Next Xbox One Backwards-Compatible Game Arrives

The Xbox One's backwards compatibility program continues to grow. Yet again this week another title will be added to the list and that game is none other than Dead Space.

Batman: Arkham HD Collection to be released?

Eurogamer reports that the Batman HD Collection will go on sale June 10, with preorders opening tomorrow, April 19. If that is indeed the case, an official announcement may be imminent.

Play Expo 2016 Tickets - Available Now!

Tickets to PLAY Expo Blackpool are on sale now from our preferred ticket agent Eventbrite. You can choose single day or weekend pass options and the popular family pass is also available. Get the link here!

Dark Souls 3 is two DLC packs and a season pass

The Australian Xbox store has let slip a few unannounced Dark Souls 3 details. For starters, the game will launch alongside a season pass, which grants access to two DLC packs.

Thursday, 4 September 2014

Minimum Specs Revealed for Ryse On PC


Crytek has released the specs for Ryse Son of Rome which is due out on PC. Ryse can be pre-purchased now for £34.99 / €39.99 / $39.99 on Steam and you will be able to play on October 10th. Ryse will have be able to work in 4k resolutions and will include all the DLC released so far. Pre-purchases will also receive a digital download of the game's soundtrack.

The full list of minimum and required specifications is as follows:



Minimum specs

  • OS - Windows Vista SP1, Windows 7 or Windows 8 (64bit) 
  • Processor - Intel Dual-Core 2.8 GHz/ AMD Dual-Core 3.2 GHz or better 
  • Memory - 4GB RAM 
  • Graphics - DirectX 11 graphics card with 1GB video RAM 
  • DirectX - Version 11 
  • Hard Drive - 26GB available space 
  • Sound Card - DirectX compatible Sound Card with latest drivers

Recommended specs

  • OS - Windows Vista SP1, Windows 7 or Windows 8 (64bit) 
  • Processor - Intel Quad-Core or AMD Octo-Core 
  • Memory - 8GB RAM 
  • Graphics - DirectX 11 graphics card with 4GB video RAM 
  • DirectX - Version 11 
  • Hard Drive - 26GB available space 
  • Sound Card - DirectX compatible Sound Card with latest drivers

Tuesday, 2 September 2014

Titanfall To Get Update Number 6

Titanfall's sixth game update will go live for Xbox One and PC players on Tuesday. There will be a host of new game modes including 'Pilot Skirmish' which which removes Titans and AI opponents completely from the battlefield. Other highlights of the update include new features for colorblind players, a new Burn Card, Auto Fill options for the Burn card menu, and other improvements

Here's the full list:



New Features (All Platforms)

Pilot Skirmish is the New Featured Game Mode - Pilot Skirmish is an 8v8 mode with no AI and no Titans. Due to the difference in player sizes with the rest of the game modes, Pilot Skirmish will not be among the game modes played when choosing Variety Pack playlist.
Marked For Death is Now its own Permanent Game Mode! - When we first introduced Marked For Death, we were planning to rotate it out for another mode after a couple of weeks, but the enduring popularity of the mode convinced us to bring it on full-time. There will now be a Marked For Death playlist to choose from, along with custom Marked For Death loadouts to unlock.
Added Modes for Colorblind Titan Pilots - Three colorblind options (protanopia, deuteranopia, and tritanopia) have been added. They affect IFF glows, crosshair colors, and names above heads.
Pssst...wanna buy a burn card? - Black Market Daily Deals now include the ability to buy individual Burn Cards from a limited, ever shifting stock. These items are in short supply, so prices may vary.
Gambling is for Winners - Roll the Dice is a new ultra-rare Burn Card that gives you the ability to tap into your entire deck from inside a match. It's the Fabergé Egg of burn cards if you will.
Burn Card Auto Fill - Toggle the new Burn Card Auto Fill option in the Burn Card Menu and it will automatically fill empty Burn Card slots for you. Never fight empty-handed again.
Late to the Game - Joining late is no longer penalized. If you join a match that is more than half way over and your team is not winning, a loss will not be counted on your record. If the match is a win for your team, we'll count it as one. We've also added a warning message noting you will receive a loss on your record by leaving a match in progress.

Improvements and Optimizations

FX Optimizations - Optimizing effects processing and moving more effects rendering work onto additional CPU cores is a good thing. So we did that.
Matchmaking - Faster searching, improved team balancing, increasing the likelihood of being in full games, and drastically lowering the chance of having lopsided (e.g. 6v3) matches.
- The score is now shown in the center of the screen at the end of each Last Titan Standing round.
- New HUD Icons for team Titan counts and players using Burn Cards have been added. Last Titan Standing now shows the number of Pilots left alive on each team.
- New voiceover for Round Won and Round Lost events as well as noting whether the gap between the teams' scores is increasing or decreasing.

