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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 »E3 2012: Nintendo presentation prompts share drop
Post-press conference share value falls on Japanese stock market, while Sony's climbs
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 »E3 2012: Has the next-gen already made its E3 debut?
Microsoft and Sony may be holding their breath on next-gen for another year but publishers, it seems, are more than ready. One of the visually more impressive demoes of E3 this year has been LucasArts’ Star Wars 1313. And all the signs suggest that it is in fact a next-gen …
Read More »Next-generation consoles ‘will be the last’
Tablet PCs will conquer the market, says Crytek CEO
Read More »Take-Two: Aging consoles ‘good for big studios’
'There is still ample opportunity in the market if you deliver high quality', says Zelnick
Read More »Report: Sony mulled, rejected download-only console
Sony at one point considered, but ultimately rejected building the PS4 as a download-only console, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. Sources ‘familiar with the matter’ shared that the company has opted to go with an optical disk drive model after the digital-based console concept was turned …
Read More »Konami using Fox Engine in next-gen PES
Hideo Kojima’s Fox Engine will power the future of the Pro Evolution Soccer series on next-gen consoles. Fox is a multi-platform engine designed by the studio behind the Metal Gear Solid series. It went into development after the developer shipped Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots in 2008. …
Read More »Infinity Ward working on next-gen shooter
Job listing for network engineer reveals multiplayer FPS
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