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Xbox One controller compatibility for Windows PC is nearing public release, Microsoft’s Larry Hryb has confirmed. "Soon. Very soon," Hryb said, replying on a NeoGAF thread revolving around the subject of when the necessary drivers would be made available via Windows. Microsoft previously stated in August 2013 that Windows support …
Read More »Minecraft lands on Xbox One, PS4 and Vita in August
Minecraft will arrive on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PS Vita this August, Mojang has announced. It’ll cost $20 on the new platforms, but those with who have already purchased the PS3/Xbox 360 version can upgrade to their next-gen counterpart for just $5. The upgrade program will be available for …
Read More »How Watch Dogs became a blockbuster even before it launched
We don’t even know if it’s any good. That’s what’s quite remarkable about the already huge success of Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs. We’ve never played a game quite like it. It’s a new IP so there’s no previous game in which to draw any expectation from. Outside of the E3 demos, …
Read More »Microsoft pondered building Kinect into the Xbox One’s case
Microsoft even toyed with the idea of building the Kinect into the Xbox One itself, Xbox One hardware designerCarl Ledbetter has said. That would have made it a permanent, non-removable feature – and prevented the recent uncoupling of Kinect and console. We actually built models of that,” he said.We pushed …
Read More »The making of Kinect: Designing the Xbox One’s most controversial feature
Designer Carl Ledbetter tells Develop how Microsoft considered building the motion sensor into the console itself, and why he’s not sad to see it unbundled
Read More »External hard drive support coming to Xbox One next month
Xbox One owners will be able to increase their console’s storage with external hard drives from next month. Microsoft has confirmed rumours that the functionality will be included as part of Xbox One’s June update. USB 3.0 HDDs of 256GB or more will be supported. The drives can be used …
Read More »Worms to make its next-gen debut this month
Team 17’s Worms Battlegrounds will be released on Xbox One and PS4 later this month. It will arrive both in boxed and digital form on June 30th, although the digital PS4 release in the US will arrive a tad later – June 3rd. The game is one of the first …
Read More »Crytek warns of Xbox One and PS4 ‘RAM ceiling’
8GB will still limit developers – despite being 16 times more RAM than Xbox 360 and PS3
Read More »Next-gen games will hit RAM ceiling on PS4 and Xbox One, Crytek believes
The 8GB of RAM housed in both PS4 and Xbox One will not be enough to prevent developers being limited, according to Crytek. Both machines house 8GB of RAM – that’s sixteen times more than the 512MB that was available on both Xbox 360 and PS3 (the latter of which …
Read More »Next-gen console power consumption criticised by NRDC
US pressure group Natural Resources Defense Council has urged both Sony and Microsoft to reduce the amount of power their consoles use in stand by. It says that between them America’s Xbox Ones, PS4s and Wii Us will in the next year use as much electricity as the US’s fourth …
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