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Thu, May 23, 2013 | 10:12 BST

Xbox One & PS4 a generation ahead of high-end PCs, says EA exec

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Xbox One and PS4 are a generation ahead of current high-end PCs, according to EA’s CTO Rajat Teneja. The exec has discussed the leap in power between next-gen formats and current rigs in a new post.

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Thu, May 23, 2013 | 08:47 BST

Need for Speed: next-gen racer revealing today, new image inside

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Need for Speed will be getting its yearly reveal today, as confirmed by the game’s official Facebook hub. There’s also a new image that car nuts are likely to go, well, nuts for.

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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 21:23 BST

Call of Duty: Ghosts next-gen engine shown in side by side comparison video

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Infinity Ward has released a video showing the tech differences between Call of Duty: Ghosts and Modern Warfare 3.

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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 23:10 BST

Xbox One: “If you’re backwards compatible, you’re really backwards,” says Mattrick

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Xbox One won’t be backwards compatible, and it’s not like anyone was expecting it to be, really; however, according to Microsoft’s Don Mattrick, such thinking is “backwards” anyway.
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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 17:11 BST

EA to reveal more on FIFA 14 and Star Wars at E3

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EA has said it plans to reveal more on FIFA 14 and its Star Wars games in the works during E3 next month.

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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 14:17 BST

Ryse confirmed as Xbox One title per Crytek website

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Ryse is an Xbox One exclusive, according to an update on Crytek’s website.

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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 12:59 BST

Call of Duty Ghosts: Hirshberg talks dynamic MP maps, plot & cross-gen development

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Call of Duty: Ghosts was revealed last night at Microsoft’s Xbox One event, and since then Activision’s Eric Hirshberg has spilled many beans about what to expect from Infinity Ward’s cross-gen shooter. He also confirmed the game would release within the Xbox One’s launch window.

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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 12:16 BST

Xbox One: a new direction, an honest mission

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Xbox’s next generation was shown only as a concept in Seattle yesterday, as the truth of Microsoft’s multi-media intention. Wait for E3 to judge its games component, says Patrick Garratt.

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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 09:55 BST

Need for Speed: next-gen screen suggests PS4, Xbox One reveal

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Need for Speed could be heading towards some king of next-gen announcement for PS4 and Xbox One, following a screenshot teaser on the series’ Australian Facebook hub.

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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 07:28 BST

Kinect will make its way to PC

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Ben Kilgore, corporate vice president of interactive entertainment business has confirmed that the next-gen Kinect will be available on Windows PC at some stage.
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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 06:05 BST

GDC Europe announce more talks for design and business tracks

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The organisers of GDC Europe have announced more talks for the event in August. As part of the design and business tracks, the new talks will take place from Monday 19 August through to Wednesday 21 August. These additions will be talks from Steven Masters on Assassin’s Creed III’s design, Don Daglow on the ‘treasures and traps’ of next-gen and Epic’s James Brown on empowering the player in storytelling.
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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 04:27 BST

Ghost in the machine! Features of CoD:Ghosts

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Adding to the big announcements, information for Call of Duty’s next-gen installment in the franchise has started to emerge today. Following leaks of the name and a teaser trailer in the past weeks, Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Ghosts is developed on a new engine which will add features such as exponential polygons and mocapped dogs.
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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 00:26 BST

Former EA boss confident in next gen-consoles

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John Riccitiello, former EA boss believes that PS4 and Xbox One will both be successful, saying, “I believe that console gaming is going to explode on the scene of consumer electronics with this next generation of consoles.”
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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 11:14 BST

Battlefield 4 hits current-gen Oct 29, Xbox One & PS4 date pending

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Battlefield 4 was announced for an October 29 release date last night for all formats, but EA has since clarified that the shooter will only hit current-gen formats from this date, and will hit PS4 and Xbox One at a later date.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 21:31 BST

Analyst: “it’s too early to predict” whether Xbox One or PS4 will have the biggest market share

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Jesse Divnich, industry analyst for EEDAR has weighed in on Xbox One’s reveal by providing his thought on the new console in an industry letter.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 21:14 BST

Xbox One: Ubisoft confirms Watch Dogs, Assassin’s Creed 4, more

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Xbox One will receive top Ubisoft titles, including Watch Dogs and Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag. The publisher will launch at least six next-gen titles Microsoft’s format in the next 12 months.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 17:14 BST

EA teases possibility of new Star Wars: Battlefront game

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EA CFO Blake Jorgensen has teased the firm may possibly revisit the Star Wars: Battlefront IP now that the firm has the rights to develop the games from Disney.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 17:06 BST

NBA Live 14 announced for next-gen consoles

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NBA Live 14 has been announced for next-generation consoles by Electronic Arts CFO Blake Jorgensen. The news was revealed as part of his talk during the Stifel Nicolaus 2013 Internet, Media and Communications Conference today. The game is set for release later this year, and may be part of the new Xbox console reveal today, if NBA Live tweets are any indication. NBA Live 13 was set to be the latest game in the series, slated for last fall, but was ultimately cancelled by EA with the promise the franchise would return in 2013. Thanks, Polygon.

Tue, May 21, 2013 | 16:16 BST

Farewell Xbox 360, it’s been emotional

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Xbox 720 is getting unveiled tonight and the internet is in full hype-gasm mode as you read this. VG247′s Dave Cook recalls his fond memories of Microsoft’s rig, and why it turned him into a filthy traitor.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 15:25 BST

Assassin’s Creed 4 on PS3 is stellar despite PS4′s “visual innovations,” says Ubisoft

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Jean Guesdon, creative director at Ubisoft Montreal, has told VG247 that while the PS4 is definitely a hug leap forward compared to PS3, those who plan on purchasing Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag for PS3 won’t be disappointed, as it will still be a stellar experience.

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