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Yusuf Mehdi, the vice president of the Interactive Entertainment division, tells The Official Xbox Magazine that, " Every generation, as you’ve probably heard, has grown approximately 30%. So this generation is about 300 million units. Most industry experts think the next generation will get up... (read more)]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 23:21:02 GMT Softpedia News - Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Xbox-One-Can-Sell-1-Billion-Device-During-Lifetime-355838.shtml Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Xbox-One-Can-Sell-1-Billion-Device-During-Lifetime-355838.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dumitrescu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-Command-Conquer-Will-Reward-Gamers-for-Playing-355841.shtml
Bryan Farina, a producer working on the title, writes as part of a wider Questions & Answers session that, "We reward more for winning and reward more for playing multiplayer (1v1, team, or mode-based) as opposed to solo skirmish."

He says that Victory ... (read more)]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 22:51:01 GMT Softpedia News - Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-Command-Conquer-Will-Reward-Gamers-for-Playing-355841.shtml Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-Command-Conquer-Will-Reward-Gamers-for-Playing-355841.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dumitrescu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Joe-Danger-1-and-Joe-Danger-2-The-Movie-Coming-to-PC-via-Steam-This-Year-355782.shtml
Joe Danger and Joe Danger 2: The Movie have delighted lots of PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 owners from around the world with their impressive stunt-based gameplay and wacky adventures.

Now, Hello G... (read more)]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 22:51:01 GMT Softpedia News - Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Joe-Danger-1-and-Joe-Danger-2-The-Movie-Coming-to-PC-via-Steam-This-Year-355782.shtml Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Joe-Danger-1-and-Joe-Danger-2-The-Movie-Coming-to-PC-via-Steam-This-Year-355782.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dobra) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Xbox-One-Will-Have-Remote-Play-Kinect-Identification-Report-355842.shtml
A source tells Polygon that the new device will actually be able to talk directly to all its users and will be able to offer answers to some questions formulated via voice commands.

The Xbox One will also introduce a new type of remote play, with ga... (read more)]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 22:08:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Xbox-One-Will-Have-Remote-Play-Kinect-Identification-Report-355842.shtml Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Xbox-One-Will-Have-Remote-Play-Kinect-Identification-Report-355842.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dumitrescu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Halo-Bootcamp-Revealed-Unrelated-to-Xbox-One-or-Reclaimer-Saga-355840.shtml
Microsoft tells GameFront that, "What’s Bootcamp? It is not related to our Xbox One efforts, or the Reclaimer Saga, but rather a project we’re very enthusiastic about and will have more to say about in ... (read more)]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 21:43:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Halo-Bootcamp-Revealed-Unrelated-to-Xbox-One-or-Reclaimer-Saga-355840.shtml Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Halo-Bootcamp-Revealed-Unrelated-to-Xbox-One-or-Reclaimer-Saga-355840.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dumitrescu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/DOTA-2-Updated-Elder-Titan-Abilities-Fixed-355839.shtml
The full list of changes reads:

- Elder Titan: Fixed Natural Order not upgrading on Elder Titan.
- Elder Titan: Fixed Ancestral Spirit waking up units that were hit by the Spirit Stomp.
- Elder Titan: Fixed Ancestral Spirit having the ... (read more)]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 21:35:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/DOTA-2-Updated-Elder-Titan-Abilities-Fixed-355839.shtml Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/DOTA-2-Updated-Elder-Titan-Abilities-Fixed-355839.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dumitrescu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Call-of-Duty-Ghosts-Will-Have-Voice-Commands-on-Xbox-One-355837.shtml
Eric Hirshberg, who leader the publishing division at Activision, tells VentureBeat that, "We think the improvements to Kinect really excite us because of the level of responsiveness and detail."

He adds, "I thought that the demo they did with the voice commands on television, th... (read more)]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 21:12:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Call-of-Duty-Ghosts-Will-Have-Voice-Commands-on-Xbox-One-355837.shtml Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Call-of-Duty-Ghosts-Will-Have-Voice-Commands-on-Xbox-One-355837.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dumitrescu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Europe-Is-Critical-for-Xbox-One-Success-355836.shtml
Phil Spencer, an executive at the company, tells The Official Xbox Magazine that, "There are markets in Europe where we need to do better, and our lead there in bringing on Phil Harrison is how do we bring on a senior executive who can look across all parts of our business with a background of creating success in Europe and give him that char... (read more)]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 21:01:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Europe-Is-Critical-for-Xbox-One-Success-355836.shtml Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Europe-Is-Critical-for-Xbox-One-Success-355836.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dumitrescu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Xbox-One-Cloud-Makes-the-Console-Four-Times-More-Powerful-355818.shtml
Xbox One was revealed to the world earlier this week and Microsoft emphasized the power of the next-gen console's hardware, thanks to an 8-core CPU and 8GB of RAM.

Besides the components from inside the console, the Xbox One will also be aided by cloud processin... (read more)]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 17:51:02 GMT Softpedia News - Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Xbox-One-Cloud-Makes-the-Console-Four-Times-More-Powerful-355818.shtml Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Xbox-One-Cloud-Makes-the-Console-Four-Times-More-Powerful-355818.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dobra) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Call-of-Duty-Black-Ops-2-DLC-3-and-4-Get-Leaked-July-and-August-Release-Dates-355812.shtml
Black Ops 2 was released last year and, since then, developer Treyarch has launched two different map packs, in the form of Revolution and Uprising.

