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With Kinect Sports Rivals, Rare has had an opportunity to work with Xbox One's Kinect 2.0 as it was developed. But is it really the new hardware devs have been waiting for?

A statement that was re-quoted out of context” is being blamed on apparent comments from Ubisoft saying that the optimisation of PC games is not important. Assassin’s Creed 4 associate producer Sylvain Trottier was last week quoted as saying: On PC, usually you don’t really care about the performance, because …

What is being described a fundamental tech incompatibility is causing issues for those connecting their TVs to their Xbox One consoles in the UK and Europe. HDTVtest reports that a number of British owners have complained about the TV integration feature being broken, due to the introduction of judder with …

Top independent chains have told MCV that PS4 is already ‘winning the war’ against Xbox One. Games Centre’s MD Robert Lindsay says the platform holder has done the better job of winning over independent retailers with its level of support. Sony has definitely captured the hearts and minds of the …

They say that broadband is the biggest barrier to an all-digital games industry. Others may disagree. Ahead of its UK launch this Friday (November 29th) PSN has gone live with the UK prices for PS4’s digital software line-up. Perhaps most notable is EA’s decision to charge 62.99 for each of …

Microsoft's next-gen console matches day one sales of PS4

Corrinne Yu, who served as the principal engine programmer of Halo 4 at 343 Industries, has ended her tenure at Microsoft to join Naughty Dog. Gematsu reports Yu departs after a five-year run with the company, and has already begun her work for Sony’s well-established studio. Yu herself lists coding …

New Disney Infinity figures and power discs are headed to stores. The company is adding Rapunzel, Wreck-It Ralph, Vanellope and Frozen’s Anna and Elsa to the popular toys-to-life series. Each character has his or her own unique abilities and will be in stores on November 29th. In addition, there are …

FIFA 14 owners on Xbox One have been warned of two bugs that are currently affecting the game. The first occurs if gamers boot FIFA 14 while two controllers are connected that are both assigned to profiles. The problem can be avoided by having only one controller connected when launching …

All UK retailers are invited to sell our PSN games, says SCE UK. The PlayStation firm already allows GAME and independent retailers to sell digital PSN cards for individual titles. And it hopes to roll that out to the entire games retail marketplace. We’ve been saying all year that we …