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A new promotion from Green Man Gaming entitled Indie Love is promising to give 100 per cent of its proceeds to the game’s creators. Customers will be able to choose from three price points for each title in the deal. Games on offer include The Binding of Isaac, Kairo, Gun …
Read More »More Western success in Japan as Battlefield 4 knocks Pokemon from No.1
EA’s military shooter Battlefield 4 has become the surprise game to knock Nintendo’s Pokemon X & Y from the top of the Media Create charts. The 3DS RPG pair had been in the top spot for four weeks. However, 121,699 sales of the PS3 version of EA’s game was enough …
Read More »Former Sony man Jeff Rubenstein joins Xbox
Microsoft has announced that former SCEA social media manager Jeff Rubenstein has been appointed as social media director at Xbox. Rubenstein is credited with shaping much of Sony’s modern social media strategy, helping to create the likes of the PlayStation Blog I’m beyond thrilled to be joining the Xbox team …
Read More »10,000 retailers ready to open doors for Xbox One
Microsoft has said that over 10,000 retailers across the globe will be opening their doors for the launch of Xbox One on November 22nd. UK retail partners include GAME and Tesco. Although there’s of course the small matter of PS4’s North American launch on November 15th (Friday) to get out …
Read More »Resogun joins Contrast in PS4 Instant Game Collection
A second of PS4’s launch game has been added to Sony’s free Instant Games Collection. Colourful shooter Resogun (which, judging by the recently lifted PS4 review embargo, is very much the pick of the console’s launch titles) joins Contrast is becoming freely available to PlayStation Plus members from November 29th. …
Read More »Next-gen consoles "too limited" for Oculus Rift
Hopes of Oculus Rift being compatible with PS4 and Xbox One appears to have vanished. "Consoles are too limited for what we want to do," Oculus inventor Palmer Luckey told TechRadar. "The problem with consoles in general is that once they come out they’re locked to a certain spec for …
Read More »Microsoft co-founder thinks Xbox should be sold-off
A possible sell-off for the Xbox brand by owner Microsoft has been touted for a second time. The Financial Times reports that Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is intrigued and interested” by forthcoming changes to the company, which will among other things include the hiring of a new CEO. One of …
Read More »VIDEO: See Xbox One’s ‘snap’ in action
Microsoft has released a video showing how its ‘snap’ feature will work on Xbox One. The new console specialises in running apps simultaneously, meaning that gamers can have other things displayed on screen at the same time as they game. As shown below, users need only call out a command …
Read More »PS4 won’t play 3D Blu-ray either
You’re going to have to keep hold of your PS3 if you want to carry on making use of that 3D copy of Avatar you bought for 20. After it was revealed earlier this week that Xbox One won’t support 3D Blu-ray movies, it now looks as if the same …
Read More »Following Call of Duty: Ghosts resolutiongate comes framerategate
Who’d have thought that Call of Duty: Ghosts would prove to be one of the most controversial games of 2013? Activision’s shooter found itself at the centre of a next-gen storm earlier this month when it was confirmed that it will run at 1080p on PS4 and 720p on Xbox …
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