Sony points users to PS4 video on 'slow news day'
xxxgamer Share 2Just hours before Microsoft will unveil its next-generation Xbox, Sony has directed its Twitter followers to watch the new PlayStation 4 teaser video because "it's a slow news day.
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Also - If you haven't seen our #PS4 teaser video, where have you been?! As it's a slow news day� here it is: bit.
ly/12oYGG7— PlayStation Europe (@PlayStationEU) May 21, 2013
When Sony announced the PS4 in February, Microsoft's director of Xbox Live programming Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb took a shot at the company, saying "Announce a console without actually showing a console? That's one approach.
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Microsoft's next-generation reveal event begins at 10 a.
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GameSpot is in attendance at the presentation and will host a live-stream of the event beginning at 9 a.
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EA teases new Star Wars Battlefront game
xxxgamer Share 2Electronic Arts has teased that one of its multiple in-development Star Wars titles is an all-new Battlefront game.
Speaking today during the Stifel 2013 Technology Conference, CFO Blake Jorgensen offered the hint.
"The opportunity to do a new Battlefront, for example, which is one of the very popular Star Wars games, or some of the other traditional games that were made, is very exciting.
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Star Wars: Battlefront III, despite never actually being announced, was reportedly 99 percent complete, though this claim was contested.
Jorgensen further explained that its new Star Wars games stand to benefit from the marketing potential at Disney, a company that owns many consumer-focused enterprises like amuseme...
Xbox One will launch this year
xxxgamer Share 2It's finally official.
Microsoft formally announced the next Xbox today during a media briefing at its headquarters in Redmond, Washington.
The next-generation platform is called Xbox One and will launch later this year alongside the PlayStation 4.
The Xbox One is said to boast an "all-in-one experience" and to that end, the platform will allow users to stream live television.
Microsoft executive Yusuf Mehdi gave a live demo of the technology, which uses Kinect voice and gesture controls to manipulate on-screen actions.
In addition, Mehdi confirmed that the Xbox One will support Skype video calling.
The Xbox One boasts 8GB of RAM, a Blu-ray drive, 64-bit architecture, Wi-Fi, USB 3.
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Microsoft has also confirmed that playe...
Watch Dogs, Assassin's Creed IV confirmed for Xbox One
xxxgamer Share 1[UPDATE] Following the publication of this story, Ubisoft also confirmed that Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag will launch for the Xbox One.
The original story follows below
Ubisoft has confirmed its upcoming open-world action game Watch Dogs is coming to Microsoft's Xbox One.
"You've inquired about the presence of #WatchDogs on the new @Xbox One.
The answer is affirmative," Ubisoft said over Twitter.
A launch date was not revealed, though other versions of the title will launch beginning in November.
Set in Chicago, Watch Dogs puts players in the shoes of Aiden Pearce, a hacker who uses his smartphone to break into the city's central operating system to control things like security cameras an...
Call of Duty: Ghosts DLC coming first to Xbox One
xxxgamer Share 1Activision has confirmed Call of Duty: Ghosts for Microsoft's next-gen Xbox One, adding that the DLC for this year's Call of Duty title will launch first on the new console.
Call of Duty: Ghosts features new characters and a new storyline, set a decade after America has been hobbled by a currently unnamed superpower.
Traffic and Syriana writer Stephen Gaghan is penning the script for Call of Duty: Ghosts.
The game features a new engine and new technology, although the series' use of 60fps will still persist.
Multiplayer maps will feature dynamic elements, such as earthquakes and floods.
Player actions will reportedly affect the outcomes of these events.
The game's multiplayer mode will also feature a detailed character customisation system, according to Activision....