Xbox One v PS4 the complete comparison

  Some are calling it the best E3 in five years – others insist it's the best of all time. But whatever hyperbole gets attached to last week's gaming conference, we can all agree on the focus: Xbox One v PS4.Amid the chaos of the LA convention centre, Microsoft and Sony pitched their stands barely feet from each other, separated only by a sliver of carpet, a no-man's land of technological rivalry....

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Dragon Age 3 will use Xbox One cloud

  BioWare continues to say not terribly much about Dragon Age 3: Inquisition, which has been pushed back from launch this year to release in late 2014.Speaking to CVG, general manager Aaryn Flynn has suggested that Dragon Age character save imports are a possibility, and reiterated that the developer wants to find a balance between Origins-era tactics and Dragon Age 2's more action-heavy style.He...

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Sony's PlayStation 4 or Microsoft's Xbox One

Get ready for the latest salvo of updates in the story that's going to be topping the gaming headlines all the way into the winter. It's the classic, Iron Chef-like question: Which gaming system will reign supreme? Microsoft's Xbox One or Sony's PlayStation 4.If you're just taking a gander at Amazon's recent poll, the PlayStation 4 seems to have captured gamer interest by a landslide. However,...

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Project Spark Will Be Free To Download For Xbox One

  While some of the Xbox One games were clearly running on Windows 7 systems it doesn't mean Microsoft isn't focusing their attention on their latest OS. In fact, one of Microsoft's OS exclusive titles is the emergent, content-manipulation game, Project Spark from Team Dakota, which proved to be a real highlight during E3. Even though there are a lot of bad things surrounding the policies of...

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Xbox One Cloud Services

  Microsoft has been touting their new cloud services for the Xbox One, and the company plans to have the service available in all all markets. Microsoft plans to have all of their data centers setup around the world, and they don’t want to have a service that’s just for certain countries.“Microsoft has data centres around the world, so Cloud Compute Services are not something that you should...

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Xbox One Gamezone

  Speaking to Bloomberg TV, Microsoft president of interactive entertainment Don Mattrick attempted to defend the Xbox One’s £429 price tag, stating ”It’s a lower number than some of the analysts had forecasted.”As CVG transcribed, “We’re over-delivering value against other choices I think consumers can get. Any modern product these days you look at it [and] $499 isn’t a ridiculous price point....

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FIFA 14 in Xbox One

A couple of weeks ago, thanks to a hands-on session at EA's UK office, Pocket-lint played a 65 per cent finished build of the Xbox 360 version of FIFA 14. And we loved it.There are plenty of new features which yet again raise the bar for the annual footy games series and current console owners will be getting a treat when the latest hits the streets. However, the next-generation versions of FIFA...

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PS4 and Xbox One are going to be pretty much the same

  Need For Speed: Rivals' creative director Craig Sullivan believes that Xbox One and PlayStation 4 will deliver "pretty much the same" visual experience, telling VideoGamer.com that it's difficult to determine whether one is more powerful than the other until "you're seeing the same game running on both systems"."To be honest, I think they're going to be pretty much the same," said Sullivan,...

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Selling the Xbox One, PS4, Wii U in a tough climate

  It began early Tuesday with a promise from Nintendo, that an extremely important announcement would be coming at Nintendo’s E3 booth at 11:40 a.m. Press had been gathered before the Los Angeles Convention Center doors opened at noon for early looks at some of Nintendo’s fall slate of games. Nintendo execs walking the floor ensured the media that no one should leave before 11:40 a.m.Except...

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Xbox One Kinect and console design evolution

  An impressive upgrade mentioned during last night’s Xbox One reveal concerned the Kinect sensor. If you buy an Xbox One you are going to get one of these motion controllers by default and it will be used extensively for controlling your Xbox One, your media consumption and of course, games. Wired tech magazine got an exclusive first-look and first-hand experience using a new Kinect with help...

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Xbox One uses cloud to render latency-insensitive graphics

  Now people have had some significant details of both the Sony PlayStation 4 and the Microsoft Xbox One, opinions, preferences and choices are already forming. Most things I have read show that the PlayStation 4 is now a clear early favourite. This may be something to do with Microsoft’s TV/media focus during its reveal presentation, where games seemed to come last. Or it may be something...

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Microsoft redesigns Xbox 360 based on Xbox One

  Microsoft has launched a redesigned Xbox 360 console. The new console uses the same design language as the recently announced Xbox One console. This updated console will be available straight away to US customers but there is no price cut right now, the MSRPs remain the same as with the previous range of consoles.The new Xbox 360 is said to be smaller and quieter than any previous version...

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Microsoft’s E3 Xbox One demos ran on Nvidia-powered PCs

  It has emerged that Microsoft used Hewlett Packard made PCs equipped with Nvidia GTX 700 series graphics cards to demonstrate Xbox One titles at E3 last week. In one case an E3 attendee played an Xbox One demo which crashed to the Windows 7 desktop. Furthermore, behind the scenes photos revealed someone maintaining these hidden PCs, with a side panel exposing various components. Meanwhile...

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Assassin’s Creed 4 PS4 and Xbox One director hints at Watch Dogs.

  “Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag” and “Watch Dogs.” According to a report by the NeoGAF forum on June 16, the game director teased that both titles will include several hard-to-find Easter Eggs that may tease some kind of connection between the worlds. You can check out some screenshots of the PS4 and Xbox One products.“Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag” and “Watch Dogs” are cross-generation...

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Xbox One’s new-school Killer Instinct

  Just the term Killer Instinct makes me remember dark, hazy arcades and the musty smell of competition. So I couldn’t help but have a Pavlovian moment when Microsoft announced the return of the beloved fighter during its pre-Electronic Entertainment Expo news conference this year. I had the chance to preview the Xbox One launch-day downloadable title from Double Helix Games and speak with...

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PS4 Components Shipping Ahead Of Xbox One Components

  The PlayStation 4 will be a hot item when it debuts later this year, and it appears Sony is already gearing up to meet the increased demand.According to a recent DigiTimes report, components for Sony's new console have already started shipping, "and volumes may reach one million units per month by September for the year-end holidays."At the same time, Microsoft Xbox One components aren't...

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