Gameplay Changes

- Titans no longer show up on the minimap when they dash.
- Atlas and Stryder melee damage values have been switched to mirror their original design intent. The Titan melee damage order is now: Stryder, Atlas, Ogre from least to most. This is also consistent with the hierarchy of damage for the Big Punch mod.
- To stem the influx of Burn Cards at higher levels, the Bonus XP-to-Credits conversion rate for max level players has been adjusted.
- As part of the pan-galactic stimulus package, credits for selling rare Burn Cards have been increased from 200 to 400.


Bug Fixes (All Platforms)

- For the Black Market we slightly reduced the chance to get rare cards in the Standard Pack, and increased the number of rare cards in the Premium Pack from 4 to 5.
- The Auto-Titan vortex effect should no longer orient incorrectly.
- Fixed the shotgun, vortex fireback, and arc cannon bypassing Titan shields when used against a Pilot doing a friendly rodeo.
- The map Export no longer contains areas where you can shoot through covered windows.
- Grenades should now be better at predicting their movement at high frame rates.
- Fixed a rare crash bug on Demeter in Campaign mode.

Bug Fixes (Xbox One)

- Fixed issue where a user couldn't sign in to Titanfall if there is a second account on the system which has access to Titanfall DLC content which the first user doesn't.
- Fixed incorrect leave game dialog behavior when in a party.
- Connecting a SmartGlass device to the X1 while Titanfall is running should no longer cause a crash.
- You should no longer be able to get behind walls when rodeoing a Titan that is ejecting on Relic.
- Titan OS no longer says that you are being attacked by an Enemy Pilot when you are inside an enemy Dome Shield.

Bug Fixes (PC)

- Fixed incorrect leave game dialog behavior when in a party.

Coming Soon in a Future Update

- New game modes including Wingman Last Titan Standing.

Beyond: Two Souls Could Come To PS4


Beyond: Two Souls could be coming to the PlayStation 4 that is if speculation is right. A list of Trophies has been released. Sony has yet to confirm if it is planning to publish a next-gen edition of the game, speculation has been rife since July when two retailers listed a PS4 remastered version. 

The Trophy tracking games site Exophase has published what it claims to be awards for the PS4 edition. Beyond: Two Souls wouldn't be the first game to get a remastered release with the critically acclaimed 'Last of Us' getting a re-release on the PS4.
This type of release seems to be a growing trend with games like Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition and more recently Saints Row 4 getting a release.

Monday, 1 September 2014

Zelda Sale On Nintendo EU Shop


Nintendo has released details about this weeks Nintendo E Shop update showcasing all the latest titles that have been added to download. The highlight is a sale on all Zelda games.

To celebrate the release of Hyrule Warriors Nintendo will be making available a different selection of Zelda games every week at discounted prices.


Players who have previously bought and downloaded a Zelda title on Wii U or 3DS before will be able to purchase the digital version of Hyrule Warriors at a reduced price of £35.99 / €44.99 instead of £39.99 / €49.99.

Wii U

  • Cubemen 2 (Nnooo) - £6.99 / €7.99
  • Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (NES Virtual Console) - £3.49 / €4.99
  • Gargoyle's Quest II: The Demon Darkness (NES Virtual Console) - £3.49 / €4.99

3DS

  • European Conquerer 3D (Circle Entertainment) - £3.99 / €2.99
  • Mega Man Xtreme (GBC Virtual Console) - £3.49 / €4.99
  • Rytmik World Music (Cinemax) - £1.79 / €1.99
  • Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call demo (Square Enix) - Free

Zelda sale

All discounts last until September 11 at midnight UK time
  • The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD (Wii U) - £32.99 / €39.99 (was £49.99 / €59.99)
  • The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (3DS) - £25.99 / €29.99 (was £39.99 / €44.99)
  • The Legend of Zelda (Wii U, NES Virtual Console) - £2.44 / €3.49 (was £3.49 / €4.99)
  • The Legend of Zelda (3DS, NES Virtual Console) - £2.44 / €3.49 (was £4.49 / €4.99)
  • Zelda II: The Adventure Of Link (Wii U, NES Virtual Console) - £2.44 / €3.49 (was £3.49 / €4.99)
  • Zelda II: The Adventure Of Link (3DS, NES Virtual Console) - £2.44 / €3.49 (was £4.49 / €4.99)

Bloodborne Release Date Announced


Another announcement coming out of the TGS press conference,is that Bloodborne’s release date has been revealed. The game will launch in Japan only on February 5th, 2015. No other territory's have been announced as of yet.

Bloodborne is a collaboration of Dark Souls developer 'From Software' with assistance from Sony-owned Japan Studio. The game will follow in the foot steps of Demon's Soul's and Dark Soul's. Bloodborne will be a PS4 exclusive.

