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The traditional games industry needs PS4 and Xbox 720 to be a big hit, so these new stats from NPD make for grim reading. TechSpot reveals that a poll by the research firm suggests just 29 per cent of core gamers are currently planning on buying a next-generation machine as …
Read More »Microsoft to spill Xbox 720 beans this week?
The press could get its first look at the Xbox 720 this Wednesday, it is being claimed. Wait, select press are going to be at the Microsoft fiscal year 2014 event this week?” Superannuation Tweeted. I thought that it was MS partners only. Hmm. There are a bunch of invite-only …
Read More »Kinect 2 specs leaked hours before PS4 reveal
It’s not as if a platform holder would deliberately leak something just hours ahead of its rival’s big hardware reveal or anything. Ow, this feels like an episode of The Thick of It! The truth of it, though, is that some specs for the second iteration of Kinect is unlikely …
Read More »Bungie’s Destiny won’t release in 2013
Bungie’s MMO-ish ‘shared world shooter’ Destiny won’t grace consoles in 2013, publisher Activision has revealed. Destiny is the Halo creator’s first game under its ten-year publishing deal with Activision, and will require an always-on internet connection to be playable. The first-person shooter will consist of a persistent online world, but …
Read More »Xbox Durango leaker claims police raid
The man behind many of the recent Xbox 720 leaks claims to have been raided by police. SuperDaE shot to prominence when he listed what appears to be a genuine Xbox 720 dev kit (codenamed Durango) on eBay. The listing has now ended with the winner paying AU $50,000 ($33,400). …
Read More »"Impossible" for next-gen to match gaming PCs; Crysis 3 will push PC tech
The still unannounced next generation of consoles won’t be able to compete with today’s modern gaming PCs when it comes to raw power. That’s according to Crytek boss Cevat Yerli, who told Eurogamer that: "Without breaking NDAs that are in place, realistically, from purely a price point perspective, it is …
Read More »GameStop lobbying platform holders over pre-owned block rumours
Global games retailer GameStop has been lobbying platform holder Microsoft to try and persuade it to abandon its rumoured plans to block pre-owned software on the Next Xbox. "Sony has said publicly that they don’t intend to block used games on their next console. Microsoft has not commented on the …
Read More »The X-Men: Xbox UK’s Jon Grimes and Harvey Eagle on a successful year for 360
Everyone in games is talking about PlayStation this month. A big Sony announcement next week is getting tongues wagging. The long-awaited start to the next generation is almost upon us and PlayStation is at the starting line. Over at Xbox, however, the focus is on the here and now. With …
Read More »Next Xbox will not function unless Kinect is connected, requires mandatory installs – rumour
Fresh rumours about Microsoft’s Next Xbox suggest that the machine will not operate unless the latest version of Kinect is connected. That’s according to Kotaku, which has word from anonymous source SuperDaE. He’s the fella who last year made a name for himself trying to sell a Durango development kit …
Read More »Next Xbox will struggle if it blocks pre-owned, argues GameStop
Retailer GameStop has warned Microsoft that any move to block the use of pre-owned software on the console would hurt the machine’s chances. We know the desire to purchase a next-generation console would be significantly diminished if new consoles were to prohibit playing pre-owned games, limit portability or not play …
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