Players of The Old Republic, which launched yesterday, are being forced to queue for hours at a time before getting to play BioWare's Star Wars MMOG.
In a lengthy post on the game's official forums, senior online community manager Stephen Reid warns that the situation will continue "for the foreseeable future," and asks for users' patience.
Microsoft has added the latest wave of video apps to Xbox 360, with UK customers now able to view content from Channel 4, Channel 5, and video streaming service Dailymotion, from their Xbox 360 dashboard.
Our February issue, which is on sale January 17, includes reviews of Soul Calibur V, Resident Evil Revelations, Infinity Blade II and Dear Esther, featuring in-depth Post Script articles on each.
Sony's new handheld, PlayStation Vita, boasts better battery life than that of Nintendo's 3DS.
A test carried out on the new portable, which was released in Japan on Saturday, found that the 3G model's battery ran out after three hours and 47 minutes of playing Uncharted: Golden Abyss.
Over a million copies of 3DS RPG Monster Hunter Tri G have been shipped to retailers since its release on December 10, publisher Capcom has announced.
The game, an updated version of 2009 Wii title Monster Hunter Tri, sold more than 470,000 units in its first week on shelves in Japan. Cumulative shipments of the whole series are now in excess of 20 million units.
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Sony over its attempt to block customers from filing class-action lawsuits against it.
Around 325,000 units of Sony's new handheld, PlayStation Vita, were sold in its first two days on shelves in Japan.
MCV is reporting that UK game retailers took £73.9 million during the past week on game sales alone.
The total number of games sold hit 2,978,493, which represents an increase over the previous week's figures. Year-on-year, however, sales were down compared to the same week in 2010.
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance is to release in 2012 exclusively on 3DS, with a storyline that will chart the beginning of the end of Kingdom Hearts' current storyline.
The game will feature two protagonists, Sora and Riku, "free-flow" action for fast and acrobatic play in environments and combat, and a recruitment system that allows you to capture Spirits to fight alongside you. Locations will include La Cité des Cloches from The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance is to release in 2012 exclusively on 3DS, with a storyline that will chart the beginning of the end of Kingdom Hearts' current storyline.
The game will feature two protagonists, Sora and Riku, "free-flow" action for fast and acrobatic play in environments and combat, and a recruitment system that allows you to capture Spirits to fight alongside you. Locations will include La Cité des Cloches from The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Remedy has released an extended trailer for its upcoming XBLA adventure Alan Wake's American Nightmare. The trailer features footage from the game's new Horde-style mode, Fight Till Dawn, in which the player must survive for ten minutes against increasingly powerful waves of enemies. You can read the full details on this mode in our latest issue, out now.
Rare is looking experienced and passionate server engineer to work on a brand new Kinect project. The role is based in Twycross and would see you join the engineering team tasked with producing cutting edge analytics, telemetry and in-game update solutions, and will work closely with Rare's artists, designers and program managers. Find all Rare's jobs here.
Blue Toad Murder Files and Buzz! developer Relentless Software has opened a new digital division that will focus on social and mobile games.
Even though Enemy Below was released as recently as 2000, it already feels like a strange relic from gaming’s ancient past. Handholding and instructions are kept to a minimum, while the rambling environments, built for Metroid-styled backtracking, are padded with a confusing muddle of dead ends and empty chambers, and it’s up to your memory, rather than a handy map screen, to keep track of where everything is.
From March 2012 the Louvre Museum in Paris will begin replacing its existing audio-guides with 3DS consoles.
The Louvre is the most visited museum in the world, attracting 8.5 million visitors annually, but just four per cent of these make use of the available guides. By offering familiar technology instead, museum officials hope to boost the number.
Nintendo is supplying 5000 3DS units to the museum and has developed the content in collaboration with the Louvre.
Cave’s maniac shooters have a fearsome – and entirely warranted – reputation for being among the toughest games you’ll ever play. Yet here, as with other recent iOS ports from the Shinjuku-based boutique developer, challenge does not come at the expense of accessibility. Even the name hints at a desire for inclusiveness: Bug Princess is undoubtedly a friendlier, more approachable moniker than the original Mushihime-sama.
Sony has added support for DualShock 3 to its PlayStation-certified Tablet S.
Pads will first need to be connected via USB to sync with the Tegra-2-powered device, but can then be used to play wirelessly.
The update is available now in Japan, and tablet owners can download an Ape Escape mini-game collection for free to try it out.
Tablet P, Sony's clamshell tablet, has not received the same update, however.
Crytek's Carl Jones has told us that he believes "the whole business of technology providing will change" as a result of new business models such as free-to-play.
The director of global business development for CryEngine made his comments during an interview which forms part of an in-depth feature in the latest issue of Edge on the current state of 3D engines.
Crytek's Carl Jones has told us that he believes "the whole business of technology providing will change" as a result of new business models such as free-to-play.
The director of global business development for CryEngine made his comments during an interview which forms part of an in-depth feature in the latest issue of Edge on the current state of 3D engines.
Anyone who’s ever lived in a block of flats with dodgy water pressure will know well the disappointment of having to make do with a tepid dribble from the shower head before work. It’s a problem Disney Mobile’s developers have clearly suffered with as well, as evidenced by iOS puzzler Where’s My Water? Though being Disney employees, their solution inevitably involves jaunty music, bright colours and anthropomorphised animals.
Anyone who’s ever lived in a block of flats with dodgy water pressure will know well the disappointment of having to make do with a tepid dribble from the shower head before work. It’s a problem Disney Mobile’s developers have clearly suffered with as well, as evidenced by iOS puzzler Where’s My Water? Though being Disney employees, their solution inevitably involves jaunty music, bright colours and anthropomorphised animals.
Starbreeze's upcoming shooter reboot of Bullfrog's classic Syndicate has been refused classification in Australia due to the game's violent content.
The Australian classification board's report states that the game contains content “unsuitable for a minor to see or play” and “violence that is high in impact”. The ability to harm civilians is also cited.
Sony's new handheld's figures from its two days on sale in Japan don't quite beat 3DS' launch, but represent half of its rumoured 700,000 initial shipment.
According to Famitsu's reporting of Enterbrain's Japanese sales figures for December 17 and 18, PlayStation Vita sold 321,407 units, compared to 3DS' 371,326 on its launch (February 26 and 27), and PSP's first day sales of 166,074 on December 12, 2004.
Our February issue, which is on sale January 17, includes reviews of Soul Calibur V, Resident Evil Revelations, Infinity Blade II and Dear Esther, featuring in-depth Post Script articles on each.
Our January issue, which is on sale now, features an extensive hands-on preview with Square Enix's new game, of which this interview forms part.