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An apparent US Microsoft Store ad is offering to reward consumers for abandoning their PlayStation 3. As spotted by NeoGaf, a digital flyer doing the rounds is offering gamers $100 off the price of an Xbox One when participants hand over their old PS3 console. The PS3 must be in …
Read More »Microsoft testing $399 disc-less Xbox One, report claims
A disc-less white version of the Xbox One is currently in testing at Microsoft, it is being claimed. The Verge has verified claims made on NeoGaf that the platform holder is testing a $399 digital-only version of the console, although it’s unclear if [it] will make it to market. While …
Read More »Cliffy B: Gears of War ‘couldn’t be in better hands’
Former Epic developer and Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski has celebrated yesterday’s sale of the Gears of War IP to Microsoft. He also believes Rod Fergusson, another former Epic man who has also made the jump to Microsoft, is the right man for the brand’s new lease of life. …
Read More »Respawn drafts Bluepoint Games for Xbox 360 Titanfall
Austin-based studio working with Vince Zampella's team to port next-gen blockbuster
Read More »Cliff Bleszinski not involved with new Gears of War
Series designer "resolved to making something entirely new"
Read More »Black Tusk Studios hiring for new Gears of War
Senior online engineer and lead writer needed for Microsoft's newly-acquired franchise
Read More »Microsoft acquires Gears of War IP from Epic
Gears of War is and forever will be a Microsoft-only IP. That’s because the Xbox platform holder has acquired the rights to existing and future games in the series from Epic. The Gears of War game will be a Microsoft Studios product developed by Black Tusk Studios. Furthermore, former Epic …
Read More »Black Tusk Studios making next Gears of War
Vancouver-based studio taking over development as Microsoft acquires franchise from Epic Games
Read More »Microsoft: Xbox One and PS4 graphics comparisons are ‘way overblown’
The differences in framerates and resolutions between multiplatform games on PS4 and Xbox One are way overblown” according to one senior Microsoft exec. The claim comes following the confirmation that while Square Enix’s Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition runs at 1080p and 60fps on PS4 but manages 1080p and between 30-45fps …
Read More »Competitive Xbox One digital pricing ‘on the agenda’
Microsoft has suggested that the price of digital Xbox One games will become more competitive with the High Street at some point in the future. Whereas Sony has used a combination of Steam-like sales and free games on PlayStation Plus to make its consoles viable digital platforms, Xbox Live’s digital …
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