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The Xbox One’s social functionality will be the core focus of the Microsoft’s next software update for the console. The feedback we’ve gotten is pretty valid,” Xbox chief product officer Marc Whitten told Engadget. Some of the social stuff is hidden or harder to use than it was on the …
Read More »Alien: Isolation joins the Wii U no-show list
Creative Assembly’s upcoming survival horror outing Alien: Isolation looks unlikely to be making the jump to Wii U. When asked about the possibility on Twitter, the game’s official Twitter account replied: Right now, we don’t have plans to put the game on Wii U.” What makes it all the sadder …
Read More »Next Level Games ‘super happy’ with Nintendo relationship
Luigi’s Mansion: 2 developer Next Level Games is more than happy pinning its flag to the Nintendo mast. The Canadian indie is behind a number of Nintendo exclusives such as the Wii version of Punch-Out and Mario Strikers charged. It also developed the Wii versions of Tom Clancy: Ghost Recon …
Read More »$1m worth of pizza ordered through Pizza Hut’s Xbox 360 app
Customers have ordered over $1m worth of pizza through the Xbox 360’s Pizza Hut app in just four months. "It’s been a source of unbelievable growth for us," Pizza Hut’s PR director Doug Terfehr told Polygon. "Just the explosion of people who wanted to download it, experiment with it, play …
Read More »WWE streaming service announced for consoles
Wrestling fans will soon be able to stream WWE content directly through their consoles. The sports entertainment giant has announced a new service called WWE Network is a ’24/7 streaming service’ that will offer both live events, regular programming such as Raw and Smackdown as well as archived footage. It …
Read More »5MB net connection needed for ‘good’ PS Now experience
Sony has laid down a benchmark for the internet connection quality needed for a decent streaming games experience with PlayStation Now. And as with all bandwidth-intensive streaming content, a player’s experience with PS Now will depend on the overall quality of the broadband internet connection,” SCE social media manager Sid …
Read More »UPDATE: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim heading to PS4 and Xbox One?
Could smash-hit RPG The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim be the next game in line for a next-gen re-release? NeoGaf spotted a change to the game’s info page on the Bethesda website that listed both PS4 and Xbox One amongst its supported formats. These additions have since been removed. There’s other …
Read More »Slender: The Arrival coming to Xbox 360 and PS3
An Xbox 360 and PS3 version of Slender: The Arrival will be released in Q1 of this year. The game is a fully-fledged commercial version of the utterly terrifying free PC release Slender: Eight Pages. Arrival will on consoles be published by Majesco’s indie label Midnight City and contain two …
Read More »PES 2015 confirmed for PS4… but not Xbox One
Konami has confirmed that PES 2015 will be released on PS4. It has not, however, confirmed its release on Xbox One. Specifically, having confirmed the PS4 version on Twitter it then went on to answer a question about possible releases on Xbox One and Wii U by saying: "We don’t …
Read More »VIDEO: Sega officially announces Alien: Isolation
After months of rumours, Sega has now officially fessed up to the existence of Alien: Isolation. The game, developed by Creative Assembly, is a first-person survival horror that draw direct inspiration from the 1979 movie original that began the series. The game is due for release on PS4, Xbox One, …
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