun week for Microsoft gaming news. None of it particularly good. Today, we have Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney speaking out against Redmond’s Universal Windows Platform (UWP) monopolizing and closing off the PC gaming eco-system. “With its new Universal Windows Platform initiative, Microsoft has built a closed platform-within-a-platform into Windows 10,…