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The MotoGP franchise is racing its way to Sony’s new console for the first time. Creator Milestone has revealed MotoGP 14 will launch in June and will be making its way to PS4, in addition to PS3, Vita and PC. A final release date is yet to be confirmed. MotoGP …
Read More »Unlocking the future: Eidos Montreal on next-gen development
Thief developer discusses the advantages of the new consoles, the importance of supplying the current-gen consoles and why some things remain thankfully unchanged since 1998
Read More »Bioware contemplating next-gen Mass Effect remaster
Developer BioWare has discussed the idea of remastering its Mass Effect trilogy for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Responding to a fan question on Twitter, Aaryn Flynn, general manager of Bioware Edmonton and Montreal said that it had been discussed internally. The firm has already bundled together its Mass Effect …
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 …
Read More »EA beats forecasts to generate $808m revenue during last quarter
But losses deepen to $308m despite new-gen push and growing digital revenues
Read More »Next-gen golf title The Golf Club announced
EA is to face some competition in the golf space. HB Studios has announced The Golf Club for PS4, Xbox One and PC. The developer says it hopes to provide an accessible, high quality, social and customizable golf experience with minimal to zero loading times”, emphasising that rapid access is …
Read More »Xbox One outsold PS4 in the US in December
Microsoft has confirmed that Xbox One outsold the PS4 in the US in December. It’s the first sign that its next-gen machine could yet recover its market-leading position in the US market and offer a serious challenge to PS4, which has outpaced Microsoft’s console in all other key territories since …
Read More »From Software "has not put any thought" into next-gen Dark Souls II
Dark Souls II on PS4 and Xbox One seems unlikely. When asked about the possibility of porting the PC version of the RPG to next-gen consoles, co-director Yui Tanimura told Edge that the studio has not put any thought into this yet”. He also said of the decision to release …
Read More »Hitman confirmed for PS4, Xbox One, PC
While Edios Montreal was recently taken off the Hitman project it was working on, series creator IO Interactive today confirmed that a next-gen Hitman is well into development. Encouragingly for long-time Hitman fans, IO promises that the new game, which will see Agent 47 travel the world, will feature a …
Read More »Io says triple-A Hitman game will ‘fulfil core Hitman fantasy’
Keen to dispel recent rumours, Io Interactive has released a number of details concerning its next-gen Hitman game. Reports last week suggested the Hitman franchise had been abandoned on consoles but nothing could be further from the truth. In the next game you will experience a globetrotting Agent 47 at …
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