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Microsoft’s interactive entertainment boss has once again downplayed the perceived tech advantage PS4 has over Xbox One. Every platform I’ve ever been involved in somebody has said ‘oh, this has got more gigaflops or more teraflops than the other one,’ and at the end of the day it never really …
Read More »Rockstar warns gamers to expect early tech pains for Grand Theft Auto Online
Grand Theft Auto Online is liable to suffer from various tech issues in its formative days, creator Rockstar has warned. The GTA Online component of GTA V will be activated via a free download next Tuesday (October 1st). The first couple of weeks we expect to be heavily focused on …
Read More »Call of Duty: Ghosts gets Xbox airing, DLC exclusivity
The new Call of Duty: Ghosts looks to pack an impressive next-gen tech punch. The game is built on a brand new engine and will also be set in a new world populated by new characters. A dog is even set to star as an actual squad member. And yes, …
Read More »"Impossible" for next-gen to match gaming PCs; Crysis 3 will push PC tech
The still unannounced next generation of consoles won’t be able to compete with today’s modern gaming PCs when it comes to raw power. That’s according to Crytek boss Cevat Yerli, who told Eurogamer that: "Without breaking NDAs that are in place, realistically, from purely a price point perspective, it is …
Read More »Amazon to open London-based UK tech hub
Online retailer and technology firm Amazon is to open a new digital media innovation hub in the UK, it has revealed. To be based in London, the 47,000 square ft. centre will house teams of software development engineers, user interface experts and graphi designers. Employees at the studio will work …
Read More »Develop August: Mobile tech and Sweden uncovered
Our GDC Europe and Gamescom-distributed issue is a cracker, and there's still time to get involved
Read More »Alleged Xbox leak No.3 – Xbox Surface
Another supposed leak from Microsoft suggests that an Xbox tablet, called ‘Xbox Surface’, is very much in the works. A detailed 56-page document claiming to detail the next generation of Xbox (codenamed Xbox 720) was revealed to the world yesterday. This was shortly followed by claims of a new Microsoft …
Read More »Fable: The Journey uses Milo’s Kinect tech
Peter Molyneux’s Milo may never see light of day, but a part of it lives on with Fable: The Journey. Polygon reports that the skeletal tracking system that interprets player’s gestures. But there’s plenty of new tech, too. For instance, the new Fable can be played sitting down – which …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed III "to look next-gen on current gen"
A host of new game announcements to keep the Xbox 360 fire burning far ahead of E3? Whether that screams of a next-gen announcement at E3 at June or not is purely down to your discretion. But it’s certainly of interest to note that execs at Ubisoft have been keen …
Read More »‘Expect platform consolidation’ says Tim Sweeney
Epic boss says there are too many platforms on the market
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