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Next-gen consoles will most likely not be backwards compatible, EA’s CFO Blake Jorgensen has suggested. Speaking at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco, as reported by Gamasutra, Jorgensen said that he expects EA to do good business on current-gen consoles for financial year 2014 even if …
Read More »Next Xbox will not function unless Kinect is connected, requires mandatory installs – rumour
Fresh rumours about Microsoft’s Next Xbox suggest that the machine will not operate unless the latest version of Kinect is connected. That’s according to Kotaku, which has word from anonymous source SuperDaE. He’s the fella who last year made a name for himself trying to sell a Durango development kit …
Read More »Next Xbox will struggle if it blocks pre-owned, argues GameStop
Retailer GameStop has warned Microsoft that any move to block the use of pre-owned software on the console would hurt the machine’s chances. We know the desire to purchase a next-generation console would be significantly diminished if new consoles were to prohibit playing pre-owned games, limit portability or not play …
Read More »Konami using Fox Engine in next-gen PES
Hideo Kojima’s Fox Engine will power the future of the Pro Evolution Soccer series on next-gen consoles. Fox is a multi-platform engine designed by the studio behind the Metal Gear Solid series. It went into development after the developer shipped Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots in 2008. …
Read More »Molyneux: Wii U "lack lustre", MS and Sony "holding their breath"
The freshly unleashed Peter Molyneux has done what we’d all knew he’d do – stir the hornets’ nest. In an announcement that the famed developer will be offering analysis of next month’s E3 on Spike TV, the Lionhead founder and former Microsoft Game Studios Europe boss described Nintendo’s upcoming Wii …
Read More »FEATURE: The death of the disc
Last week, MCVuk.com revealed that Microsoft has told its partners that the Next Xbox will not include a disc drive. It’s a bold move – and one that sparked passionate debates and misconceptions about the birth of digital-only home consoles. While the next Xbox will feature no disc drive, sources …
Read More »Microsoft pulls next gen job ads
Behind closed doors, a new Xbox is being developed – but Microsoft is determined to maintain secrecy. This week, the platform holder removed two job ads from Microsoft.com that mentioned the "next generation" of Xbox, according to CVG. One ad called for a software development engineer. The chosen applicant would …
Read More »EXCLUSIVE: No disc drive for Next Xbox
MCV has learnt that Microsoft has been telling partners that the Next Xbox will NOT include a disc drive. The briefings have been issued under what MCV’s source describes as the strictest NDA” they have ever encountered. Although the console will not include a disc drive, it will offer compatibility …
Read More »Next Xbox due 2013… No, wait, 2012
Yes. More rumours. More rumours about the successor to the Xbox 360. And this time, 2012 is being pegged as the likely release date. An Edge source” reckons that Ubisoft Montreal is currently working with target boxes” – PC kits thrown together in a way as to best resemble the …
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