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A "disc-to-digital" program will permit players to exchange physical games for digital codes
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Last-gen Destiny purchases come with free next-gen upgrade
Bungie is offering those who buy its new shooter Destiny on PS3 or Xbox 360 a free copy of the game on next-gen consoles. The offer is limited to digital editions of the game and is limited to PS3-to-PS4 and Xbox 360-to-Xbox One upgrades. In both instances once the game …
Read More »VIDEO: F1 2014 heading for last-gen, next year’s game targets PS4 and Xbox One
Codemasters has revealed that F1 2014 will only be released on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. Next year’s game, currently being referred to as a new Formula 1 title in 2015”, will be released on PS4, Xbox One and PC. This title will be released earlier in the season and …
Read More »PS3 and 360 Assassin’s Creed title still due in 2014
Ubisoft has reiterated its desire to release an Assassin’s Creed title on last-gen titles this year. The publisher first said that an AC game would hit PS3 and Xbox 360 when it announced Assassin’s Creed: Unity for PS4, Xbox One and PC in March. Now CVG reports that Ubisoft boss …
Read More »VIDEO: Hellraid ditches PS3 and 360, goes next-gen
Techland’s fantasy battler Hellraid has officially gone next-gen. The game was announced last year for PS3 and Xbox 360 but has now been confirmed instead for release on PS4, Xbox One and PC some time later this year. It’s powered by the same engine behind Techland’s other upcoming first person …
Read More »Codemasters explains next-gen no-show for GRID: Autosport
Why will GRID: Autosport not be released on PS4 or Xbox One? For a number of reasons, Codemasters has said. Regarding next-gen, ultimately it comes down to a few things,” the company’s community manager Ben Walke has said across a number of posts on NeoGAF. The first is that we …
Read More »UK stores call on 360 and PS3 price cuts
UK games retailers want to see a PS3 and Xbox 360 price cut before the end of the year. Top stores have told MCV that reducing the cost of Sony and Microsoft’s last generation machines will encourage younger and more casual gamers to jump back into the console market. We …
Read More »No new Doom beta for Xbox 360 or PS3
There will not be an Xbox 360 or PS3 version of the as-of-yet undated Doom beta. It was revealed in February that Wolfenstein: The New Order on PS4, Xbox One, PS3 and Xbox 360 will include access to the Doom beta. However, as spotted by Videogamer, it has since been …
Read More »EA’s Jorgensen thinks pre-Christmas current-gen price cut is unlikely
Don’t expect to see Sony and Microsoft dropping the price of PS3 and Xbox 360 this side of Christmas. That’s according to EA’s chief financial officer Blake Jorgensen, who as reported by GameSpot told the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media, & Technology conference that: "At some point [Microsoft and Sony] will …
Read More »Next Call of Duty is leading on next-gen
PS4 and Xbox One are the lead platforms for this year’s as-of-yet unannounced Call of Duty. Sledgehammer is approaching this as a next-gen-first development,” Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg told IGN. Obviously in the console-transition year, anyone who developed a cross-generational game last year had to deal with the fact …
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