Not exact matches
In our annual ranking of the year's best video games, get a list of 2013's best and worst releases by
platform, view a comparison of the various game
consoles, and find
out which title earned Metacritic Game of the Year honors.
Fans of retro-esque (is that even a word)
platform games have something new to play on Microsoft's
console, but it's not
out for a few weeks: --LRB-
With Bethesda's upcoming AAA game lineup, including The Elder Scrolls Online, Wolfenstein: The New Order, and The Evil Within, all skipping
out on Wii U
platform launches, one might wonder where all of the third party support for Nintendo's
console is going.
It's clear by now that the
console has reached saturation, and the Nintendo Switch sucking
out the air
out of all other
platforms isn't really helping.
Consoles will get the patch too, starting with Nintendo Switch, and due to its size, the Stardew Valley multiplayer patch «will take a while to roll
out» to each
platform.
Horns of the Reach Now
Out on All
Platforms The new «Horns of the Reach» DLC for Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) launched on Mac and PC in the middle of August, but it took a couple more weeks for it to arrive on the
consoles.
Our direction was to center the game on a
console that anyone can pick up and play, then gradually expand
out to other
platforms.»
Now Sonic Team has released its latest
console offering, Sonic: Lost World, a Wii U
console exclusive
platforming game that sees the titular hero once again battling it
out with the nefarious Dr. Eggman, and it seems with this release they don't give a damn what they change or who gets mad about it!
If you were one of the Xbox gamers feeling left
out because Nine Parchments was available on all the other
consoles /
platforms, well feel left
out no longer as the indie co-op magical blaster is hitting...
Coming
out of a generation where Nintendo were king of the hill, both on
console and handheld
platforms, the world was shocked that the 3DS stumbled
out of the gates.
Since this will be the first home
console game since Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn for the Nintendo Wii in 2007 (or 2008 if you're in PAL territories) it has the opportunities to really carve
out a stunning visual style appropriate for HD resolutions, but at the same time still be a great tactical RPG for a
platform that can be played on the go.
If not who's to say consumers won't go
out and buy that game for the other
platform, especially if they own more than one
console.
I own all the
platforms, except Wii: U, that way I don't miss
out on any games, but if I had to choose, or recommend, it would easily be
consoles.
«Every aspect of the game had to be better, richer in gameplay, and more fluid — and knowing that we were launching on the same
platforms meant that we could focus on extracting the most
out of those
consoles and making the game as fantastic as possible.
Because I'm sure there's well over 100million
out there versus all 3
console platforms combined.
Microsoft while smart to support its own
platforms... is quite correct in being why leave
out its core
platform outside of
console gaming
out in the cold... no problem but the main problem Microsoft is facing is just like any «PC» for the living room has faced since its been tried to make the «Living Room PC» the main compute entertainment
platform for the living room is that like it has always been for the pas 30 + years, majority of consumer's do not want a PC in their Living room!
@Kribwalker2h ago [@joerc So by your logic, which is rediculous by the way, this gen MS has Xbox and windows 10 devices as they are providing games on both
platforms much like Sony was in the PS3, ps2 and vita, so MS market share is way beyond Sony this gen with more then 350million windows 10 devices already
out there by July] So PC now count as game
consoles now?
From the
console constantly selling
out and reports of games being ported to it, selling more copies on Switch compared to other
platforms, and Nintendo's latest financial results revealing just how popular their million seller titles are, the Switch is even more of a success than most would realize.»
The Avatar project will be coming
out on PC and
consoles, with no specific
platforms or launch date revealed yet.
When the original Killzone came
out for PS2 on November 2nd, 2004, we had no way of knowing its red - goggled antagonists would go on to invade four additional
console platforms, five more Killzone games, nine other PlayStation titles, a toy line, a novelization and a manga.
The retail market for Windows PC games gradually dried
out in the early 2000s, as the benefit of not having to pay a
platform holder to publish a game was offset by piracy, usability problems present with non-standard hardware and retailers like GameStop putting emphasis on the used
console game market (GameStop does not buy and sell used Windows PC games).
If you're a PC only player I can't really think of anything better
out on the
platform, but
console players really shouldn't waste their time with this.
The increasing complexity of games and the rising development costs were offset by the advantage of not having to run a game past a
platform holder like Sony, Sega or Nintendo and pay them a license fee for putting a game
out on their
consoles.
Look, we can sit here and mete
out the differences between each iteration of the
consoles, but we really don't want to be here all day — so, instead we're going to compare the entire ecosystem of each
platform.
