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Read More »New research claims PS4 in pole position for next-gen
A new report states that PS4 is narrowly ahead of Xbox One as the new consoles hit shelves. Research firm Populus has surveyed 1,500 people adults for its survey, and reveals that 10 per cent of UK adults plan to buy an Xbox One versus 13 per cent for PS4. …
Read More »LGC 2013: Next-gen consoles have caught up with motion capture
Motion capture expert Vicon says the Xbox One and PS4 are now able to accomplish what people expect from the technology
Read More »LGC 2013: Michael Pachter predicts PS4 will win the next generation
Analyst's hopes are low for Microsoft's Xbox One, says Wii U is "toast"
Read More »Next-gen consoles "too limited" for Oculus Rift
Hopes of Oculus Rift being compatible with PS4 and Xbox One appears to have vanished. "Consoles are too limited for what we want to do," Oculus inventor Palmer Luckey told TechRadar. "The problem with consoles in general is that once they come out they’re locked to a certain spec for …
Read More »Xbox’s next-generation of storytelling
Emmy award-winning storyteller Elan Lee was hired by Microsoft this summer to help shape the future of storytelling. What exactly does that mean? MCV attempts to find out, to mixed success… You recently did a talk entitled ‘My mother has no idea what I do for a living.’ Why is …
Read More »Xbox One does ‘nothing’ without day one update
Microsoft's Albert Penello says launch update isn't optional
Read More »VIDEO: Next-gen FIFA 14 in action again
EA is certainly keen to press home the advantages that its next-gen version of FIFA 14 will offer. Although it has been explained before, the below video is another chance to look at both the extra animations the PS4 and Xbox One versions will offer, as well as the more …
Read More »Read how the next-gen is damaging sales of this year’s blockbusters in this week’s MCV
This week’s issue of MCV analyses how the next-gen transition is damaging the sales of the year’s biggest Q4 releases. Sales of Call of Duty, Battlefield and Assassin’s Creed are all down on their predecessors, some by an alarming margin. Retailers tells MCV how the imminent arrivial of the next-generation …
Read More »Rough waters: The next-generation transition
We all expected sales of Assassin’s Creed IV and Battlefield 4 to be down. After all, this is only ‘part one’ of their launches. Both games will return, looking better than ever, on Xbox One and PS4 at the end of the month. But judging this transition is tricky. The …
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