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The price of one of Xbox One’s leading exclusives is being significantly cut on Xbox Live. The platform holder said last month that competitive digital software pricing was on the agenda”, and this looks set to begin with what could be a cut to 34.99 for Ryse: Son or Rome. …
Read More »Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeros will run at 720p on Xbox One
PS4 release will render at 1080p resolution and run at 60fps
Read More »Lionhead Studios hiring for Xbox One title
Unannounced project running on Unreal Engine 4
Read More »Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark listed by Amazon
Amazon has posted multi-platform listings for an unannounced next-gen Transformers game. The online retailer has Rise of the Dark Spark set for PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U and 3DS. While Activision is still yet to formally announce the title, it was included in the publisher’s most recent …
Read More »January PS4 sales nearly double Xbox One in US
Sony has taken an impressive lead over the Xbox One across the pond. Figures from NPD reveal the PS4 leads hardware sales in the US – a feat Sony says it has achieved despite "severely constrained" stock of the console. Despite trailing to its rival, the Xbox One is still …
Read More »Halo 5 could miss 2014 release says Master Chief voice actor
Master Chief might not be gracing Xbox One this year after all. Speaking with Gamezone, Steve Downes, voice actor for the fabled Spartan commented that a Halo 5 launch in 2014 is unlikely. Instead, Downes says consumers can look forward to Halo 2 Anniversary edition. "I think you may be …
Read More »Xbox European boss Chris Lewis steps down
Xbox VP of EMEA Chris Lewis has announced he will retire from the company, MCV can reveal. Lewis is a 25-year veteran of Microsoft, joining the firm in 1989, and has led the Xbox business since it started and held various sales and marketing roles. He officially leaves in the …
Read More »Respawn helping Microsoft to ‘fix’ Xbox One pad’s ‘overly twitchy’ controls
Titantfall developer Respawn has convinced Microsoft to patch in some changes to the Xbox One’s controller. The console’s February patch will, amongst other things, alter some of the joypad’s settings. "It’s just fixing the controller input, really," Titanfall design lead Justin Hendry told The Verge. "It wasn’t really where we …
Read More »Kojima: PS4 is the best home console available
Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima has backed Sony in the next-gen console war. Although he didn’t name names specifically, a statement in Famitsu (as reported by DualShockers) makes it pretty clear where the cult developer’s affections lie. I think, between the home consoles available in the domestic market, the PS4 …
Read More »Xbox One Media Remote spotted on Amazon
A listing for an Xbox One Media Remote has now cropped up in the UK. The Xbox One Media Remote yesterday appeared on Amazon’s Canadian website, but has now appeared on the retailer’s UK arm priced at 19.99 and has a release date of April 4th. Control your Xbox One …
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