It’s been a theory that has been discussed plenty this year, that AAA games are suffering in sales when compared to their predecessors. The “issue” is further compounded by the fact that some are putting of their Battlefield 4 purchase, for example, for the next-gen version. EA is seemingly not too perturbed by the lesser sales of the AAA game,…
Good morning and welcome to the weekend. Almost. The DualShock 4 controller has dropped pressure sensitive face buttons for digital buttons. The pressure sensitive analogue buttons were found on the DualShock 3 and allowed game designers to assign multiple functions to a button depending on the pressure applied by the player. These were rarely used by designers. [More on VentureBeat] The…
Resident Evil creator, Shinji Mikami has told Edge magazine that he believes there is “no real difference” between the specifications of next-generation consoles, reports The Sixth Axis. “When Xbox One was first announced, it had lower specs than PS4, but now they’re almost identical. “So either will do,” he stated. The Sixth Axis points out that Mikami is speaking in…
Good morning. Let’s not fill this with mindless chit-chat and get to it shall we? The PlayStation 4 Party Chat will support up to eight users at once. Let the online parties begin. Sony has confirmed that real names will be usable from launch with the PS4. You will be able to identify yourself either with your real name or PSN…
And here it is… The Call of Duty Ghost’s multiplayer premiere reveal…
Good morning and welcome to the day that could rather be tomorrow. If I was president of the world we’d make it so. The high demand for the PS4 has meant that Sony may not actually fulfill any pre-orders placed after next Monday in the UK. [More on CVG] As if to emphasize this, former CEO of Electronic Arts John Riccitiello…
Good morning. Mid-week munchies should be sated by this edition of Gaming News Wrap which has plenty to chew on. An analyst – yes, we know how much you love them – has predicted that Xbox One may outship the PS4 by as much as 3-to-1, due to Microsoft’s change in online and used-games policies. [More on GI International] A…
Good morning and welcome to the start of the weekend. If you’re an eSports watcher, then turn your eyes to the Inter-Regional tonight brought to you by MSSA and MWEB. While some analysts predict that ‘Xbox One, PS4 and Wii U won’t match their predecessor’s sales’, pre-orders of the new consoles appear to say otherwise. Ubisoft’s CEO Yves Guillemot has said that “Some…
Good morning and welcome to a day that always makes us think of brains. Well, that’s every day admittedly, so welcome to Thursday, and the Gaming News Wrap. We’ll take any excuse to send you off to look at the GTA V gameplay trailer from earlier this week. So go and check it out. Now be assured that it was “captured…
End of the week Wrap. The tastiest one of the all. Almost as tasty as really tasty brains with HP sauce. Almost. After a number of PR blunders, one would think Microsoft would have learnt and started working harder at winning back the games. If your old Xbox 360 headset working on the new Xbox One is one way of…