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Presentation kicks off at 6pm UK time - Sony expected to reveal PS4 launch plans

Sony is expected to detail launch plans for PlayStation 4 at its Gamescom conference this evening, and you can watch the action for yourselves. The conference will be livestreamed below at 6pm BST (7pm CET for anyone lucky enough to be at Gamescom). PlayStation 4 will be the hot topic …

Ubisoft Massive has announced (video below) that its online role-playing shooter The Division is also headed to PC. The game was first revealed at E3 as a PS4 and Xbox One game, but citing fan demand, the developer will now also release the game on PC. Meanwhile, Microsoft announced at …

EA is set for another big conference at this year’s Gamescom, and you can catch the livestream as it happens right here. The publisher will reveal further details about The Sims 4, the latest in its hit life simulation series that has taken the world by storm since the first …

Crytek harnessing beta implementation of sound tech in Crysis 3

Presentation kicks off at 3pm UK time

Microsoft has released the final list of games that will be available alongside the launch of the Xbox One. Before we get to the list, we should mention that Xbox One launches only in 13 countries this year. The console arrives in India, along with South East Asia, in late …

Microsoft’s big exclusive game announcement at Gamescom was a new title in the Fable series – Fable Legends. The title has been developed with Unreal Engine 4 and is a co-op game of sorts. Users can play through the title on their own with three AI controlled characters, or with …

Microsoft revealed the promised Xbox-exclusive FIFA Ultimate Team content at its Gamescom press conference today – Ultimate Team Legends. However, contrary to what EA’s Andrew Wilson said at the Xbox One reveal in May, this exclusive content is headed to Xbox One and Xbox 360. FIFA Ultimate Team Legends features …

If there’s one thing Sony can feel pleased about after Xbox’s pre-Gamescom announcements, is that it got it right in the first place. Microsoft – the UK market leader remember – has spent the last two months reacting to PlayStation. Rather than going on the attack in the build-up to …