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Read More »PS4 to abandon DualShock design – report
Sony’s PlayStation 4 will be the first machine in the series to abandon the DualShock joypad design, according to online reports. CVG claims to have word from a studio source working on an unspecified Sony game who says that several designs have been tossed about, some of which are closer …
Read More »Making sense of the next-gen spec rumour mill
It’s easy to think up some numbers. That’s true whether you’re a journalist or a tech person trying to sound clever in front of a journalist. And whilst we wouldn’t accuse any of the authors behind yesterday’s pair of next-gen spec stories of making anything up, they were so wildly …
Read More »Report: PS4 50% more powerful than next Xbox
PS4 'has a run-capability' of 1.84 teraflops compared to the next Xbox's 1.23 teraflops
Read More »UPDATED: PS4 is 50% more powerful than Xbox 720 – INTERNET EXPLODES
My dad could beat up your dad. Except neither of them exist beyond the confines of our imagination. It’s a bit like that. But we’re unofficially in the run-up to the next-gen now. Imagine the last few days in the office before Christmas. You’re technically at work but everyone expects …
Read More »PS4 and Xbox 720 to be announced in March – report
March, you reckon? Well it’s funny you should say that… A report in Game Informer magazine picked up by Videogamer claims that both Sony and Microsoft intend to reveal their respective next-gen consoles in "special Apple-style press conferences near the Game Developers Conference in late March". It adds: "E3 in …
Read More »Analyst says PS4 launching this October, Xbox 720 in November
Baird Equity Research’s Colin Sebastian believes that the PS4 will launch in October and will be followed by an Xbox 720 arrival the following month. However, he also claims in a note to analysts that he’s heard word of early production issues with Sony’s PS4” that could delay Sony’s plans. …
Read More »$8bn – the total losses made by Xbox 360 and PS3
The console sector is at a crossroads, and a look at the numbers behind Xbox 360 and PS3 make for uncomfortable reading. According to numbers presented by former EA and Sony man Ben Cousins on Kotaku, between them Xbox 360 and PS3 have left an $8bn black hole in the …
Read More »Sony to announce PS4 in February – rumour
A Sony press conference scheduled for February 25th could be the launch platform for PS4, one online report has claimed. Expert Reviews claims to have word that Sony will use the Destination PlayStation event to formally unveil its next-generation PlayStation 4 console for the first time, showing off pre-release hardware …
Read More »Warhorse working on next-gen medieval RPG
Mafia creator's new studio using CryEngine 3 for future console title
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