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The developers behind Tekken X Street Fighter have said the game is still coming to current generation consoles. The Namco and Capcom collaboration was first announced in 2010, but there has been no word on when it will be released. However, this silence doesn’t mean it has been pushed back …
Read More »PS4, Xbox 720 "will fail if they let retail dictate game pricing"
Both the PS4 and Xbox 720 will fail if they do not reject physical media in favour of digital distribution, the co-founder of Codemasters has boldly claimed. In what amounts to a scathing attack on games retail, David Darling stated: Sony and Microsoft cannot let the retailers dictate game prices …
Read More »Microsoft and Nintendo disagree about Wii U’s graphical clout
Opinions regarding the graphical power of Nintendo’s upcoming Wii U appear to be mixed. Speaking to investors, Nintendo boss Saturo Iwata asserted that the new console will not lag as far behind its upcoming rivals from Microsoft and Sony as Wii did compared to Xbox 360 and PS3. "We cannot …
Read More »Microsoft fights for, wins Xbox8 domains
Xbox 8, or perhaps Xbox ∞ (Xbox Infinity) could be the name of the successor to Xbox 360. The speculation has arisen after Fusible reported that Microsoft had acquired two URLs – Xbox8.us and Xbox8.org. Not only has it acquired them, but it fought to do so, winning two disputes …
Read More »Microsoft clamps down in "Xbox roadmap" leak
It’s often hard to distinguish between fact and faction. But luckily sometimes companies make it far easier for us to tell. Remember the leaked” Xbox 720 roadmap document that emerged online at the weekend? Even MCV treated it with a pinch of salt. Well, it now looks more or less …
Read More »‘Leaked’ and dubious document claims to outline future Xbox roadmap
Microsoft’s Xbox roadmap includes the 2013 launch a $299 Xbox 360 successor and Kinect 2, convincing-looking (but dubious) documents posted online claim. Uncorroborated as genuine, presentation slides from a purported August 2010 meeting posted to Scribd suggest the format holder’s roadmap for its home console were once projected to include: …
Read More »E3 2012: EA says E3’12 "is the opening act of next-gen cycle shift"
EA Labels president Frank Gibeau has said that E3 2012 is the first chapter in the next-gen story. The sentiments precisely echo those published by MCV earlier this week, which itself was a reaction to the strongly negative response to this year’s platform holder presentations. "It’s fairly natural, like with …
Read More »GameStop: Next-gen consoles WON’T block pre-owned
Industry insight or wishful thinking? Global games retail giant GameStop believes that the PS4 and Xbox 720 won’t incorporate pre-owned blocking technology. Since the turn of the year separate rumours have suggested that both the Next Xbox and the PS4 would utilise methods to either prevent gamers from playing games …
Read More »E3 2012: Watch Dogs could be next-gen, will use SmartGlass
Ubisoft has dropped the biggest hint yet that the Watch Dogs demo that blew away the E3 crowd on Monday was in fact based on next-gen console hardware. When asked to confirm which formats the game would appear on by GTTV, Ubisoft president Yves Guillemot replied PS3, 360, PC and… …
Read More »Take-Two: Next-gen no show is no problem
Disappointed by the possibility of no new hardware from Sony or Microsoft at E3 next week?Don’t be, says Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick. The GTA publisher has told MCV that an extended console cycle is good for publishers of expensive, triple-A games. The biggest blockbusters are still selling in huge numbers, …
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