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News Battleborn's Probably Maybe Possibly Going Free-to-Play Soon
Pitchford says no yes kinda
In news that would struggle to surprise even the late Cilla Black, Kotaku is reporting that Battleborn will be going free-to-play soon. This is something that Gearbox gaffer Randy Pitchford has already moved to deny, though his tirade of tweets are… Something to say the least. Writing on social media, the suit...
News 16 Minutes of Mafia III Gameplay Outlines Stealth and Gunplay
Either way will do
We've lost count of how many trailers 2K Games has released for Mafia III, but we're pretty sure that none of them have been as comprehensive as the video that we've embedded above. The clip contains around 16 minutes of gameplay from next month's sandbox crime-'em-up, highlighting the various ways that you can tackle missions...
News Mafia III Takes Aim at Free DLC and Three Premium Expansions
Lock and load
It looks like developer Hangar 13 has reasonably big plans for Mafia III after it launches next month, promising free downloadable content packs along with three premium expansions. The free stuff is largely what you'd expect - costumes, weapons, and extra vehicle customisation - but the studio also makes mention of races, which could...
News New Mafia III Gameplay Trailer Takes Justice Into Its Own Hands
Safety's off
Mafia III lead Lincoln Clay doesn't mess around, does he? The star of the game's latest trailer, we see Clay take down a ton of criminals, from lowly drug dealers to mob bosses and more. Sure, his methods may not be subtle - they appear to be of the 'shoot first, ask questions later' variety - but hey, he gets the job done. Of course,...
News Would You Kindly Watch Over 30 Minutes of BioShock on PS4?
All spliced up
Phwoar! These look good, don't they? 2K Games has released around ten minutes of footage from each game included in BioShock: The Collection, which is set to launch on the PlayStation 4 next month. And it's a reminder of just how unique these games were on the PlayStation 3. All three titles look amazing, but BioShock: Infinite's...
News Mafia III's Stunning Sixties Soundtrack Could Be the Best of the Open World Bunch
Rolling Stones, Beach Boys, James Brown, and more
We love a good licensed soundtrack in our games. Sometimes, a fitting selection of tunes can really solidify the feel of a release - the inclusion of Stan Bush's The Touch in Saints Row IV was inspired, for example - and with Mafia III, we've been hoping and praying for a stellar sixties soundtrack...
Gamescom 2016 Would You Kindly Watch This BioShock: The Collection Comparison?
Rapturous results
BioShock has, arguably, one of the greatest intros to a game ever. But it's about to get even better as part of BioShock: The Collection, the PlayStation 4 remaster of the PlayStation 3 classic. 2K Games has truncated the amazing opening, and uploaded a comparison with its new-gen version. The differences, as you may imagine, are...
Gamescom 2016 Mafia III Keeps on Truckin' with Heist Trailer
Carnival chaos
2K Games appears to be adopting the Ubisoft PR strategy for Mafia III: blanket the web with coverage and hope that people pay attention. This is the game's second trailer in almost as many days, but hey, we're probably the only ones keeping count. Fortunately, it continues to look fantastic – we love the cars, fashion, and time...
News Mafia III Is Looking Better and Better with Every Trailer
Mob bossing it
We've always been interested in Mafia III - we love the sound of premise and the look of setting - but it's this latest trailer that's officially pushed us into hype territory. The video gives us our best look at the game's open world yet, showcasing its different districts and what you can expect to find within them. Even if, at the...
News Mafia III's Main Character Is a Man on a Mission
Mob justice
From what we've seen of Mafia III so far, we're reasonably excited for the upcoming open world mob-'em-up, and while we have some reservations when it comes to the sequel's rather standard looking gameplay, we reckon that the setting and characters seem pretty interesting. Speaking of which, protagonist and Vietnam veteran Lincoln Clay...
News Evolve Will Be Playable for Free on PS4 Soon
Admits original release caused a "s***storm"
As expected, Evolve really is going free-to-play – but not on the PlayStation 4 just yet. While PC players will be able to download the complimentary client's beta starting today, fans of Sony's system will need to wait until Turtle Rock's got everything in order. Once it's satisfied with the PC...
News Is PS4 Shooter Evolve About to Go Free to Play?
Level up
Remember Evolve? It was that game by the ex-Left 4 Dead devs that won a slew of awards prior to release, and then was swiftly ignored by gamers and the media once it actually launched. Well, it looks like it's about to make a comeback – or at least try to, we suppose. Turtle Rock, the studio behind the shooter, has put a countdown on the...
