Earlier this year, PlayStation teased us with plans to announce a “big remake” around this coming Christmas. New information released implying it may well be a remake of the Square Enix title Chrono Cross.

A Brief History on The Chrono Series: These games are a JRPG (Japanese Roleplaying Game) series set in a world of fantasy, magic, turn-based action and well-written stories. The most famous of the games is arguably the first, Chrono Trigger, which included art design by Akira Toriyama (mangaka behind the Dragonball series and Dr Slump). The Jeremy Jahns review of Chrono Trigger is a great one.

What’s the news? I’m so glad I asked! On a podcast episode with the lads at XboxEra, Nick Baker claimed the “big remake” mentioned by folk singer Éabha McMahon is indeed a remaster of the sequel/spin-off to Chrono Trigger from the original PlayStation era. Baker also claimed the project will be accessible across multiple consoles- THANK GOD! To paraphrase Ben Crowshaw on the topic, “console exclusivity isn’t about making a good game, it’s holding a good game hostage from everyone else”!

A Chrono Cross Remaster was also teased in the Nvidia leak of this September.

Chrono Cross hasn’t received as much love as Chrono Trigger in terms of getting ported to as many consoles, currently only playable via physical copies on a PS1 or 2, or via PS1 Classics on PS3, PSP and Vita.

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Chronos before ashes, a God. A God before ashes? A thought.

Dark pictures, a thousand words unseen, masquerade and mock mankind.

Damnit, why didn’t I come up with those ones on Halloween? Can’t be too mad though, pretty sure sharing these poems out of context will land me some #Deep clout on the gram!

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The CEO of Gearbox Entertainment, Randy Pitchford, will be stepping down as President of gearbox software, and moving over to the newly formed film and TV portion of the company, Gearbox Studios. He is handing the reigns over to former CTO Steve Jones. Jones has worked at Gearbox for the last 22 years and served as Technical director on the first two “Borderlands” games.

While with Gearbox Studios, Randy will be overseeing the development of the upcoming Borderlands movie. Despite this, Randy has said that he will continue to give his “institutional knowledge of Gearbox brands and franchises”

Earlier this year, Gearbox was acquired by the embracer group, (who also own 3D realms, the original creators of the duke Nukem franchise currently owned by gearbox) in a deal worth 1.3 billion. At the time, Randy Pitchford told Gamesindustry.biz that it was “like a rocket booster” for his company’s ambitions.

The company is now split into 3 sections, Gearbox software, gearbox studios and gearbox Publishing, with the latter being headed by Steve Gibson.

Randy Pitchford got his start in the games industry at 3D Realms in Texas back in the 90s, where he worked as a level designer on numerous classic FPS games for the Build Engine, such as Duke Nukem 3D and Shadow Warrior. In 1997, he left 3D Realms and went to work at Rebel Rocket on the game “Prax War”, but Publisher EA pulled the funding in 1999 and Randy left Rebel Rocket to found Gearbox Software.

Gearbox would then go on to produce 3 expansion packs for Valves “Half-Life”, released as “Half-Life: Opposing Force”, “Half-Life: Decay” and “Half-Life: Blue shift”. After this, Gearbox would come to be best known for Developing and releasing the celebrated Borderlands series, the first entry of which sold 4.5 million copies.
The studio has also had some controversy. In quick succession Gearbox released the much Maligned “Duke Nukem Forever ” and “Aliens: Colonial Marines ” which were received incredibly poorly. This pales, however, to the 2018 Litigation against Pitchford over him allegedly leaving a USB stick containing company records and an adult video at a medieval themed restaurant. The Litigation was settled out of court and Randy Pitchford was exonerated.

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From October 27th, customers will no longer be able to use a credit or debit card, or PayPal, to buy digital content or top up their PlayStation Store wallet directly from their PS3 or Vita.

If you want to purchase something for your Vita or PS3 from the store, you will have to top-up from another device such as your PC, mobile device, PS4, or PS5. PlayStation Store gift cards, product vouchers, and subscription vouchers will still work on both consoles.

While it’s not the biggest inconvenience in the world, it does reintroduce anxiety about the future of SONY’s handheld device. The Vita has a small but dedicated user base that still enjoys taking their PS games on the go.

Personally, I can’t go without my Vita. It’s the one platform that has a vast selection of otome games. One of my favourites, Bad Apple Wars, is available exclusively on the Vita.

Although AKSYS are republishing many of their games on the Nintendo Switch, I still prefer the feel and display of the Vita. The vibrant OLED screen shows games the way they were meant to be viewed.

