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Welcome to Geek Native's command centre for console gaming. This is your hub for the latest news, reviews, and discoveries from the biggest names in the business. We're plugged into the worlds of the Nintendo Switch, Xbox, and PlayStation to bring you highlights from the latest blockbusters and indie gems. If you mash buttons and explore digital worlds, this is your home for gaming culture. Power up and dive in.

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Continuing the archive of independent Console reporting (Archive Page 27).

Xbox 720 unveiling rumoured for May 21, $500

April 8, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Rumours abound that the next Xbox will be unveiled by Microsoft on May 21. It’s expected to cost $500 (£325) or $300 (£195) with a subscription model that requires a constant internet connection. The rumours are fuelled by Windows blogger Paul Thurrott who appears to have his mits on some insider briefing notes from Microsoft. […]

Filed Under: Console Tagged With: microsoft, playstation 4, xbox

Chronicles of Mystara combines two old school D&D scrollers

March 22, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

At PAX East Capcom announced Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara. Is this anything new? Not at all. This is very old. Chronicles of Mystara combine two ancient scroller beat’em ups from the Golden Axe era. In this case we’re talking about Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom and Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara. […]

Filed Under: Console, PC Tagged With: capcom, Dungeons & Dragons, PlayStation Network, trailers, Xbox Live

The PAX East Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers trailer is fiery

March 21, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Ignite your Spark! is the call to action fo the 2014 version of Duels of the Planeswalkers. This time the computer version of Magic: The Gathering is making itself available on Android as well as iPad, Xbox Live, Steam and PlayStation Network. If you’re lucky enough to be at PAX Easy then booth #562 is […]

Filed Under: Console, Mobile, PC, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: android, duels of the planeswalkers, ipad, magic the gathering, PlayStation Network, trailers, wizards of the coast, Xbox 360

Games Workshop signs with Zattikka for free to play Warhammer 40K Titan game

March 12, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Zattikka, the company behind games like Fantasy Kingdoms’ Cloud Village (app) and Fantsay Kingdoms (Facebook) and Syfy Monster Island (Facebook), has signed a license deal with Games Workshop to create a free to play, 3D isometric, game based on the Warhammer 40K Titans. The game will have single, multi-player and social gaming modes, support single […]

Filed Under: Console, Mobile, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Free to play, games workshop, warhammer 40k

Hyrule bank notes

March 11, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

These clever bank notes probably won’t be accepted by your local bank – not unless you’ve a lovely house in the ever so eventful Hyrule. I suspect they’d be far easier for either Link or Zelda to carry around thought given the ever present danger of a sudden swim they might be in constant threat […]

Filed Under: Art, Console Tagged With: Legend of Zelda, money

Regulators clear Activision Blizzard over any Nuketown 2025 wrong doing

March 6, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

UK regulators have found that Activision Blizzard did nothing wrong in how they advertised and later handled the pre-order bonus of the Nuketown 2025 bonus map for Call of Duty: Black Ops II for the Xbox. The authorities received official complaints about the advertising which argued that the map had been withdrawn too soon after […]

Filed Under: Console, PC Tagged With: activision, blizzard, call of duty, legal

Three minute summary of the PS4 news

February 22, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Warning: NSFW language. VideoGamerTV have put together this three minute summary of Sony’s PlayStation 4 news. It’s a funny take of the big news, with lots of swearing, that isn’t anti-PlayStation or Sony and yet still pokes fun at the gaming giant. I missed the live stream. I was stuck attending a business conference and […]

Filed Under: Console, Cool Tech Tagged With: humour, playstation 4, sony

Art and video from Destiny, the new sci-fi from Bungie

February 18, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Bungie, the creators of Halo, have teamed with Activision, the publishers of Call of Duty, to launch a new sci-fi, first person shooter called Destiny. Destiny makes use of a persistent and shared online world. The game is set in a distant future where players are Guardians of the last city on Earth. Action spans […]

Filed Under: Console Tagged With: bungie, destiny, playstation 4, previews, trailers, Xbox 360

Rumour: PS4 to miss Christmas bonanza in Europe

February 1, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Sony have a trailer for an announcement. This means a big announcement. The Internet assumes we’re getting the release date of the PlayStation 4. Expect weeks of rumours and whispers. Let’s start off; Edge Online are citing sources that are saying four interesting things. Launch will be before Christmas in Japan and US. Despite the […]

Filed Under: Console, Cool Tech Tagged With: playstation, playstation 4, sony

20th February: Is this the PlayStation 4 launch date? #playstation2013

February 1, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The video doesn’t say much; but it’s clearly PlayStation. The US PlayStation site has a sign up page that offers to let you be the first to know. It also clarifies the exact time of the news; Februrary 20th, 2013, 6pm EST. It may well be the PlayStation 4. Of course, it could be a […]

Filed Under: Console Tagged With: playstation, playstation 4, sony

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