News Finally, BioShock: The Collection Has Been Confirmed for PS4
All three games, all DLC in one package
It's about bloody time, eh? After months upon months of knowing fine well that it was coming, 2K Games has finally confirmed that BioShock: The Collection is bubbling up onto PlayStation 4. As expected, it'll include all three last-gen BioShock titles - BioShock, BioShock 2, and BioShock Infinite - along with...
News For the Love of Gaming Just Announce the BioShock PS4 Collection Already
Argh
BioShock: The Collection is happening - we've known that it's going to happen for months and months and months, yet 2K refuses to kick an official announcement out of the door and let us get on with dreary lives. This time, we go one step further into what is currently the worst kept secret in gaming, as thanks to Twitter user @lifelower's keen...
E3 2016 Mafia III Looks and Sounds the Part on PS4
The biz
We feel a little bit sorry for Mafia III. While competing titles are popping up in publisher or platform holder press conferences, Lincoln Clay and his cronies have been left to fend for themselves – earning only a spot during IGN's live coverage. Still, this 22 minute gameplay demo which debuted last night is surprisingly strong – it...
Live Watch Mafia III's PS4 Gameplay Reveal Right Here
An offer you can't refuse
Whoops, we only just spotted that this is going on: Mafia III's getting a live gameplay demonstration on the PlayStation 4 right now. We'll keep this article short so that you can watch on -- the game's looking pretty sharp, we must say.
News XCOM 2 Liberates PS4 from Alien Scum This September
Sci-fi sequel shoots for Sony's console
Despite whispers that XCOM 2 was going to avoid consoles and stick to its PC audience like the acidic blood of an ugly extraterrestrial, publisher 2K has revealed that the sci-fi sequel is indeed coming to PlayStation 4 – and you won't even have to wait that long. The strategy title is due to make contact...
News Mafia III's $150 PS4 Collector's Edition Includes Vinyl Records, Drinks Coasters
An offer you can't refuse?
You may need to stage your own racket to be able to afford Mafia III's collector's edition, but it'll be worth the effort without doubt. 2K Games has announced the game's obligatory limited edition set, which will launch on 7th October worldwide. At an eye-watering $149.99, the package is pricey – but it does come with a...
Genre blended meta growth
Back in 2014, Gearbox Software head honcho Randy Pitchford incomprehensibly described Battleborn as an "FPS; hobby-grade co-op campaign; genre-blended, multi-mode competitive e-sports; meta-growth, choice epic Battleborn Heroes". While no one could quite decipher just what he was going on about, it was safe to assume that...
News And Here's Battleborn's PS4 Launch Trailer
Sigh
The launch trailer for Battleborn is in. The game's due out on the PlayStation 4 next week.
News Borderlands 3 Teases Are One Way to Sell Battleborn DLC
The only way, maybe?
Gearbox has re-iterated that it will begin developing Borderlands 3 in earnest once it's wrapped up production of forthcoming MOBA mash-up Battleborn and its subsequent DLC. The developer reassured fans during a panel at PAX East overnight, announcing that Scott Kester – the art director on Battleborn – will fulfil the same...
News Let's Hope Mafia III Ends Up Being as Good as This Fantastic Release Date Trailer
The day it all goes down
Mafia III's on a mission to bring down the mob later this year on PlayStation 4, and to celebrate this no doubt brutal and bloody fact, the open world title's got a brand new gameplay trailer. Much like the previous CG reveal, the embedded clip combines fitting music, plenty of atmosphere, and some good old fashioned...
News The Battleborn Open Beta Is Up and Running on PS4
Lock and load
You can download and jump into the open beta for Battleborn right now on PlayStation 4 - just in time for the weekend. Weighing in at 8.2GB, it's not a particularly small package, but you'll probably want to get downloading it soon so that you can hop on for a night of gun-toting lunacy. The colourful co-op and competitive shooter...
News BioShock: The Collection Is Now PS4's Worst Kept Secret
American ratings reveal rapturous return
The bathysphere including official information on BioShock: The Collection has yet to surface, but that's not stopped the North American ratings board ESRB from temporarily classifying the forthcoming PlayStation 4 compilation. While the info's since been pulled, this is the third time that the t
News Borderlands Dev's Battleborn Beta Will Begin 8th April on PS4
Yay?
Gearbox Software's sense of humour may prompt more raised brows than a certain politician with an exuberant comb over here at Push Square Towers, but that doesn't mean we can entirely forget that Battleborn exists – much as we'd obviously like to. The developer's announced today that the MOBA-inspired first-person shooter will enter open beta...
