Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Ubisoft Reveal Their E3 2013 Line-Up, Tease New Game Announcements And Popular New Consoles


Ubisoft have revealed some of their E3 2013 line-up. the following announced games will be at their booth:
  • Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag, 
  • Rayman Legends, 
  • South Park: The Stick of Truth, 
  • Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist, 
  • Watch Dogs

Ubisoft predict that the install base for the PS4 and Xbox One, after 2 years, will be double that of the PS3 and Xbox 360. they tease they have many new games in development and they will be revealing several of them during E3. these will include New IP and new additions to existing franchises.

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Zero Punctuation - Metro: Last Light

This week Yahtzee hops on board Metro: Last Light. he didn't review the first game, but he assures us he enjoyed it. does this sequel carry on the world that was built or are you endlessly travel to samey looking locations in a plot you've already forgotten?

EA And Maxis Reveal The Amusement Park DLC For SimCity Is Out Today


EA And Maxis have announced the Amusement Park DLC for SimCity is out now. available from the EA Origin Store for £7.99, players can now build and customise their own amusement park. there are 9 rides, 3 entry gates and 5 concession stands to play with. this DLC also brings 5 new missions to SimCity based around tourism.

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Tecmo Koei Reveal Their E3 2013 Line-up, 5 Games Across PS3, Xbox 360 And PS Vita


Tecmo Koei have revealed their E3 2013 Line-up:

YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z
[PlayStation®3, Xbox 360® / Early 2014]

DEAD OR ALIVE 5 ULTIMATE
[PlayStation®3, Xbox 360® / September 6, 2013]

DYNASTY WARRIORS 8
[PlayStation®3, Xbox 360® / July 12, 2013]

ATELIER MERURU PLUS: THE APPRENTICE OF ARLAND
[PlayStation® Vita / September 3, 2013]

TOUKIDEN
[PlayStation® Vita / Q4 2013]
 
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Feral Interactive Announce They Are Bringing Napoleon: Total War - Gold Edition To Macs On 3rd July


Feral Interactive have announced they are bringing Napoleon: Total War - Gold Edition, a game by Creative Assembly and Sega, to Macs on 3rd July. This Gold edition includes the main game, patches/improvements and DLC including The Peninsula Campaign and 3 Unit Packs. Also added is support for LAN and Game Center (when purchased from the Mac App Store). the game will hit both retail and digital and cost around $29.99/ £19.99 (inc. VAT)/ €24.99.



Minimum system requirements:
2.0GHz Intel Mac,
4.0GB RAM, 
256MB or better graphics card,
Mac OS X 10.7.5 or later. Mac OS X 10.8.3 is required for Game Center support (available to Mac App Store customers only).

The game does not support the following graphics cards:
ATI X1xxx series, ATI HD2xxx series, Intel GMA series, NVIDIA 7xxx series and NVIDIA 8xxx series. 
The following graphics cards require 8GB of system RAM: 
Intel HD3000, NVIDIA 9400, Intel HD4000 and NVIDIA 320M.
 
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Vivid Games Reveal Real Boxing For PS Vita, Coming This August On The PSN

Vivid Games have revealed Real Boxing, a downloadable game coming this August. built on the Unreal 3 engine, Real Boxing is a boxing simulation that has you creating a character and taking them from amateur to pro. Real Boxing will make use of the Vita's touch screens and there are a wide range of character customisation options. the game features commentary and the crowd reacts to how the fight is going.

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

March UK PC Charts; SimCity, BioShock Infinite, The Sims 3: University Life, StarCraft II: Heart Of The Swarm, Tomb Raider

Ukie and Ipsos MedicaCT have released the first official UK PC Chart that features both boxed/retail and digital sales of PC Games. this may not cover every digital retailer, but this is the most comprehensive PC chart. they have released a combined chart, individual charts for boxed and digital and they have also released DLC charts. these charts are for the month of March.


PC boxed & digital game sales combined (Units)
Rank
Title
Company
1
SimCity
Electronic Arts
2
Bioshock Infinite
2K Games
3
The Sims 3: University Life
Electronic Arts
4
Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm
Activision Blizzard
5
Tomb Raider
Square-Enix
6
Football Manager 2013
Sega
7
Battlefield 3
Electronic Arts
8
The Sims 3
Electronic Arts
9
Just Cause 2
Square-Enix
10
Far Cry 3
Ubisoft


March 2013
PC digital game sales (Units)
Rank
Title
Company
1
Bioshock Infinite
2K Games
2
SimCity
Electronic Arts
3
Tomb Raider
Square-Enix
4
Battlefield 3
Electronic Arts
5
The Sims 3: University Life
Electronic Arts
6
Just Cause 2
Square-Enix
7
Hitman Absolution
Square-Enix
8
Far Cry 3
Ubisoft
9
Football Manager 2013
Sega
10
Trials Evolution Gold
Ubisoft


March 2013
PC boxed sales (Units)
Rank
Title
Company
1
SimCity
Electronic Arts
2
Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm
Activision Blizzard
3
The Sims 3: University Life
Electronic Arts
4
Tomb Raider
Square Enix
5
Football Manager 2013
Sega
6
The Sims 3
Electronic Arts
7
Bioshock Infinite
Take 2
8
The Sims 3: Seasons
Electronic Arts
9
Guild Wars 2
NCSOFT Europe
10
Crysis 3
Electronic Arts


March 2013
PC digital full game sales (revenue)
Rank
Title
Company
1
SimCity
Electronic Arts
2
Bioshock Infinite
2K Games
3
Tomb Raider
Square-Enix
4
Battlefield 3
Electronic Arts
5
Football Manager 2013
Sega
6
Far Cry 3
Ubisoft
7
Crysis 3
Electronic Arts
8
Tomb Raider Survival Edition
Square-Enix
9
Assassin's Creed 3
Ubisoft
10
Guild Wars 2
NCSOFT Europe


March 2013
PC digital expansion game sales (revenue)
Rank
Title
Company
1
The Sims 3: University Life
Electronic Arts
2
The Sims 3: Seasons
Electronic Arts
3
Anno 2070 - Deep Ocean
Ubisoft
4
The Sims 3: Ambitions
Electronic Arts
5
The Sims 3: 70's, 80s & 90s Stuff
Electronic Arts
6
The Sims 3: Generations
Electronic Arts
7
The Sims 3: World Adventures
Electronic Arts
8
Anno 2070 DLC Complete Pack
Ubisoft
9
Sleeping Dogs - DLC Collection
Square-Enix
10
Total War: Shogun 2 - Rise of the Samurai Campaign
Sega


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