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The delays to Watch Dogs and DriveClub will not derail the launch of PS4 and Xbox One, UK High Street stores have said. Retailers told MCV that although these delays are disappointing, they have not seen mass cancellations of pre-orders. And they expect both next-gen consoles to be sold out …
Read More »US retailer Target cancels some PS4 console pre-orders
The delays of Watch Dogs and DriveClub have had an unfortunate consequence for a handful of gamers in the US. Kotaku reports that consumers who pre-ordered with the PS4 and Watch Dogs bundle or PS4 and DriveClub bundle with Target have not just seen their games cancelled – they’ve also …
Read More »PS4 exclusive launch title Driveclub delayed to 2014
The PlayStation 4’s launch line-up is suddenly looking quite thin. After Ubisoft delayed Watch Dogs to spring 2014 earlier this week, Sony has now announced that Evolution Studios’ social racer Driveclub is being pushed to early 2014. Both Xbox and PlayStation consoles have traditionally had one exclusive racing game withint …
Read More »Watch Dogs delayed to spring 2014, needs ‘extra polish’
Ubisoft has delayed Watch Dogs, once its most anticipated games of the year and one of the more promising next-gen launch titles. The game was initially set for a 22nd November release for current and next-gen consoles and PC, but has now been pushed back to a vague spring 2014 …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Anshu Mor, Microsoft India
The Xbox One may still be a year away from finding its way to Indian store shelves, but Microsoft India has plenty in the works for the Xbox 360. We speak with Anshu Mor, group head of the company’s interactive entertainment business, about entertainment content on Xbox Live, the Xbox …
Read More »Ubisoft launches The Crew car customisation contest for EMEA
Ubisoft today kicked off a new contest around the customisation features of its next-gen open-world racer, The Crew. The Skin a Car” contest tasks participants with tricking out a Mini Cooper S using customisation tools created specifically for this contest and reflective of The Crew’s expansive customisation options. The contest …
Read More »Watch Dogs will look better on Wii U than it does on PS3 or Xbox 360
The creative director of Ubisoft’s upcoming Watch Dogs reckons the Wii U version will be graphically superior to its current-gen counterparts. "I would say the Wii U version is pretty much in between what the current gen is and what the next gen is from a version standpoint," Jonathan Morin …
Read More »Jump to next-gen has ‘quadrupled’ development requirements
Making a next-gen console time takes four times the development resources than a current-gen game, Sony studio Guerrilla has claimed. The common perception is that the PS4 and Xbox One’s PC-like architecture has simplified games development. Not so, according to Killzone: Shadow Fall’s lead designer Eric Boltjes. It’s also a …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Next-gen crash recovery?
Jules Williams, consumer retail analyst at Kantar Worldpanel, discusses whether the next generation of consoles has what it takes to restore the games industry… It‘s no secret that the past few years have been tough for the industry. Physical games sales are down by 60 per cent since 2009, with …
Read More »VIDEO: Battlefield 4 compared on current and next-gen
Thanks to yesterday’s release of the Battlefield 4 beta, we’ve now got a better idea than ever about how the next-gen and current-gen versions of Battlefield 4 compare. A video comparison from Videogamer shows the same sections in both releases, including some side-by-side footage. The differences are actually fairly significant, …
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