Amazon Becomes Latest Retailer to Sell Out of PS4 & Xbox One
Amazon US has become that latest retailer to run out of next-gen stock after it announced it would no longer be taking pre-orders for day one editions of both the PS4 and Xbox One.
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Xbox One sells out at Best Buy
Best Buy is no longer accepting online pre-orders for the Xbox One as it has run out of its allocated pre-order stock.
Aaron Hernandez Dropped From Madden 25 & NCAA 14
Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez will be removed from both Madden 25 and NCAA 14 as he is currently faced with charges of murder.
PS4 Sells Out at GameStop
GameStop is no longer accepting pre-orders for the PlayStation 4 in the US as it has “sold out” of its allocation of launch units.
QWOP Launches on Android
The popular browser game QWOP has been ported to Android and is now available for a mere £0.62 or $0.99.
Cube World Alpha Launches as Official Site Gets Attacked
It has been a strange few days for indie developer Picroma. Last week they launched the paid alpha for Cube World. But mere hours after it launched their site was hit with a DoS attack.
Scan QR Codes Using Kinect on Xbox One
Microsoft has revealed that the Kinect which comes bundled with the Xbox One will be able to read QR codes. QR codes will also replace the massive 25 digit codes that are currently used on the Xbox 360 for redeeming items such as gold subscriptions, arcade games and DLC.
Microsoft Announces Next Free XBL Gold Game
The next free game that will be available free to Xbox Live Gold subscribers is Defense Grid: The Awakening a Xbox Live Arcade title that launched almost 4 years ago.
The War Z Gets a New Name
The War Z, the zombie MMO that launched to much controversy has been forced to change its name. The game will now be known as Infestation: Survivor Stories. The change has been made due to a trademark dispute with a un-named property which is most likely a conflict with World War Z the upcoming film starring Brad Pitt.
2 New Super Smash Bros. Games Announced
Nintendo has just revealed 2 new Super Smash Bros. games, one for the 3DS and one for Wii U. The new games will launch sometime in 2014 and both will be available digitally. Perhaps the biggest surprise during the announcement was the inclusion of Mega Man as a playable character. Appearing in his classic Blue Bomber iteration Mega Man showed off some of his moves that will be available to players in the games. Also announced as a new playable character was “The Villager” from animal crossing, who has the ability to dig pits to trap enemies and cut down trees to damage them. Other characters that were confirmed are Mario (obviously) Pikachu, Bowser, Pit, Princess Peach, Samus Aran, Fox McCloud and Donkey Kong. As well as characters a number of stages were also confirmed to be in the game, these include locations based on games such as the Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, Mega Man, Animal Crossing, Nintendogs and more. The gameplay shown appeared to remain true to the tired
Nintendo Announces Mario Kart 8
Today during its E3 Direct presentation Nintendo announced Mario Kart 8 for Wii U. Mario Kart 8 will launch in spring 2014 and contains many new features. Perhaps the most noticeable new feature is the anti-gravity courses, certain areas of some tracks in the game will feature anti-gravity where players will be racing vertically as well as along walls and buildings. Mario Kart 8 also features the usual group of playable characters with the likes of Mario, Luigi and Princess Peach shown in the trailer. Along with the returning characters there is many returning Karts, shown in the trailer were a variety of different Karts and Bikes, which both now feature hover blades to allow for anti-gravity racing. Also returning will be the much lauded online multiplayer modes, which were the highlight of Mario Kart 7 on 3DS. Mario Kart 8 will be shown in more detail throughout this week.
Two New Trials Games Announced
Ubisoft has announced not one, but two new Trials games which are coming in 2014. The first is Trials Fusion which is in development for Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS4, PS3 and PC which means an end to the Xbox exclusivity of the Trails series thus far. The second is Trials Frontier and is in development for mobile devices. Both of the games appear to have the traditional Trials gameplay but it remains to be seen if the traditional Trials difficulty will be carried across to the new games. Ubisoft also stated that the two games will interact with each other in some way although exactly how remains to be seen. This is not the first time developer RedLynx has developed for mobile as their game Motoheroz, which was very similar to trials, launched a few months ago and was quite good, hopefully they can build on that experience to create a truly amazing Trials game on mobile. You can take a look at the trailer for both games below.