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Those wanting to buy both the current and next-gen versions of Call of Duty: Ghosts have a number of options open to them. The process is slightly different depending on which version you opt for you, according to Eurogamer. PS3 copies of the game, which is out on November 5th, …
Read More »Xbox One’s Ryse doesn’t run in 1080p
Microsoft has confirmed that Xbox One launch title Ryse does not natively run in 1080p. The company’s chief of staff for devices and studios group Aaron Greenberg said earlier this week on Twitter that I know Ryse and Forza will be native 1080p”. However, in a Twitter correction issued in …
Read More »Report: Grand Theft Auto V PS4 and PC versions unearthed from 360 code
Mention of both the PC and PS4 versions of Grand Theft Auto V have supposedly been dug up in the game’s Xbox 360 source code. Cinema Blend reports on the alleged discovery of the platform mentions in the code, with specific mention of Orbis” – the operating system for Playstation …
Read More »Report: 3.1m Xbox One and PS4 consoles could be sold this Christmas
Xbox One and PS4 should generate at least 1.2bn for UK retailers this Christmas. That comes from 3.1m console sales, 1.3m Xbox Ones and 1.8m PS4s. That’s according to trade body the Entertainment Retailer’s Association, which also says that number could rise to 3bn. The figures are drawn from a …
Read More »EA to release its next-gen games before next-gen hardware
Battlefield 4, FIFA 14 and Madden NFL 25 will be available in their next-gen guises ahead of their respective hardware launches in the US. As confirmed by Peter Moore, the PS4 versions of all three games will be released at North American retail on November 12th. That’s three days ahead …
Read More »Microsoft acquires Xbone.com domain
The URL Xbone.com is now the property of Microsoft. Fusible reports that the Xbox One platform holder recently acquired the domain. ‘Xbone’ has amongst some circles become the go-to nickname for Microsoft’s upcoming machine. The news comes after Microsoft’s community man Larry ‘Major Nelson’ Hyrb recently admitted on NeoGaf that …
Read More »Developers claim PS4 has a "significant" performance advantage over Xbox One
Sony’s PS4 enjoys what is being described as a significant” and obvious” performance advantage over Xbox One. That’s according to unnamed multiple high-level game development sources” sourced by Edge. The site claims that memory read speeds are 40-50 per cent faster on PS4 and that its ALU (Arithmetic Logic Unit) …
Read More »VIDEO: How Assassin’s Creed IV compares on current and next-gen
Ubisoft has detailed the many visual additions that will feature in the PS4 and Xbox One versions of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. Points of interest include the rain effects, which see lighting applied to each individual raindrop, and the work that has gone into animating the oceans. Also highlighted …
Read More »Analyst predicts 36m PS4 sales and 30m Xbox One sales by 2018
Futuresource Consulting has predicted that PS4 will enjoy a decent sales advantage over Xbox One over the next five years. It reckons that PS4 will have sold 36m units by 2018 with Xbox One having shifted just 30m units – although it expects both machines to fall short of their …
Read More »Ubisoft bringing Uplay to PS4 and Xbox One
It will come as no surprise that Ubisoft has confirmed that it will once again utilise its Uplay network on next-gen consoles. The publisher has confirmed that next-gen debut titles Watch Dogs and Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag will integrate Uplay on both Xbox One and PS4. Uplay, much like …
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