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An ultra-premium version of the next Batman title has been pulled days before the game’s release. The Batman Arkham Knight Batmobile Edition was the highest-tier offering available for Warner Bros’ upcoming superhero adventure, with a price tag of 169.99. What does that cost amount to? Well, those willing to stump …
Read More »Batman Arkham Knight cape and cowl exhibition coming to London later this month
The Dark Knight is to become the centrepoint of a new art show headed to London. In the lead-up to the release of Batman Arkham Knight on June 22nd, Warner Bros has partnered with 20 contemporary artists and media celebrities to reimagine the superhero’s iconic cape and cowl. Celebrities including …
Read More »Warner Bros pulls plug on MOBA Infinite Crisis
Free-to-play title struggled to gain traction early on
Read More »Warner Bros producing Lego Worlds game to compete with Minecraft – rumour
Warner Bros and Lego are collaborating on what appears to be a Minecraft competitor in Lego Worlds. An image posted on the Eurobricks forums shows a flier advertising the upcoming game reading Explore. Discover. Create.” The ad indicates Warner Bros is publishing and TT Games is developing the title. There’s …
Read More »PS3 and Xbox 360 Mortal Kombat X won’t make June release – report
It seems that the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 SKUs of Mortal Kombat X will not be out on their intended June 6th release date. A number of retailers have changed the game’s listing from the above date to TBC, or simply removed the date altogether. Kotaku is also reporting …
Read More »LEGO Jurassic World to arrive alongside the film
Warner Bros’ video games adaptation of upcoming summer movie Jurassic World will arrive on the same day as the film. Both movie and game will hit UK shelves on June 12th. That release date applies to all platforms – PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U, PC, 3DS and …
Read More »Doctor Who and The Simpsons now confirmed for LEGO Dimensions
A number of new brands destined for LEGO Dimensions have been leaked via the LEGO website. Although the pages have now been removed, images of the instruction manuals for a number of sets have confirmed that Doctor Who, The Simpsons and Jurassic World will at some stage be headed to …
Read More »ESL’s Mortal Kombat X Fatal 8 event attracts big viewer numbers
Mortal Kombat has made its mark in the competitive eSports scene following the success of the ESL’s Fatal 8 tournament. The four-hour tournament totalled over 200k hours watched with peak concurrent viewers of 85,449. There were also official viewing parties in both London and Paris, while #Fatal8 trended on Twitter …
Read More »Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor gets Game of the Year Edition release
Warner Bros has announced a Game of the Year release for its Lord of the Rings outing Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor. As is the way with such things, the SKU will contain the main game and all of its post-release DLC including The Lord of The Hunt and The Bright …
Read More »Batman: Arkham Knight season pass costs £32.99
Warner Bros has, three months ahead of the game’s release, announced that the Batman: Arkham Knight season pass will cost 32.99. For the money gamers will get access to what is described as six months’ worth of post-release content including new story missions, additional super-villains invading Gotham City, legendary Batmobile …
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