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Kinect 2 will be able to employ certain DRM measures depending on what it observes in the living room. That’s the conclusion suggested by a patent filed by Microsoft, and corroborated by sources talking to MCV in the weeks leading up to this week’s Xbox One reveal. ExtremeTech reports that …
Read More »Wii U sales boost following Xbox One reveal
Sales of the Wii U have rocketed on Amazon.co.uk in the days following Microsoft’s Xbox One reveal. As spotted by Nintendo Life, last night the Wii U Premium machine had climbed from 243rd in the retailer’s ‘Movers and Shakers’ list to 50th, with sales increasing 386 per cent. At the …
Read More »Kinect is Xbox One’s edge, says Harrison
Former PlayStation boss turned Microsoft exec says standard camera input is 'game-changer'
Read More »Open-world Need for Speed: Rivals announced by new studio Ghost Games
The Need for Speed franchise is sticking with its successful open-world, cops-vs-racers formula with Need for Speed: Rivals. Rivals is an action-racer being developed by EA’s new studio Ghost Games, which is comprised of talent from Bizzare and Blackrock, as well as the lead designer of Far Cry 3. Criterion …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Xbox One – How Microsoft might positively reposition pre-owned games
Yes, that’s right. A headline with ‘Xbox One’ ‘positive’ and ‘pre-owned’ all at once. Am I crazy? You may well conclude after reading this that I am. And certainly, you’ll have little cause to expect much sense from the second-hand game storm surrounding Microsoft’s ambitious new Xbox One console. So …
Read More »Ghost Games revs up next-gen Need for Speed Rivals
Racer coming to PS4 and Xbox One later this year
Read More »EA to continue supporting PS3 and Xbox 360
Publisher will keep on developing titles for current-gen consoles until at least 2017
Read More »EA: Xbox One and PS4 a generation ahead of PC
Publisher benchmarks video and audio performance of new Xbox at eight-to-10 times higher than current gen
Read More »The Xbox One reveal – All the news in one place
Catch all the biggest stories from the Xbox One announcement right here
Read More »Microsoft reasserts its commitment to Japan
Despite two generations of failure in the Far East, Xbox One will be launched in Japan. "We’re committed to Japan," Don Mattrick said in a roundtable attended by OXM. "We continue to build on our partnerships, we continue to build on our offerings for consumers inside of that space. "We …
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