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Read More »Codemasters explains next-gen no-show for GRID: Autosport
Why will GRID: Autosport not be released on PS4 or Xbox One? For a number of reasons, Codemasters has said. Regarding next-gen, ultimately it comes down to a few things,” the company’s community manager Ben Walke has said across a number of posts on NeoGAF. The first is that we …
Read More »Realising InFamous: Second Son’s next-gen vision
Sucker Punch game director Nate Fox tells Develop how the PS4 enabled the studio to realise its ambitious concept
Read More »Wargaming will target virtual reality once Oculus Rift hits 5m units
New platforms such as Oculus Rift, Xbox One or PS4 will need to hit unit sales of between five and ten million units before Wargaming will target them. "If it’s big, if it’s global, we’re going to be there," he said in the video interview below,” Wargaming chief executive Victor …
Read More »Silicon teases new rendering engine for next-gen development
Silicon’s vision of next generation graphics is of crystalline reflections and weathered materials
Read More »No new Doom beta for Xbox 360 or PS3
There will not be an Xbox 360 or PS3 version of the as-of-yet undated Doom beta. It was revealed in February that Wolfenstein: The New Order on PS4, Xbox One, PS3 and Xbox 360 will include access to the Doom beta. However, as spotted by Videogamer, it has since been …
Read More »Pitchford teases next-gen Gearbox title, gets grumpy when it is reported
It’s logical to presume that Borderlands developer Gearbox is working toward a next-gen reveal. But with no official confirmation being offered, it’s only right that comments from Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford pointing to a ‘probable’ announcement later this year are reported, right? "We’re working on next-gen. Platforms TBD," Pitchford told …
Read More »Rocksteady on next-gen: We never had to say no with Batman: Arkham Knight
UK studio champions the power of new consoles, enabling the team to recreate a complete Gotham City
Read More »PS4 outsold Xbox One in US in February as Wii U hardware sales climb
Sony continues to dominate the next-gen hardware market in America, NPD numbers show. PS4 shifted 284,000 units in February – ten per cent ahead of Xbox One’s 258,000 unit sales. Xbox One is tracking 61 per cent ahead of Xbox 360 in comparable launch terms. Speaking of Xbox 360, that …
Read More »Sony reveals next-gen 1TB ‘Archival’ Blu-ray disc
What is being described as the next-generation iteration of Blu-ray” has been revealed by Sony. GameSpot reports that the new ‘Archival Disc’ will eventually hold up to 1TB of information, although the first versions of the format – arriving summer 2015 – will offer 300GB of storage. That’s a six-fold …
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