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Ubisoft says that upcoming action title Watch Dogs is the most pre-ordered new IP in the company’s history and the most pre-ordered new IP in the industry this year. It’s also the second highest pre-ordered Ubisoft game ever and has attracted more pre-orders than any other next-gen game at GameStop. …
Read More »PS4 outsells Xbox One for fourth successive month in US
Sony’s early dominance of the next-gen hardware race in the US shows no sign of abating. NPD has revealed that PS4 outsold Xbox One in April – that’s the fourth month in a row that Microsoft’s had to settle for second place. PS4’s actual monthly sales weren’t revealed, although Microsoft …
Read More »VIDEO: Wolfenstein: The New Order launch trailer arrives
Bethesda has gone live with the launch video for next week’s release Wolfenstein: The New Order. As the first multiplatform first person shooter to be released this year, hopes are high for the game, even if the IP is perhaps not as cherished as it once was. Set in the …
Read More »Xbox 360 strength is partly to blame for PS4’s lead over Xbox One, Mehdi argues
The fact that gamers have been more satisfied with the Xbox 360 than PS3” is part of the reason why PS4 has so far outsold Xbox One. That’s according to chief marketing and strategy officer Yusuf Mehdi, who has told Forbes that there are three reasons he can identify for …
Read More »Can the game industry keep a lid on rising development costs?
Developers admit budgets are increasing on PS4 and Xbox One, but efficient middleware could stop it spiraling out of control
Read More »Dropping Kinect will push Xbox One ahead of PS4 in US – analyst
Microsoft decision to slash the price of Xbox One by dropping Kinect could propel the console to the front of the American next-gen race. IDC had previously predicted that Xbox One would take the lead in the territory by 2016 but now the firm reckons this will happen in 2015 …
Read More »Strong PS4 sales unable to stop Sony posting another loss
Sony’s gaming division has, as expected, posted its fourth annual loss in five years. Net losses totalled 128.4bn for the year ending March 31st. Operating income fell by 200bn to 26.5bn. Sony’s games division reported an operating loss of 8.1bn, down from last year’s 1.7bn profit, a figure mostly blamed …
Read More »Among the Sleep PS4 edition revealed with Project Morpheus support
Kickstarter success Among the Sleep will see a PS4 release that’s to include support for Project Morpheus, developer Krillbite Studios has revealed. Speaking with Polygon, Krillbite confirmed its first-person survival horror title will land on PS4 in addition to the already announced PC, Mac and Linux versions. According to the …
Read More »‘Self-publishing felt like a logical step’ for SuperGiant’s Transistor
Shunning traditional publishing for the release of Transistor was simply a matter of logic, developer SuperGiant has argued. The studio’s second game following indie hit Bastion is out on PS4 and PC next week but unlike its predecessor, which was published by Warner Bros, SuperGiant decided to go it alone …
Read More »The Witcher 3 could boast better resolution on PS4, but dev reckons it shouldn’t matter to gamers
Upcoming action RPG The Witcher 3 looks likely to become yet another title that hits 1080p on PS4 but falls short on Xbox One. However, the reality according to developer CD Projekt is that it matters more to the marketing men than it does to gamers. "We are still working …
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