News XCOM: Enemy Unknown Plus Goes into Battle on PS Vita
UFOh
This week's European PlayStation Store update is proving itself to be packed with unexpected treats: XCOM: Enemy Unknown Plus is out now on the PlayStation Vita. Fascinatingly, this game was never actually confirmed for the handheld;
News Would You Kindly Feast Your Eyes on BioShock PS4's Pretty Box Art?
Back in the bathysphere
This is now the worst kept secret in games: BioShock: The Collection is coming to the PlayStation 4. After leaking on approximately eight ratings boards, a Taiwanese classification site has now decided to upl
News Will Red Dead Redemption 2 Be Announced at E3 2016?
BioShock? Borderlands? Take Two's going big
Take Two, the company in charge of 2K Games and Rockstar, has hinted that it will appear at E3 2016 in a "big way". Strauss Zelnick, the organisation's head honcho, teased the tidbit in the latest issue of MCV, stopping short of revealing which titles it will have on display. It currently has three games...
News BioShock: The Collection PS4 Rating Reveals Rapture Return
Under the sea
We asked 2K Games if it would kindly make a BioShock remaster for the PlayStation 4, and it looks like it's responded. As if it ever had a choice, eh? There were rumours eons ago that BioShock: The Collection would wrench its way to Sony's new-gen system, but they never materialised. Now, though, the Brazilian rati
News 2K Games Takes a Tighter Grip on the WWE License
Handful
Tasuki told us to tell y'all: 2K Games has signed a "multi-year" deal with WWE ensuring that it will continue publishing sweaty men simulators for the foreseeable future. Tasuki also politely asked yours truly not to say anything derogatory during this article so that he doesn't have to clean up the comments section. It's the beginning of...
PSX 2015 Battleborn Bunkers Down with New Trailer
Battle-yawn! Right?
Gearbox Software may be building a brand new IP in Battleborn, but it's nice to know that it still thinks that screaming characters are teh funnies. During the big PlayStation Experience 2015 keynote yesterday, Randy Pitchford revealed the latest character to be added to its MOBA meets FPS hybrid: Toby, the Destroyer – a...
News Civilization Revolution 2 Settles on Vita from 3rd December
Rule the world
And just like that, Civilization Revolution 2 Plus has been announced for the PlayStation Vita. We've known about this game for an eternity, as its Trophies appeared on Sony's servers a little while back. But now it's been officially revealed, with a 3rd December release date for North America and Europe. Who
News Wow, XCOM: Enemy Unknown Plus Looks Set to Deploy on PS Vita
Western third-party support ain't so alien
Amid all of the negative news surrounding the PlayStation Vita, we totally missed this: XCOM: Enemy Unknown Plus looks set to release on Sony's flagship handheld format. The game was rated by the ESRB earlier in the year, and now a full batch of Trophies have appeared on the web. A similar thing happened
Rumour BioShock Collection Steps into PS4's Bathysphere
Would you kindly
We've chalked this up as a rumour for now, but you can send us to Rapture if it doesn't eventually happen. South African retailer Raru – we know, we know – has listed The BioShock Collection for release on the PlayStation 4. There's no original artwork so the retailer could just be acting presumptuously, but this series is...
News Oh Great, Now There's a Bloody Borderlands Movie
We're going to be sick
Few things are less funny than Borderlands, but we'd probably put having our eyeballs accidentally sucked out by a vacuum cleaner in the spot above. Still, that's not stopped Telltale Games from taking the title's non-existent fiction and turning it into the decent Tales from the Borderlands, so we suppose that the brand's...
Gamescom 2015 Mafia III PS4 Won't Shy Away from Strong Narrative
But there will be more to do
Mafia II was an open world game, but even in 2010 – before the likes of Grand Theft Auto V and The Witcher III: Wild Hunt – it was criticised for being sparse. The title's interpretation of the United States served as sublime window dressing to Vito Scaletta's story, but with so little to do in it, there were times...
Gamescom 2015 Borderlands Dev's PS4 FPS Battleborn Aims at February
Born to be wild
Gearbox Software's MOBA meets first-person shooter Battleborn will level up on 9th February, publisher 2K Games has revealed as part of a Gamescom 2015 trailer. The forthcoming PlayStation 4 affair will launch with a total of 25 playable characters, each packing unique weapons and skill trees. Much like in DOTA 2, you'll be able to...
Gamescom 2015 Here's Your First Look at Mafia III Gameplay on PS4
All along the watchtower
Mafia III has been officially announced. Developed by Hangar 13 and due out in 2016 on the PlayStation 4, you can catch the first trailer through here. The game casts you as mixed race mobster Lincoln Clay, who's out to get revenge on Italian gangsters in 1968 New Orleans. But while this is all interesting, how does it...
