Consoles

Two high-profile indie games making their way to PS4 will be free for a limited time at launch. Joystiq reports that Don’t Starve, which is due out on PS4 in January, will be free (presumably for a month) to PlayStation Plus subscribers. This will be followed a few months down …

Microsoft has confirmed that 3D Blu-ray discs won’t be supported by Xbox One. A rep told CNET that the functionality could be added at some point in the future, although it is not currently planned in and does not feature as part of the console’s day one update. It is …

Microsoft Albert Penello questions whether cloud technology could make Xbox 360 games playable on next-gen hardware

Around 150 US consumers were the lucky recipients of their Xbox One consoles this weekend two weeks ahead of the machine’s official launch. Retailer Target has confirmed that due to a systems error” it shipped a small number of video game consoles prior to the street date”. Kotaku claims to …

Skylanders fans can now trade-in their old Portals of Power at Smyths Toys. From today customers can swap their old Portals for a 10 voucher that can be used against the Skylanders: Swap Force Starter Pack or any Swap Force figures. Each new addition in the series comes with its …

Influential media exec Rich Keen has been named head of product marketing at PlayStation UK. Keen was international publishing director at Ziff Davis, the owner of video games media giant IGN and men’s lifestyle specialist AskMen. He leaves IGN after six years and will replace Mark Bowles, who left PlayStation …

Nintendo is backing its biggest Wii U game of the year with a major TV advertising campaign. Super Mario 3D World launches on November 29th, and will be backed by advertising aimed at kids, families and girls. Nintendo will be using the TV ads to push the hardware, which has …

Blizzard’s dungeon-crawler Diablo III has passed the 14m sales mark across all versions. The figure includes the original PC edition, which launched back in May 2012, along with the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions, which debuted in September 2013. "We’re pleased with the response to the game’s launch on PlayStation …

We all expected sales of Assassin’s Creed IV and Battlefield 4 to be down. After all, this is only ‘part one’ of their launches. Both games will return, looking better than ever, on Xbox One and PS4 at the end of the month. But judging this transition is tricky. The …

Sony's console has out sold Xbox 360, but what do the numbers mean for the coming generation?