Good morning. It’s great to be alive isn’t it? Remember that it’s only that way because we didn’t kick off the zombie apocalypse yet. Be grateful… The PS4 has a day one firmware update that adds key features. The feature are so key in fact that it almost seems not doing the 300MB download will leave you with a genuinely…
Good morning. We’re pretty sure many will have taken today off too in South Africa to ensure an extra long weekend, so we’ve kinda done so too. Kinda. Not really. Kinect-like navigation will be coming to the PS4 post launch according to Sony. That’s because the the features of the PlayStation Eye camera “could go deeper”. [More on Eurogamer] The PS4…
Speaking at his annual keynote address at Quakecon, Id Software founder John Carmack controversially described the Kinect experience as fundamentally, “a poor interaction.” Carmack analogized Kinect to Apple’s old one-button mouse, claiming that “Kinect is sort of like a zero-button mouse with a lot of latency on it.” The Verge report on a video released to YouTube where the response…
Microsoft is assuring that it will resist any attempt by the US government to use Xbox One’s Kinect camera to spy on the public, as it believes the government does not have the legal right to do so. Microsoft issued a statement to The Verge [as being cited by MCV] in response to the concerns that have been raised with…
Good morning and welcome to the day before the end of the week. You’re almost there. Microsoft has at last secured the XboxOne domains from the previous owner. [More on Fusible] Reports that Apple have made a bid for Kinect firm PrimeSense may be bogus. In fact an anonymous source at the company has branded the report as “bullshit”. [More on…
Yes it’s the middle of the week and the end seems so far, but if you read this Gaming News Wrap, you’ll be around 15 minutes closer to the weekend. See how kind we are to you? GTA V will be “much faster” than its predecessors and all three playable characters will be available from the start. Rockstar North president Leslie…
IGN are citing economist and author Rafi Mohammed who told Bloomberg that he believes the Xbox One’s price is too high. “I still think the price is too high.” Mohammed believes Kinect should be optional to bring the Xbox One closer to Sony’s $399 price point. With the price of Kinect, the extra cost of the Xbox One could be directly…
Microsoft has attempted to clear up some of the confusion surrounding, well, their new console. Used Games The most important one is the issue of used games. The company has now confirmed that the Xbox One will support and allow the purchase and sale of used games, and there will be no fee to transfer games licenses to another Xbox…
Phew. Made it to the end of the week. Thanks for sticking it out with us. Let’s end the week with a bumper gaming news wrap. Yes, we’ll start with this week’s big news story. Xbox One. Other than every poll ever showing people were disappointed with the Tuesday reveal event due to a focus on applications most saw as unnecessary,…
DICE executive producer Patrick Bach has said stated that Battlefield 4 will not include motion control as he believes it is a ‘gimmick’ and because he believes it won’t add to the game. This comes despite the gaming world learning that motion control will play a large role with the Playstation 4. It is also assumed that the next Xbox…