However, with the Switch OLED hitting the markets, the Vita will lose that advantage. Still, there’s many otome games and Japanese exclusives that will only be available on the Vita for the foreseeable future. Not to mention, it can be more cost-effective to snag a game on PS Vita instead of the Switch. There’s also the PS exclusives to play on Vita. I’ve been replaying the Jak and Daxter trilogy on my Vita, and it’s a lot of fun.

I see the Vita as a console that was ahead of its time at release. It pretty much flopped outside of Japan, while Nintendo kept a steel grip on the international handheld console market. If the Vita has been released in the last few years with a better marketing campaign, I reckon it would have been much more successful.

Sometimes, you just want to lie in bed with your handheld console with YouTube on autoplay in the background, instead of sitting up in your gaming chair in front of the TV. Call me lazy if you will, but I game to relax.

Clearly, I’m not the only one with an attachment to my Vita. In March, Sony announced plans to close the PlayStation Store on PS3, Vita, and PSP last summer, sparking massive backlash; The company retracted its statement. The PSP store did indeed close in July, but the PS3 and Vita stores remain active.

I wish the Vita many more years of gaming activity! Don’t get eclipsed by the Switch just yet.

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Since the beginning of time, or rather since 1972 when Magnavox Odyssey, the first gaming console, was released, Gamers have often debated what the best gaming console of all time is (clearly it’s the Sony PSP that was truly ahead of its time and was probably built by a time-travelling inventor from the future, but nevertheless).

Now, the pop culture site, FandomSpot, has constructed an analysis and has given us an answer…

The analysis is based on collected reviews of 19 of the industry’s biggest gaming franchises that can be found on Metacritic, including Call of Duty, FIFA, and Grand Theft Auto. They tracked the Metacritic score of each release from each franchise.

15 out of 19 games were from the PS3/Xbox 360 generation, making those consoles, the Golden Era of gaming consoles. These games consisted of Fallout 3, Grand Theft Auto 4, FIFA 10, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. While they weren’t listed, it is assumed that reinvented games Tony Hawk: Pro Skater 2 and Halo: Combat Evolved were also included.

PS2/Xbox generation came second (my personal faves) with 13 out of 19 games being on from that generation, showcasing that many of the best games from these franchises were playable on both generations of consoles.

It’s fair to say then that PS2/Xbox walked so PS3/Xbox 360 could run.

However, you should take this analysis with a pinch of salt as the methodology behind it is very flawed. Major gaming franchises, such as sport and racing games, are hardly ever representative in the crème de la crème of games. Using only the Metacritic website is also not well-represented on the international scale some games have; not everyone uses English-based websites to review games. There are also franchises that only go back so far and get reinvented as time goes on.

Nevertheless, the analysis is still fun to look at and does still give us an insight into the most popular games at the time. The nostalgia alone when thinking about these consoles will certainly get you misty-eyed as you look back and remember how simple life used to be.

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Hi friends, I’m really excited to be writing my first post on the Go2games blog!

Blogs are amazing platforms to share knowledge, ideas and personal thoughts. Firstly I want to start off by introducing myself, my name is Teneil I am 21 years old and I am part of the social media administration team at Go2Games! I would get straight into telling you my first tasks of the day but I would be lying if i didn’t tell you that it started with a Spiced Chai Latte lol. My day started at 10am posting the new 60 seconds news video on twitter and Tik Tok, my colleague Tanisha manages the other social media platforms e.g. Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat.

I actually got to sit behind the scenes whilst Ron, Toby and Sam from the post production team filmed the news episodes which was a really cool experience!

I later followed with uploading Daily Deals/ News Images which consist of the latest gaming updates, news and upcoming releases… if you’re a Sonic fan you defiantly want to head over to the twitter page for their most recent announcement!

This afternoon the “Inside streamers” second episode went live on YouTube, they came together for a second time by the benches for a good old chit chat… its definitely worth a watch!

To end the day I released the Go2Games “Music2Games” playlist which is our most recommended hits to play whilst gaming, call me bias but our playlist caters to everyone.

Overall it was a really successful day and excited to see what tomorrow brings!

Teneil x

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In just under a week we will see the full reveal of FIFA 17. Yesterday we got a tease of the next FIFA with an amazing reveal trailer.

FIFA 17 is set for release on the 29^th September but it will be available to EA Access and Origin Access members before the full release of the game. The game will be available to buy on Xbox One, PS4, PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.

The most noticeable change about FIFA 17 is the change in game engines. EA had previously been using the Ignite engine for the FIFA series but have the next FIFA will be powered by Frostbite. EA have been using the Frostbite engine for a while now on some of their games such as Star Wars: Battlefront, Battlefield and Need for Speed.

“Frostbite unlocks a whole new world of possibilities for the FIFA franchise and its fans,” said David Rutter, VP and Executive Producer.

