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Microsoft is on the hunt for exclusive entertainment content for Xbox One. Deadline reports that CEO Steve Ballmer and entertainment studios president Nancy Tellem have been doing the rounds in Hollywood in an effort to bolster ties with key content makers. Talks have supposedly taken place with CBS, Sony TV …
Read More »PES 2014 skipping PS4, Xbox One, Vita and 3DS
Konami’s latest football release won’t be released on next-gen consoles this time around. PES 2014 was announced just minutes ago but the publisher’s European PES community manager Adam Bhatti has already taken to Twitter to confirm that the game will definitely be Xbox 360, PS3 and PSP only this year. …
Read More »Microsoft unveils Halo: Spartan Assault for Windows 8 platforms
A new Halo game will launch in July for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8, Microsoft has announced. Halo: Spartan Assault is a top-down action shooter developed by Halo 4 creators 343 Industries (with help from Vanguard Games). The game will work on Windows 8 touch devices and is set …
Read More »Disney announces Kinect title Fantasia: Music Evolved from Harmonix
Harmonix is working on an Xbox 360 and Xbox One title called Fantasia: Music Evolved. The game, due out in 2014, transports players to a breathtaking world where music and magic combine to transform extraordinary interactive landscapes in entirely new and creative ways” according to the press release. It is …
Read More »PS4 and Xbox One pre-owned Twitter campaigns prepare second assault
You can be certain of one thing – Xbox and Sony execs won’t be able to hide from the pre-owned question at E3 next week. Having already successfully elevated the question to the forefront of the games industry last week, the NeoGaf-based organisers behind the #PS4NoDRM are planning a second …
Read More »Report: Microsoft considers major company shake-up
Changes could see Don Mattrick take up larger role at computing giant
Read More »Pachter predicts PS4 and Xbox One launch prices
PS4 will launch for $349 and the Xbox One for $399, analyst Michael Pachter has predicted. He adds that each Xbox One will cost $325 to manufacture suggesting that Microsoft could make a modest profit at the $399 price point” while Sony will look to undercut PS3’s $599 launch RRP …
Read More »Infinity Ward on rebuilding its fortunes
Call of Duty: Ghosts development lead Mark Rubin discusses a studio reborn
Read More »Infinity Ward reborn
Develop discovers how the Call of Duty studio returned from the brink of collapse
Read More »Microsoft: No TV talk at E3
Microsoft has reiterated that its E3 press conference will be all about the games. The company’s Xbox One 21st May reveal event ended up being a procession of the new console’s live TV and Kinect voice recognition features, with games almost feeling like an afterthought. Fielding questions about the likelihood …
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