Gamescom 2015 Mafia III PS4 Trailer Hangs in the House of the Rising Sun
New Orleans, New Orleans
2K Games is aiming to pin a new face on organised crime in 2016, as Mafia III muscles its way onto the PlayStation 4 with an all-new protagonist: Lincoln Clay. Set in 1968, the mixed race mob leader will front a yarn all about inequality, as New Orleans serves as the backdrop for a story that both sounds ambitious and...
News Mafia III Will Make Your PS4 An Offer You Can't Refuse Next Week
Leave the gun, take this artwork
After an eternity being locked up in the back of some hoodlum's trunk, Mafia III will finally don its fedora in public next week. The official Facebook page for the franchise has updated its cover image with a single piece of artwork confirming a 5th August reveal. The shot shows four gangsters surrounding a tied up...
News Civilization Revolution 2 Plots an Uprising on PS Vita
Seemingly settling down on Sony's system
Do you know what the PlayStation Vita needs? Well, a few non-Japanese strategy games would be nice. The system's blessed with more tactical role-playing releases than you'll find in a Super Potato store, but when it comes to titles such as Tropico, it's a barren wasteland. And that's a shame, as its various...
News Battleborn's a PS4 Game for Every Kind of Badass
Pick your poison
If you're the kind of person that believes variety is the spice of life, then Battleborn may just be the PlayStation 4 game for you. Following a vague reveal in July last year, developer Gearbox has outlined its shooter-cross-MOBA in a little more detail, announcing that the full release will feature a whopping 25 characters for you...
News Publisher 2K Is Looking to The Future with Sci-Fi Title Tease
Adventurous
Hmmm, what do you make of this, then? 2K has just revealed what seems to be a brand new property in the form of a teaser website. The publisher had recently confirmed that it's working on a new AAA title, so this could well be our first glimpse. Supposedly named Advent, it looks as though it'll be some sort of sci-fi escapade, and we're...
News Borderlands: The Handsome Collection's PS4 Patch Is the Game's Funniest Joke
Just under 10GB
Ah, broadband – it's not like any of us have usage caps or anything. Gearbox Software doesn't seem to care, as it's dropped a jumbo patch for Borderlands: The Handsome Collection weighing in at a reported 9.2GB. The update – which is also available specifically for Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel on the PlayStation 3 – promises...
News Take-Two Says Battleborn Will Be at E3 in a Big Way
The game will have an accelerated character growth system
Gearbox Software's new game, Battleborn, is set to cause a bit of a ruckus at E3 next month – or at least, that's what the president of Take-Two Interactive, Gearbox's publisher, had to say. In the words of Mr. Karl Slatoff himself: "Battleborn is a first-person shooter with a deep roster...
News 2K Games' Unannounced PS4 Title Will Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse
Did someone say Mafia III?
Speaking during a financial meeting overnight, Take-Two has confirmed that label 2K Games is busy beavering away on an unannounced AAA title – presumably for the PlayStation 4. The organisation was referring to its forthcoming stable of software, and alluded to the "soon-to-be" revealed title with glee. "Throughout the...
News Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Developer Shuts Up Shop
Caught in a Claptrap
Ah, the brutal realities of AAA game development: Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel was a generally well received entry in Gearbox's lootin', shootin' series – but the developer no longer exists. Kotaku broke the news courtesy of an anonymous source, but publisher 2K Games has since confirmed the closure. "We can confirm that we...
DLC Review Is Evolve's DLC a Colossal Scam?
Monstrous pricing
Just over a month since we donned the monster hunting boots of Evolve, we're now greeted with the anticipated Hunting Season Pass and, for those of you who pre-ordered, the Monster Expansion pack. The core release was received in a rather mixed fashion by most – gleaning a solid if unspectacular 6/10 in our review – but with...
News 2K Games Restores NBA 2K14 Servers, Career Save Files Should Work Again
Slam dunk
It's always worth complaining when you feel that you've been treated unfairly, evidenced by the fact that 2K Games has restored the NBA 2K14 servers. Earlier, we reported that the basketball sim's online functionality had been shut down, and, despite reassurance that it wouldn't happen, players had their career save files deleted as a...
News Players Aren't Happy with 2K Games After Publisher Deletes NBA 2K14 Save Files
Slam dump
With a new game releasing each year when it comes to the big sports franchises, you can see why publishers are eager to shut down the online services of previous outings. However, 2K Games has managed to cock-up its recent shutting of NBA 2K14's servers, much to the dismay of its lasting user base. After assuring players that their career...
