Ubisoft isn’t popular among PC gamers. I know this from listening to our station manager list their sins quite a bit. Bad ports of games originally on consoles, uPlay being a necessary element of actually being able to play any of their games and their stance of DRM hasn’t exactly endured them to many other PC gamers either.

However European boss Alain Corre says that the publisher is committed to improving how they deal with support for PC. He says that Ubisoft is already on track to making sure that the company has the support of the gamers for the platform through one-time activation for the PC games and by releasing games at the same time across all platforms, and that they are taking feedback from their players seriously.

“We recognise the importance and needs of PC gamers, and want to continue to improve how we create and support games for PC,” he told MCV at Gamescom.

The percentage of Ubisoft’s business that came from PC went up 4 percent last year, so he believes that they are already on the right path to better engaging with the PC market.

What do you think?

Fans of the Sims games might want to read this article, it could save you some disappointment later.

Previously it was announced that the next Sims game would not include toddlers or swimming pools, a decision that EA and Maxis tried to justify by saying that due to the new game engine they had made the game in. Of course, they said that pools could be added at a later date either as part of a DLC or as a free update. What they didn’t say though was that the new engine seems to have stopped them adding quite a lot more.

The people at ts4news.com put up a post earlier with a list of things that are either missing or in some way downgraded from the previous game, The Sims 3. It’s not a short list, not by a long shot. Divided into categories of Major Features that are Missing, Major Features Severely Curtailed, Other Missing Gameplay Features, Missing Objects, Crippled Game Features and a list of changes they can’t yet confirm, the list includes just under 90 features or objects that are missing or limited. These include the lack of aliens, acne, teens who look very similar to Adults and Elders (same heights), flat, limited number of lots, no terrain landscaping tools, no Mac release of the game at launch and much much more.

Go check out the full post linked below, and stay tuned into the news about this game to see if this correct. Because if it is, EA have made one heck of a limited new game engine for the Sims and that doesn’t bode well for the consumer.

TS4News.com “89 Features Missing from The Sims 4”: [x]

As everyone knows, the premise of Nintendo’s popular beat-em-up franchise Super Smash Bros. revolves around characters from several different Nintendo game series, who would never normally meet in their own games, coming together for an all-out brawl. But with the upcoming games Super Smash Bros. for 3DS / Wii U throwing not just more Nintendo characters into the mix such as the Wii Fit Trainer and the Animal Crossing human, but also entries from Namco (Pacman) and Capcom (Mega Man) joining too, Nintendo thinks it might be a good time for us to familiarise ourselves with the games behind the new names ahead of the official launch.

Nintendo UK and Nintendo of Europe today jointly announced a new promotion, cleverly – if lengthily – titled “Super Smash Bros. Character Sale: New Challengers“. Starting today (14th August) for one week, Nintendo gamers across the UK and Europe will be able to download select eShop titles for 3DS or Wii U featuring one of Smash’s more recent faces – from the old classics like Pac-Man and the six Mega Man NES titles, to more recent entries such as Animal Crossing: New Leaf – each at a generous discount ranging from 20% to 50% off the original eShop prices.

(Click to enlarge) These pictures, tweeted by Nintendo, show the games and discounts offered to gamers in the UK (left) and elsewhere in Europe (right).

Punch-out fighter Little Mac gets a double-billing with his two debut games, Punch-Out!! and Super Punch-Out!! both at 50% off. Mii Characters also get two seperate outings, with Wii U owners getting Wii Party U for 30% off (now £24.49 / €31.49); while 3DS owners get Tomodachi Life at 20% off (£27.99 / €31.99) – weirdly, this results in Wii Party U, which is normally five Euros more expensive than Tomodachi Life for the rest of Europe, actually becoming the better deal, now undercutting by just half a Euro.

With the surprising introduction of the Wii Fit trainer as a fighter, Wii U users exclusively get Wii Fit U for 30% off this week too (now £20.99 / €24.49). Meanwhile, 3DS owners get the double-whammy of Animal Crossing: New Leaf and Kid Icarus: Uprising also at 30% off each (£24.49 / €27.99 and £20.99 / €24.49 respectively). Always-hungry pill-popper Pac-Man gets his classic arcade outing reduced to 50% off for both 3DS and Wii U. Finally for all you Mega Man fans (yay!), prepare for a Mega week as all six of Mega Man’s original NES outings are 50% off on 3DS and Wii U as well.

As the new challengers prepare to square off against unfamiliar opponents in Nintendo’s arena, this week gives Nintendo fans the chance to play their histories for even less than before. Who are you backing?

So, the World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor live event just finished and we have the release date for Warlords of Draenor now…

13th November 2014!

The release date was dropped at the end of the reveal of the new game cinematic leading into Warlords of Draenor.

The trailer shows Grommash Hellscream stepping up to drink the deamons blood from Gul’Dan, however, unlike the events of The Burning Crusade, this time Garrosh (Grommash’s son) has forewarned Grommash of the treachery and Grommash throws away the deamon blood.   Mannanoth then appears for destroy them all for their failure, but Garrosh has bought future weapons and helps Grommash kill mannanoth, forever changing the future of Draenor and Azeroth!

you can watch the full new cinematic below:

The other new thing Chris Metzen from Blizzard showed off during the event, was the new 5 part Lore animated shorts, Lords of War!  Chapter 1, Kargath Bladefist and the birth of the Shattered Hand clan.

The mostly stylised motion comic design is very appealing and really conveys the story of this early boss in Burning Crusade (One I very much enjoyed taking down and getting his fist as a weapon 😀 )

These lore animated shorts will be released on a weekly basis, so stay turned for more of those

You can watch the first episode of Lords of War below:

See you all in Draenor!

(Thanks to Gamespot for the videos and the live stream!)

As gamers we always wonder about game releases. When is a game coming out? Is it going to be delayed? Is it worth pre-ordering or getting the special edition, or should I wait until it’s on its first sale? Is this game coming to any platform I own? We hope to hear news of any sort of confirmation, especially if it comes from an official source. So it’s always satisfying when we get that news, and when it’s a leak made by accident it somehow makes it better.

Earlier Konami accidentally posted confirmation that the latest Metal Gear Solid game will have a PC port on Steam. Before the Konami presentation at Gamescom. Oops. The link didn’t go anywhere, taking anyone clicking to it to an error page. It was also quickly pulled down but not before some people got screenshots like the one above. Hideo Kojima has since confirmed that the leaked confirmation was for real.

Good news for those Metal Gear fans who prefer to do their gaming on custom build PCs.