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A new report states that PS4 is narrowly ahead of Xbox One as the new consoles hit shelves. Research firm Populus has surveyed 1,500 people adults for its survey, and reveals that 10 per cent of UK adults plan to buy an Xbox One versus 13 per cent for PS4. …
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 »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 »Ubisoft suggests PS4 pre-orders are ahead of Xbox One
There have been more pre-orders for PS4 than Xbox One, Ubisoft chief executive Yves Guillemot has suggested. CVG reports that the exec told investors last night that: "Even if the PS4 is in front of Xbox One pre-orders… we are not worried at all. We think [Xbox One] will be …
Read More »IHS predicts 11m unit for PS4 over Xbox One by 2017
PS4 will have outsold its rival Xbox One to the tune of 11m units within five years, research firm IHS has predicted. The company believes that by 2017 PS4 will have sold 49m units worldwide with Xbox One trailing behind on 38m units. IHS believes that Sony’s wider geographical brand …
Read More »A Gallant Journey: Designing a new prototype from scratch
The GallantCloud team scraps work on a title and begins afresh with a new designer
Read More »Xbox One game downloads will fill up the hard drive pretty quick
The additional graphical flourish that will accompany next-gen games will result in another fundamental change – filesizes are set to explode. That doesn’t really matter when you’re talking about games on a Blu-ray. After all, it matters not whether your disc is carrying 5MB or 50GB of data. But if …
Read More »Xbox One backwards-compatibility ‘problematic’
Microsoft Albert Penello questions whether cloud technology could make Xbox 360 games playable on next-gen hardware
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