Like with therecently announced Windows Edition and the Pocket Edition, if they're going to release something for Nintendo's hybrid
console, they want to make sure that they'll capitalize on the
platform's characteristics, bringing
out the most of it.
We'd love to put it on all the
consoles and once we have the announced
platforms supported, we'll be branching
out and putting Shovel Knight on as many other
platforms as possible!
If you were one of the Xbox gamers feeling left
out because Nine Parchments was available on all the other
consoles /
platforms, well feel left
out no longer as the indie co-op magical blaster is hitting...
With so much time having passed in between those two launches and Rise of the Tomb Raider's impending launch on PS4, it does make you wonder how the game will look and play on PS4 Neo, assuming it comes to the
platform, should all of the rumors surrounding the new
console's release date turn
out to be true.
Fans of retro-esque (is that even a word)
platform games have something new to play on Microsoft's
console, but it's not
out for a few weeks: --LRB-
As it turns
out, Kingdom Come Deliverance fans on all
platforms will have to wait a little longer before update 1.4.3 releases as the certification process on
consoles has been restarted.
The fighter will utilize Epic Games» Unreal Engine 4, and while specific
platforms weren't announced, the Mishima family will likely be beating the snot
out of one another in more detail than ever, thanks to new - gen
consoles.
While the Nintendo Switch hardware would be capable of running the game, Blizzard states that it makes it more difficult to add another
platform» Our first couple of patches would come
out on PC first and then later on the
consoles,» he explained.
Watch Dogs is
out in November for current and next - gen
platforms, and the demo is running on a high - end PC specced
out like next - gen
consoles.
Last week, Head of Xbox Phil Spencer brought journalists, YouTube personalities and Twitch streamers to San Francisco to try
out firsthand so of the
console's most anticipated spring titles and
platform updates.
I appreciate the way you carefully worded your comment «microsoft actually managed to have as many copies of destiny
out there for its
consoles as sony (~ 1.2 m each),» because it acknowledges that Destiny didn't sell as many copies on Xbox
platforms because it could be picked up for free during last weeks sales promotion.
On the other hand, he did not single
out Nintendo's new
console, but he simply mentioned that «other
platforms» — meaning any other
platform, not just the Switch — might be considered after the PS4 and Xbox One versions are released.
Original Sin was quickly followed up by the Enhanced Edition, which saw the game released on
consoles with controller support, along with a richer endgame, a more fleshed -
out narrative and tweaked combat for all
platforms.
Late last week Valve put
out a press release giving us some more details on their upcoming
console platforms.
There's no mention on Xbox One and it probably won't come
out on that
platform since it's a
console exclusive.
Whether a person is new to this generation of
consoles, looking into owning multiple
platforms, or completely new to video games as a whole, the first thing they do is check
out what exclusive games each
platform has to offer.
The 5th Cell originally started
out by cutting its teeth on mobile game development in association with THQ before coming into its own and delving into AAA game development on portable and home
console platforms.
With that said, if we end up in a situation where we've passed on one of the
console platforms and PC, but for some reason, the other
console platform is lagging behind, we'll probably make a game - time decision of saying «hey, we might need these changes
out for where we can get them».
In addition to cross-platform play on
platforms like the Xbox One and the PC, and with Xbox One - Playstation 4 cross-platform play a possibility, we may also be seeing Rocket League come
out in 4K in order to capitalize on the upcoming Xbox One Scorpio and Playstation 4 Neo
consoles, both of which have been announced in the past few months.
If you were one of the Xbox gamers feeling left
out because Nine Parchments was available on all the other
consoles /
platforms, well feel left
out no longer as the indie co-op magical blaster is hitting Xbox One on 7th March.
And it was something that would be able to fit on all the
platforms, so it is an average
out of what all the
consoles and devices can do.
«I always thought Snake Pass would be great fit for a Nintendo
platform but I never dreamed it would come
out so close to the launch of their brand - new
console!»
Those who may have missed
out on The Game Bakers» hack - and - slash boss rush game Furi back when it originally launched in 2016 now have another
platform they can play it on: Nintendo's Switch
console.
But my biggest beef was during combat; I was expecting bad guys to be dealt with in QTE fashion, which usually is a cheap way
out on
consoles with it comes to delivering complex, action - oriented set - pieces, but again makes total sense on smaller, more limited
platform like the iPhone.
We hold
out hope that this rumor is true as Pokemon will surely move
consoles quicker than Tetris gets ported to every
platform.
Not only does the company re-release classic NES titles for every new
platform it launches, but it's now come
out with a
console resembling the original NES (complete with a range of built - in games).