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Read More »Xbox One was Amazon UK’s biggest console launch ever. PS4 will beat it
Xbox One broke Amazon UK’s record for the fastest and biggest console launch in history. Good news for Microsoft but better news for Sony, because according to the online retail giant, PS4 is going to beat that. PS4 is currently the No.1 pre-order items on the firm’s video game chart, …
Read More »Ubisoft: ‘PS4 and Xbox One will bring back lapsed gamers’
Ubisoft has a huge portfolio of games for Sony and Microsoft’s new machines, including a number of major new IPs. MCVspeaks to UK boss Rob Cooper on the publisher’s sky high expectations for the next-generation. Ubisoft is supporting PS4 and Xbox One with some big new IPs. What are you …
Read More »Xbox promotion causes sexism row
Advertisement offered reasons for significant others to approve console purchase, but assumed buyer was male
Read More »Microsoft ‘still learning’ about microtransactions on Xbox One
Console giant testing the waters with Ryse and Forza 5
Read More »Forza 5: How McLaren Automotive’s data served Turn 10
A look at what a Formula 1 team with a sold out £1 million sports car has to offer Turn 10’s developers
Read More »Microsoft: "We’re still learning" about microtransactions
Phil Spencer has admitted that microtransactions on Xbox One are still a work in progress. The platform holder has faced criticism over the use of in-app payments in Forza 5. The racing series is no stranger to IAPs (Forza 4 had them) but the general feeling is that more content …
Read More »Microsoft strikes Xbox One agreements with Japanese developers
Xbox One has signed on multiple Japanese development studios to make full retail releases for Xbox One. The firm’s corporate vice president Phil Spencer confirmed the new deals to Kotaku, stating that the unannounced titles will be revealed at some point in 2014. Spencer added that they will be full …
Read More »Activision claims Call of Duty next-gen dominance
Call of Duty: Ghosts has emerged as the big winner in the next-gen games race, Activision has claimed. The publisher says that Ghosts is the best-selling Xbox One and PS4 title at leading retailers” (that’s GameStop, best Buy, Walmart and Target) in North America. It also reckons it’s the most …
Read More »Free game for faulty Xbox One owners
Microsoft is compensating those with a defective Xbox One console with a free game. Reports emerged over the weekend of disc drive problems in some units. Polygon reports that upon contacting Microsoft affected customers are being offered a free download of either Dead Rising 3, Forza 5, Ryse or Zoo …
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