“We have never been as excited as we are today about the future of football and the experiences we are going to deliver in FIFA 17.”

There will be three editions of FIFA 17, the Standard Edition, the Deluxe Edition and the Super Deluxe Edition.

The Standard Edition will include:

• Full game
• Up to 5 FUT Draft Tokens (1 per week over 5 weeks – worth up to £10+)
• 8-match FUT loan item of Hazard, Martial, Reus, or Rodriguez
• Custom FUT kits created by designers or FIFA soundtrack artists

The Deluxe Edition will include:

• Full game
• Up to 20 FIFA Ultimate Team Jumbo Premium Gold Packs (1 per week over 20 weeks – worth up to £40+)
• 3-match FUT Team of the Week loan player (up to 1 player per week over 20 weeks)
• 8-match FUT loan item of Hazard, Martial, Reus, or Rodriguez
• Custom FUT kits created by designers or FIFA soundtrack artists

The Super Deluxe Edition will include:

• Full game
• Up to 40 FIFA Ultimate Team Jumbo Premium Gold Packs (2 per week over 20 weeks – worth up to £79.99)
• 3-match FUT Team of the Week loan player (up to 2 players per week over 20 weeks)
• 8-match FUT loan item of Hazard, Martial, Reus, or Rodriguez
• Custom FUT kits created by designers or FIFA soundtrack artists

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Showtime has now been added to PlayStation Vue

Well everything seems to have come full circle, now that PlayStation have launched Vue, its in-house competitor to Sling TV on the Xbox One.

If you’re looking for some of the hottest seasons and shows on TV, then you’re now in luck. Showtime is now available on PlayStation Vue. It’ll be a standalone streaming service which PS3 and PS4 users are able to access through PlayStation Vue for $10.99 (around £7.15) a month.

You can also get a 30-day trial of Showtime on PlayStation by simply downloading the Vue app to your PS3, PS4, or iPad.

PlayStation Vue is flying high these days! If you’ve tried out Showtime already, then do let us know what you think of it. We’re eager to try it out!

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The PS3 & Xbox 360 will not be receiving the Dragon Age: Inquisition DLC anymore

The developer of Dragon Age: Inquisition, BioWare, have announced that they will no longer support the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game with downloadable content. This news was announced on the Dragon Age blog, where BioWare had said, “all future Dragon Age: Inquisition DLC will be available on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One only.”

BioWare has also introduced the ability to export saves and move them over, an an attempt to encourage players to move to the versions released for the latest consoles. “We designed our Save Importer feature to help make the transition to a new console as easy as possible,” it explained.

Creative director of the game, Mike Laidlaw, has also stated that more story DLC is in the works. “We’re not quite done with story content for DAI just yet,” Laidlaw said on Twitter. However, there is one character who will not feature in any of the story DLC to come, and that is the Hero of Ferelden from Dragon Age: Origins.

“I’ve already said that the Hero of Ferelden will not be appearing. Sorry!” Laidlaw has said “I do not feel the HOF would work well as an NPC.”

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Over 20 million copies of Minecraft have been sold on PC & Mac

Well, it’s not like we didn’t see that coming really! Minecraft has managed to sell over 20 million copies for Mac and PC, and just in time for this weekend’s Minecon too.

On the official website, the sales tracker has revealed that 10,430 people have bought the game in the last 24 hours, for the Mac and PC, which has boosted the sales on these platforms to a staggering and outstanding 20,007,781.

it has, however, been a little while since we heard how the game is doing on the other platforms. We learnt that Minecraft sold 12 million copies last year in April on the Xbox 360, and the PS3 version was on 1 million within the same year in January 2014. The Pocket Edition had also sold over 30 million by January 2015.

I don’t think we’ve ever heard of a game to do so well?! Are you a Minecraft player? Let us know how you feel about this news!

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A PlayStation player blames an actual footballer on the destruction of his controller and receives another, for FREE!

We didn’t know that rewarding bad behaviour was a thing, but it seems to be! Footballer Mario Götze is allegedly replacing a FIFA player’s PS3 controller for a brand new one, and all due to a case of severe rage. The player in question missed a penalty at the ninetieth minute in the game. Oh dear…

The player, Mario Thissen, posted the photo above of the destroyed controller on the Bayern Munich Facebook page and received a reply from the renowned football player, Mario Götze, who apologised for this incident and told Thissen to look into his private messages in order to converse on receiving a replacement controller.

Well, to sum that all up, it appears that all you need to do to receive a new controller is to play a video game, get yourself into a bit of a tizz, smash your controller to smithereens, and blame it on someone else… Probably one of the most bizarre things we’ve ever heard but hey, if it works… It works!

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