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Everything you need to know from this year's conferences at E3
Read More »PS4 overtakes Xbox One in Amazon pre-order charts
What a difference a day makes. Having yesterday been told by Amazon that Xbox One was tracking narrowly ahead of PS4 in the Amazon pre-order charts, this morning has brought with it a change of fortunes. Keen observers of the situation on Twitter this morning have pointed out to MCV …
Read More »MICROSOFT: Killer Instinct is free-to-play, includes one free character
Xbox One fighter Killer Instinct will be a free-to-play title. It will include just one freely accessible character – Jago. The rest of the cast, which consists of both old and new faces, will be available as premium downloads. Whether this point to an overarching strategy change from Microsoft remains …
Read More »UBISOFT: Open world Tom Clancy game – The Division – comes to PS4, Xbox One
Ubisoft lifted the lid on its big new project at E3 today, Tom Clancy’s The Division. Developed by Swedish studio Massive Entertainment, the game is an open-world RPG that is coming to both PS4 and Xbox One. It was the ‘one last thing’ at the publisher’s pre-E3 press conference, and …
Read More »EA: UFC goes next gen in 2014
The UFC series will return next year as a PS4 and Xbox One title. Titled EA Sports UFC, this will be the first entry in the series since Electronic Arts took over the licence from THQ last year. As was announced at the Xbox One reveal two weeks ago, the …
Read More »E3: Ubisoft boss says ‘good chance’ pre-owned games won’t change
The major third-party publishers have yet to decide their strategy on pre-owned games – but Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has a hunch little will change. Last week Microsoft put an end to weeks of speculation about Xbox One being ‘against’ second-hand games, by confirming a new structure for game ownership …
Read More »UBISOFT: Two new Trials games, one for tablets, one for PS4 and Xbox One
Ubisoft’s hit downloadable series Trials is returning next year in two games. Trials Fusion is a futuristic take on the franchise and is coming to current and next generation consoles. Meanwhile, for tablets and mobile devices Ubisoft is preparing Trials Frontier, with levels based in desert and other natural environments. …
Read More »E3 2013: Stunning Watch Dogs trailer lights up E3
Aiden Pearce infiltrates human trafficking hideout in incredible CGI video
Read More »MICROSOFT: Three not-so-magic numbers
Cynicism is like chocolate. A little bit can be good for you, but too much can be damaging. Microsoft went into tonight’s E3 press event with a monumental task – overturning weeks of some of the most viscous online commentary the industry has witnessed to convince the world that Xbox …
Read More »EA: See the first next-gen FIFA 14 gameplay footage
The first ever next-gen gameplay footage for EA’s FIFA 14 has been released. Admittedly it’s all a bit showreel – we’d much prefer to see the game in action proper. But it at least gives a taste of how much more footbally the game will feel compared to the apparently …
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