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Newsround #86 (25/02/14) – Xbox Price Cut, The Last of Us Sequel and Console Wars

by on February 25, 2014
 

Newsround is a bi-weekly show at 2pm, here on GodisaGeek. I, Colm Ahern, give you the run-down on the most note-worthy stories and rumours from every Tuesday & Friday, and you watch it with glee/hatred depending on how black your heart is.

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On today’s show:

  • Nosgoth is F2P, but not PTW (CVG)
  • Jack Bauer prematurely reveals new Mortal Kombat (IGN)
  • South Park censored in Europe (MCV)
  • GOG to add regional pricing for some games (PCGamesN)
  • Double Fine community developing rejected prototype (IGN)
  • Oculus Rift orders temporarily stopped due to component shortage (Gamespot)
  • Amazon’s set-top box/console apparently out in March (MCV)
  • Wii Sports getting packed in with Wii U in Japan (Siliconera)
  • Strong rumours that Final Fantasy VII remake is happening (VG247)
  • Twitch is now playing Zelda (Polygon)
  • Papers, Please creator talks about Vita version (Vg247)
  • Deus Ex: The Fall is coming to Steam (CVG)
  • Gearbox isn’t happy about Duke Nukem: Mass Destruction (GameInformer)
  • Dean Hall leaving DayZ development team (Eurogamer)
  • There’s going to be a Sega V Nintendo movie and…Sony is doing it (Kotaku)
  • PS4 sells 300,000 in its first two days in Japan (VG247)
  • Gran Turismo 5 DLC no longer available after April 30 (Joystiq)
  • 50/50 chance there’s a Last of Us sequel (Kotaku)
  • Xbox has a new boss (Eurogamer)
  • Titanfall Xbox bundle leaked… (Videogamer)
  • …then officially announced, along with a price drop (CVG)
  • Now, GameStop is offering it for even less (Videogamer)
  • Also, Twitch streaming comes to Xbox One on T-Day (VG247)