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GAMESCOM: TV recording and streaming, plus controller keyboard, coming to Xbox One

Xbox One is to receive full DVR functionality for HD TV in Europe. The subscription free service is due out in 2016. It will allow users to use their console much like they would a Sky+ or V+ box, recording, pausing or rewinding live TV. Furthermore, the recorded shows can …

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GAMESCOM: Scalebound will have four-player co-op, coming late 2016

Platinum Games has revealed that its upcoming title Scalebound will allow up to four players to team up in a new multiplayer mode. DirectorHideki Kamiya introduced some footage of the action RPG, showing the lead character teaming up with a dragon to battle enemy knights and a beast known as …

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GAMESCOM: Crackdown 3 confirmed for 2016, will use the cloud

Microsoft has at last detailed some of the features that it hopes will make Crackdown 3 one of the biggest games of 2016. With the bold claim that the game engine will change the way you play games forever”, the title will offer what it promises is a 100 per …

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GAMESCOM: Quantum Break release date and cast revealed

Quantum Break is coming to Xbox One next April. April 5th, to be exact, as the game’s developer Remedy revealed on-stage during the opening of Microsoft’s Gamescom press conference for this year. That release date will see the Xbox One-exclusive sci-fi action title join the ranks of The Division, Uncharted …

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Xiaomi recaptures Chinese smartphone leadership from Apple

Apple’s newfound dominance of the Chinese smartphone market may already be a thing of the past. Recent successes in the region have helped Apple to some record results, with the larger iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus proving a big hit in the highly lucrative Asian market. However, analyst Canalys …

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Hi-Rez reveals new game Paladins

Smite developer Hi-Rez has lifted the curtain on its new game – Paladins. It’s free-to-play, as you might expect. It’s also a team-based shooter, but incorporates card collecting elements designed to boost the ability of your heroes. Paladins is pencilled in for release on PS4, Xbox One and PC with …

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