Will be tweaked to adopt F2P model.

Nintendo recently announced that it was exploring the free-to-play model for its console and handheld systems. It seems that we now know which of the company's IPs will be the main testbed for the grand experiment. The answer might surprise you - it's Steel Diver.

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Ipswich knows how to rock, gamer style. It's annual not-for-profit arts and music festival, called Switch Fringe, has taken a rather unique direction with the town map included in its event programme. As you can see, the map has been designed like a Legend of Zelda stage.

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Mass problems cause SCE to investigate.

Sony has rolled out the latest PlayStation 3 system firmware - version 4.45 - but you might want to hold off on updating your console right now. According to overnight reports, the new software has the ability to completely brick your hardware.

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Cor, DriveClub looks a little bit of alright, doesn't it? It might look even better in motion if Evolution Studios can achieve what it's currently aiming for with the project - a smooth, 60 frames per second at 1080p resolution.

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Better get pre-ordering.

Sony is apparently feeling more and more confident that its PlayStation 4 console will be an instant hit come launch this holiday. SCEA boss Jack Tretton has become the second exec to state that demand for the new platform will exceed supply this Christmas.

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It's just having a slow start, that's all.

Warner Bros has Nintendo's back. Although the Wii U has taken a bit of a beating at retail and third party publishers are few and far between, the Mad Max publisher has pledged its continuing support for the platform.

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What is it!?!?!?!?!?!

Whatever happened to game publishers waiting until E3 to announce their new games? Namco Bandai is bucking the trend by teasing the upcoming reveal of a brand new PlayStation 3 game. Whatever it is, it's going to be fully unveiled in three days time.

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Proves yet what we all thought about Xbox One

The GAME Group is bucking the ongoing trends of hating Microsoft's Xbox One and hating hipsters from London and specifically from Shoreditch by opening a store in Shoreditch specifically to sell Xbox kit.

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Simply amazing artist creations from the Last of Us team

We're all aware that The Last of Us is pretty popular and not too bad too play right? Sure, it may have an autosave bug but that's in hand. Well here's where you get an inside look at some of its character models.

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We've got a new trailer for Lifeless Planet to put the willies up you a wee bit.

The game's an SF mystery from lone developer David Board, who has put the whole thing together using Unity Pro. It's getting released digitally and physically by Lace Mamba sometime in the third quarter of this year. It all looks a bit intriguing.
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PC physical sales decline is blamed.

Things haven't been looking too hot for the US video games market this past month. Physical software sales in May were down 44 per cent year-on-year, while new game launches generated nowhere near as much money as they did the year before. Is the summer drought to blame? NPD Group thinks it's more to do with the PC.
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New studio in Krakow.

These guys just don't stop! CD Projekt RED, the Polish developer behind The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077, has announced that it will be opening a brand new studio in Krakow and is working on two more projects. Blimey.

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Players complete games quickly and thus they get traded in.

Avalanche Studios founder and chief creative officer Christofer Sundberg has weighed in on the used games debate, suggesting that pre-owned is only a problem because many games offer little replayability.

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Also better system stability.

Nintendo has updated its 3DS StreetPass software, adding four new games to the passer-by service. These games add a few new ways to interact with those you walk past in town, but unlike Quest and Picture Swap these new additions are paid-for.

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Thousands of dollars worth of value in the $499 package.

Microsoft has defended the Xbox One's $499 price point, saying that the experience that the console offers amounts to thousands of dollars worth of value.

Xbox division boss Don Mattrick said in an interview with Bloomberg that the announced price - £429 in the UK - is actually a "lower number than some analysts had forecasted," and that Microsoft is "over-delivering value against other choices I think consumers can get.
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