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EA Canada has confirmed that next year’s Xbox One and PS4 release UFC will not run at 60 frames per second. Instead, the game will run at 30fps – although it will output at 1080p on both consoles. Interestingly, EA Canada creative director Brian Hayes told GamingBolt that he doesn’t …
Read More »Man stages Blockbuster megaphone protest to get PS4 refund
One disgruntled Blockbuster customer took matters into his own hands when told he could not receive a refund for his PS4 pre-order. Blockbuster confirmed just hours after announcing its intention to re-enter administration that next-gen pre-orders would be refunded in full. But the BBC reports that the 31 year-old Adam …
Read More »PS4 preorders ‘much higher’ than past consoles
Launch lineup 'stronger than predecessors', claims Sony
Read More »PS4 supports cross-platform play with PS3
First game to use feature on next-gen console will be Arrowhead's top-down shooter Helldivers
Read More »Sony confirms PS4 launch games lineup
Over 20 titles set to release alongside next-gen console
Read More »PS4: Sony reveals more PAL region release dates, still no India details
Sony has announced the PlayStation 4 launch dates for more countries in the PAL region, including the Middle East, but there’s still no word on an Indian release date. As part of the PlayStation 4 FAQ on the PlayStation Blog, Sony has listed the release dates for various countries in …
Read More »Next-gen won’t recapture last-gen’s highs, analyst predicts
Strategy Analytics thinks the upcoming console generation will fall well short of the financial success enjoyed by our current machines. As well as predicting a 15 per cent decline year-on-year for console hardware sales in 2013, the firm also reckons that the expected peak in 2016 will still represent a …
Read More »EA anticipates PS4 and Xbox One to ship 10m units by March
'Sony and Microsoft are proposing that this could be their best launches ever,' says Peter Moore
Read More »GAME offers chance to pay for Xbox One and PS4 early, jump the queue on launch night
Consumers are being offered the chance to jump straight to the front of the queue when buying either Xbox One or PS4. Its new Get Gaming Quicker scheme allows shoppers to head into their local GAME and sort their next-gen order ahead of the official launch date. At that time …
Read More »Analyst tips Xbox One to win launch window next-gen sales race
Baird Research analyst Colin Sebastian has predicted that Xbox One will enjoy slightly higher launch window unit sales than its rival PS4. Part of his reasoning is the fact that eBay listings for Xbox One are currently attracting mark-ups in the region of 60 per cent, while PS4 mark-ups are …
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