PS4 Getting Theme Support


News that came out of Sony's TGS press conference confirms that the PS4 will be getting theme support, similar news was also revealed for the Vita, which will also be getting custom themes once Vita firmware 3.30 launches. Custom themes for both PS4 and Vita are going to be modeled on the same system to PS3 has been using. 

All of this and more will be due in the 2.0 update. Other substantial features promised in addition to custom theme support, most notably direct video upload to YouTube, custom friend-finding options, and something called Share Play, which allows players from around the world to collaborate on completing a game together.

Sunday, 31 August 2014

Saints Row 4 Getting Next Gen Release

An updated version of Saints Row 4 is set to be released on PS4 and Xbox One next year, developers Volition and High Voltage Software announced at PAX on Friday. The title will include all previously released DLC for $29.99, and it will release in North America on January 27 with a European release shortly after though nothing has been announced as of yet. Saints Row 4: Gat out of Hell, a standalone expansion which sends the gang to hell to battle Satan's army and Old Scratch himself. It will release alongside the new-gen version of Saints Row 4 for $19.95.

Super Meat Boy Forever Announced

Team Meat's recently teased a new project, 'A Voyeur for September' which turns out to be a Super Meat Boy endless runner game. The developer made the announcement at the PAX expo on Friday, where there was a playable demo of the game.

A video recently appeared on Joystiq which you can check out below. The game will use the same game play as the first however it will now be a runner game which will get harder as the gamer progresses. No such release date has been announced as of yet although the developers have said "it will be released when it's done".

Tuesday, 19 August 2014

Transformers coming to Play Expo



Stars of the original live action transformers movie Bumblebee and Barricade will be making their way to Manchester for a special appearance at Play Expo. Both vehicles will be on display in the screen.play area of the main hall. Whether you side with the Autobots or the Decepticons, or you just love beautiful American muscle cars this is a fantastic opportunity, so make sure you bring your camera!

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Game of Thrones appearing at Play Expo

Winter is coming to Play Expo and with it, the Iron Throne. At the Expo they will have the Iron Throne from the smash HBO TV series Game of Thrones at Play Expo and we will be running professional photo shoots for anyone who would like their picture taken on the seat of kings. Why not come in cosplay as your favourite GoT character and have your photo taken on the actual Iron Throne? Professional photo opportunities will be available at various times over the weekend and can include a 6×9 glossy print for £5.

More GoT news to follow in the coming weeks…


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Sunday, 10 August 2014

Play Expo - Heroes and Villains of Star Wars

Red Five standing by for incoming transmission…

“Darth Vader to carry out surprise inspection of Starship Event City. The Sith Lord will be accompanied by notorious bounty hunter Boba Fett. Rebel Alliance preparing to send R2D2 to carry out reconnaissance on the Empire’s plans.”

Dave Prowse, Jeremy Bulloch and Kenny Baker are the latest guests to be confirmed for the screen.play feature of Play Expo 2014. All are best known for their roles in the Star Wars series of films, as Darth Vader, Boba Fett and R2D2 respectively.

Dave and Kenny will be appearing on Sunday 12th October, whilst Jeremy will appear on Saturday 11th. All three will be available for photo-shoots and autographs priced at £15 each.

As well as the personal appearances, Play Expo will feature a celebration of the best Star Wars video games and other surprises.

More guests will be confirmed shortly.

Play Expo takes place on 11/12 October at EventCity, Manchester. Tickets are on sale now and available through the expo website www.playexpo.net.


Dave Prowse, MBE is an English bodybuilder, weightlifter and actor, best known for playing the role of Darth Vader. In Britain, he is also remembered for parts in A clockwork Orange, The Tomorrow People and as having played the Green Cross Code man.


Jeremy Bulloch is an English actor best known for the role of the bounty hunter Boba Fett in the original Star Wars trilogy. He has appeared in numerous British television and film productions, including Doctor Who and Robin of Sherwood.


Kenny Baker is an English actor and musician. He is best known for playing R2-D2 in the Star Wars movies and has also appeared in The Elephant Man, Time Bandits, Willow, Flash Gordon, Amadeus and Jim Henson’s Labyrinth.

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Guest Speaker Charles Cecil

Charles Cecil MBE, the visionary head of Revolution Software who created classic adventure games such as Broken Sword, Lure of the Temptress and Beneath a Steel Sky will be appearing at Play Expo on Saturday 11th October.

Charles will take to the stage to discuss a subject close to his heart – Engaging with your audience. He will also recount his personal history of the adventure game, from the 1981 ZX81 game Inca’s Curse through to 2014′s episodic title Broken Sword: The Serpent’s Curse.

Charles is a superb public speaker and one of the heroes of the British video games industry. In 2006, he was awarded the status of “Development Legend” by Develop. He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen’s 2011 Birthday Honours for services to the video game industry


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