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Flying in the face of the current widespread industry belief, a new report has claimed that the successor to Xbox 360 might not see the light of day until 2013. Develop claims to have word from sources across the industry” that the new Xbox won’t be unveiled until E3 2013 …
Read More »Ubisoft: Wii successor is ‘fantastic’
Publisher Ubisoft has become one of the first prominent publishers to publicly express its excitement for Nintendo’s still mysterious new home console. And while no specifics or tech info was divulged, Eurogamer reports that in a call to investors CEO Yves Guillemot says the HD work done for machine such …
Read More »Further Wii successor tech claims
Nintendo’s new console will not include a hard drive, will house 8GB of internal flash memory and offer a proprietary disc format capable of storing 25GB of information. Those are the claims being made by Kotaku this morning as the rumour mill surrounding the still mysterious Wii successor continues. The …
Read More »GAME: Wii successor will ‘challenge conventions’
A new version of the Wii? Something completely new? Details about Nintendo’s confirmed Wii successor are non-existent, but retailer GAME is already excited. "The Nintendo Wii has been one of the most popular games consoles in recent years, and has transformed the gaming landscape," Neil Ashurst, Head of UK PR …
Read More »Xbox successor in 2015?
A somewhat ambiguous posting on a web portfolio of a designer currently working for Microsoft has got tongues wagging about a potential 2015 launch date for the next Xbox console. Posted by Ben Peterson, who was recently recruited to work at Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business, the art (spotted by ZDNet) …
Read More »New PSP incoming, analyst predicts
Have you recovered from the shock announcement of Nintendo’s 3DS this morning? Good, because one analyst believes that we should be preparing for the announcement of a further two new consoles in the near future. Lazard Capital’s Colin Sebastian predicts that Sony will this spring announce a true successor to …
Read More »DS2 dev kits are in the wild
Development kits for Nintendo’s successor to the world-conquering DS handheld not only exist, but they’re also in the hands of key Japanese studios – that’s the claim being made by CVG. The website states that The Pokemon Company, amongst others, was the first outfit to get their hands on the …
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