Developer Pringo Dingo Games have announced their two-player multiplayer game – Paparazzi. A game where each player takes the role of either a celebrity or their enemy… the paparazzi. Original right?

“We initially made the game for a game jam centred with the theme of a Matthew McConaughey quote: ‘Cameras aren’t guns. They can’t really hurt you’. Pringo Dingo Games is a three person studio, and we are incredibly excited about how far we’ve brought the game since that jam.”

The game sounds absolutely horrible and something that would’ve worked back in the early 90’s with the 32-bit consoles. We can’t imagine many players playing this on their PS4 when it releases in the PlayStation Store February 2015.

According to an EA representative the Xbox One is catching up to the PlayStation 4 in terms of sales. EA’s Blake Jorgensen spoke about the ground that Microsoft have gained, saying;

“Clearly Sony has jumped out to a lead with a great console and I think a great pricing strategy, [but] Microsoft is catching up quickly. Pricing actions that are taking place, particularly during this Christmas season, driven by Microsoft, around reduction plus a lot of bundled software, I think will continue to pull the consumer into the new consoles.”

The Xbox One’s success this quarter is no surprise, with special bundles and price discounts leading to plenty of new sales. Compared to release date, the console itself has cut its price by £100.

Gaming giants Microsoft have announced that their most popular franchise, Halo has sold over 60 million copies worldwide since 2001. They’ve also announced that over 6 billion hours have been spent on the games, which equates to 684,000 years.

Leading franchises such as Nintendo’s Mario and Pokemon, EA Sports’ Need for Speed and FIFA have sold much more with over 100 million copies under their belt, but the Halo franchise has never been cross-platform, or available for a portable device, which further shows how impressive the 60 million feat really is.

This number should only increase in the near future with the Halo: The Master Chief Collection – Xbox One bundle and the release of Halo 5: Guardians in 2015.

After a 14-year games console ban, gamers in China are finally allowed to purchase a games console legally as the Xbox One has released in the country today.

China banned games consoles in 2000 as they thought that there could be ‘potential harm to the physical and mental development of children’.

Chine is a massively lucrative market for Microsoft as there are apparently more gamers in China than the total United States population. Games released in the country need to receive approval from the culture department in Shanghai before they are allowed to be on sale. Hence the reason franchises like Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto aren’t available in the country.

Nintendo have never really been known as a company to brand for females. Two main examples would be the Game Boy and Virtual Boy, well a retro gamer is about to change that by modifying an old Virtual Boy into a Virtual Girl.

Instead of that usual red found on the Virtual Boy, the Virtual Girl features a hot pink, with controller buttons also receiving a facelift. The project is still due to be completed, but so far the system looks very acceptable and makes you wonder whether Nintendo made a mistake not making a Virtual Girl, or something similar.