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PlayStation 4 was Google’s most-searched for gadget in the US this year. The Escapist points to Google’s updated top search charts, which show Sony’s new console on top of the search browser’s Tech Gadgets category. Microsoft’s Xbox One, conversely, failed to crack the category’s top 10. Interestingly, the PS4 comes …
Read More »Free Xbox One guide from MCV available now
Since August, MCV has been chronicling the key features of Xbox One and its games. Now you can read a compilation in our ultimate Road to Xbox One guide. Click here to read it in your browser. It is also available as a digital edition on iPad. The Road to …
Read More »How PS4 defeated Xbox One in the Twitter war
MEC Global Solutions' social strategy director Maria Dsouza explores Sony and Microsoft's use of social media in the run-up to launch
Read More »PS4 beats Xbox One in retail web traffic share
Sony’s PS4 has commanded a greater share of online web traffic across five leading retail websites in the UK. That’s according to new data from SimilarWeb.com which analyses website activity. Note that specialist retailers such as GAME obviously see a higher percentage of their traffic devoted to games. The share …
Read More »Xbox’s Charla: Indie boom will never die
ID@Xbox director believes there will always be demand for indie games
Read More »‘I want indies to drive off in Ferraris’: Chris Charla’s hopes for ID@Xbox
Xbox director determined to empower independent developers with next-gen programme
Read More »A Quantum Breakthrough: Remedy’s quest for the perfect game narrative
Remedy plans to raise the bar for storytelling in games, and Oskari Hakkinen tells Develop how the studio is taking cues from TV, film and its own past to develop a new experience with Xbox One game Quantum Break
Read More »343: We’re looking to have Halo experiences in as many formats as possible
Halo 4 developer 343 Industries hopes to bring the FPS franchise to a multitude of digital and physical formats, according to Halo: Spartan Assault lead designer Mike Ellis. Speaking with VentureBeat, Ellis discussed Halo potentially branching out from its typical formats – though he didn’t go as far as to …
Read More »Here’s that £6,000 Xbox One you asked for
We’ve heard a few stories of folks paying over the odds on eBay to get hold of an Xbox One for Christmas, but this is something else. Well, if you’re still having a hard time tracking one down, there’s one currently available in Central London. And we’re pretty sure it’s …
Read More »The battle for indies: How platform holders are adapting to the revolution
With the full trio of next generation consoles now upon us, Develop asks how the rise of small developers has changed the landscape forever
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