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Batman And Resident Evil PSVR To Be Timed Exclusive

With timed exclusive game becoming more and more frequent since the current generation of consoles with titles like Ryse: Son of Rome and Dead Rising 3 launching with the Xbox One and later being playable on PC, and recently with Rise Of The Tomb Raider released last fall on Xbox One then later this fall for Playstation 4. New ads on Playstation’s Facebook page indicate that upcoming PSVR title will be exclusive for a set time. One is Batman Arkham VR, made by Rocksteady Studios the one’s behind the Arkham franchise, as you try to solve murder mystery through the eyes of the caped crusader. The other is Resident Evil Biohazard, the entire story of the upcoming title in the series in VR. Ads for both Batman and Resident Evil (shown below) stating that they will be exclusive for a certain amount of time. And with Batman releasing this month it seems to have a shorter time exclusive on PSVR compared to Resident Evil.   With other titles for PSVR from major publishers like EA, Ubisoft and Activision there’s a chance possibly more titles will be timed and ported to other headsets such as the Vive and Oculus Rift. Playstation 4 VR will be available October 13, 2016.

Arena On Xbox Live, Achievement Rarity and more rolling out to preview today.

Starting today, Arena on Xbox Live, an online tournaments platform, launches to Preview on Xbox One with the pilot title, Killer Instinct! During Preview, gamers can look forward to competing in daily Killer Instinct tournaments across Xbox One and the Xbox app (beta) on Windows 10 PC. For the initial roll out, Arena will only be accessible to Preview members through practice tournaments on Xbox One in the U.S., with plans to add additional features and expand to the broader Preview audience later in October. Here are more details about the tournament process:   Preview members will be able to register for a tournament 24 hours before it starts on Xbox One. They’ll be able to register for tournaments through the Tournament tab on the Killer Instinct Game Hub. Weekday tournaments (Monday-Friday) will be single-elimination format made up of 64 competitors and begin at 7 p.m. PT Weekend tournaments will be single-elimination format made up of 128 competitors and begin at 12 p.m. PT and 7 p.m. PT Here are the other feature updates coming with this update: * Achievement Rarity:  Achievement Rarity, a top fan request on Xbox Feedback, launched to Preview a few weeks ago. Now, you’ll be able to discover just how unique an Achievement is among players of a given game and celebrate the Achievement itself with a special notification and diamond icon highlighting it. * Group Messaging on Xbox Live: Recently, Microsoft launched Group Messaging on Xbox One and the Xbox app (beta) on Windows 10 PC. Group Messaging helps you coordinate and keep in touch with your friends and fellow gamers by sending a single group message to everyone in the group. You can also add people to the group and dynamically change the conversation topic. Group Messaging will soon work across the Xbox app (beta) on iOS and Android devices.  

FIFA 17 leads latest UK Game Charts

.The latest UK Game charts have released and this week may be a bit surprising given how well Forza Horizon was received, but you have to remember games like FIFA 17 which lead this weeks chart launched the same day as Forza and it has a big fan base that you may not notice. The BioShock Collection drops down to the 4th spot after leading the previous one. Here is the full chart: POS.  TITLE  PUBLISHER  LAST WEEK  1 FIFA 17 EA SPORTS – 2 FORZA HORIZON 3 MICROSOFT – 3 LEGO STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE 9 4 BIOSHOCK: THE COLLECTION 2K 1 5 XCOM 2 2K – 6 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2017 KONAMI 2 7 DESTINY: THE COLLECTION ACTIVISION 4 8 ROCKET LEAGUE 505 GAMES 6 9 NBA 2K17 2K 3 10 GRAND THEFT AUTO V ROCKSTAR 8 11 OVERWATCH BLIZZARD 5 12 MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION MICROSOFT 11 13 FALLOUT 4 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS 7 14 UNCHARTED 4: A THIEF’S END SONY COMPUTER ENT. 10 15 – CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS III ACTIVISION 15 16 STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT EA GAMES 19 17 NO MAN’S SKY SONY COMPUTER ENT. 12 18 BATMAN: THE TELLTALE SERIES TELLTALE GAMES 14 19 RATCHET & CLANK SONY COMPUTER ENT. – 20 F1 2016 CODEMASTERS 16