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Yesterday’s rumours were true – Battlefield 4 will be the next entry in the DICE’s popular FPS series. Furthermore, beta access to the game will be granted to those who pre-order fellow EA shooter Medal of Honor prior to its release on October 23rd. Confusingly, the Medal of Honor site …
Read More »The nirvana of next-gen games creation – Develop July out now
The July issue of Develop magazine is out now, uncovering Square Enix's Luminous engine as well as an insight social games tech
Read More »Sony: ‘We need retail for next generation’
The success of PS4, Xbox 720 and Wii U rests on retail, says Sony. UK boss Fergal Gara says the High Street is suffering a ‘readjustment’ following the steep games market decline since 2008. Over the last 12 months alone, the number of UK specialists has dropped by 300 (see …
Read More »Wii U ‘can compete with more powerful consoles’
'The difference in graphical power will not be as wide as it was with the Wii', says Iwata
Read More »Microsoft fights for, wins Xbox8 domains
Xbox 8, or perhaps Xbox ∞ (Xbox Infinity) could be the name of the successor to Xbox 360. The speculation has arisen after Fusible reported that Microsoft had acquired two URLs – Xbox8.us and Xbox8.org. Not only has it acquired them, but it fought to do so, winning two disputes …
Read More »Mobile ‘could kill console gaming’
'Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo won't produce dedicated hardware beyond the next generation', says Ben Cousins
Read More »Another industry exec predicts the death of the console
Ngmoco’s Ben Cousins has become the latest high-profile games exec to predict the death of the console. Gamasutra reports that speaking at GDC Taipai the former EA, Sony and Lionhead, Cousins stated: "There’s a potential for mobile gaming to kill console gaming. I’m talking about a significant reduction of market …
Read More »The future of consoles ‘is free-to-play’
'As Soon as tablets can stream on to TVs, there's no reason to buy a console anymore', says Crytek CEO
Read More »‘Leaked’ and dubious document claims to outline future Xbox roadmap
Microsoft’s Xbox roadmap includes the 2013 launch a $299 Xbox 360 successor and Kinect 2, convincing-looking (but dubious) documents posted online claim. Uncorroborated as genuine, presentation slides from a purported August 2010 meeting posted to Scribd suggest the format holder’s roadmap for its home console were once projected to include: …
Read More »Sony: Wii U ‘in its own generation’
'The Wii carved out a large niche for itself away from PS3 and Xbox 360', says Yoshida
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