Now, the third and fourth DLC packs have apparently been leaked, as mentions within the Call of Duty Elite website hi... (read more)]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 14:34:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Call-of-Duty-Black-Ops-2-DLC-3-and-4-Get-Leaked-July-and-August-Release-Dates-355812.shtml Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Call-of-Duty-Black-Ops-2-DLC-3-and-4-Get-Leaked-July-and-August-Release-Dates-355812.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dobra) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Need-for-Speed-Rivals-Gets-Cover-Artwork-Fresh-Screenshots-355750.shtml
The NFS series has been around for some time and now, with the upcoming launch of next-gen consoles, EA has confirmed that its Ghost Games and Criterion teams are going to release Need for Speed: Rivals both on current consoles ... (read more)]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 12:52:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Need-for-Speed-Rivals-Gets-Cover-Artwork-Fresh-Screenshots-355750.shtml Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Need-for-Speed-Rivals-Gets-Cover-Artwork-Fresh-Screenshots-355750.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dobra) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Xbox-One-Supports-4K-and-3D-355693.shtml
The big new trend in the TV industry is 4K resolution, otherwise known as 4K Ultra HD, which is a new resolution standard that's more or less four times the Full HD standard (3840x2160 as opposed to 1920x1080).

Sony has already confirmed that its PlayStation 4 next-gen console can display 4K... (read more)]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 11:03:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Xbox-One-Supports-4K-and-3D-355693.shtml Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Xbox-One-Supports-4K-and-3D-355693.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dobra) http://news.softpedia.com/news/PlayStation-4-Out-in-Europe-in-2013-Newspaper-Ad-Says-355671.shtml
The PlayStation 4 was confirmed to the world in February and Sony revealed at that time that the console would appear in the holiday season of 2013 in at least one territory, probably North America.

Since then, rumors have speculat... (read more)]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 09:40:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/PlayStation-4-Out-in-Europe-in-2013-Newspaper-Ad-Says-355671.shtml Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/PlayStation-4-Out-in-Europe-in-2013-Newspaper-Ad-Says-355671.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dobra) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Grid-2-IndyCar-DLC-Gets-Gameplay-Video-Screenshots-355659.shtml
Grid 2 is out next week and Codemasters has treated fans with a variety of videos and some impressive images with the game.

Now, another trailer has surfaced, this time focusing on the IndyCar DLC, which is free with any pre-order of th... (read more)]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 09:19:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Grid-2-IndyCar-DLC-Gets-Gameplay-Video-Screenshots-355659.shtml Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Grid-2-IndyCar-DLC-Gets-Gameplay-Video-Screenshots-355659.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dobra) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Need-for-Speed-Rivals-Isn-t-Coming-to-the-Wii-U-EA-Confirms-355618.shtml
NFS: Rivals is the next big installment in the franchise and has been confirmed for current-gen consoles (PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360) but also next-gen devices (PlayStation 4 and Xbox One), as well as for PC.

Sadly for Wii U owners, the new game won't appear for their pl... (read more)]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 08:02:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Need-for-Speed-Rivals-Isn-t-Coming-to-the-Wii-U-EA-Confirms-355618.shtml Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Need-for-Speed-Rivals-Isn-t-Coming-to-the-Wii-U-EA-Confirms-355618.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dobra) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mirror-s-Edge-2-Leaked-by-Amazon-Germany-355606.shtml
Electronic Arts' DICE studio has been hard at work on a variety of projects, including Battlefield 3 DLC and the upcoming Battlefield 4, not to mention the Frostbite 3 engine that will power most of EA's upcoming games, like NFS: Rivals.

Now, it seems that the studio is ge... (read more)]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 07:33:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mirror-s-Edge-2-Leaked-by-Amazon-Germany-355606.shtml Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mirror-s-Edge-2-Leaked-by-Amazon-Germany-355606.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dobra) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Destiny-Might-Appear-on-PC-Could-Have-Cross-Platform-Save-Game-Files-355591.shtml
Destiny is Bungie's next big project as the studio that created the Halo franchise wants to deliver a new type of experience to platforms like the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 but also the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

According to Bungie's Eric Osborne, the studio can neither confirm nor deny that... (read more)]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 07:01:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Destiny-Might-Appear-on-PC-Could-Have-Cross-Platform-Save-Game-Files-355591.shtml Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Destiny-Might-Appear-on-PC-Could-Have-Cross-Platform-Save-Game-Files-355591.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dobra) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Xbox-Live-Hasn-t-Been-Hacked-Microsoft-Confirms-355570.shtml
The Xbox Live service is crucial to the success of the current Xbox 360 and, according to Microsoft itself, will be a winning factor for the next-generation Xbox One in front of Sony's PlayStation 4.

Unfortunate... (read more)]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 06:28:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Xbox-Live-Hasn-t-Been-Hacked-Microsoft-Confirms-355570.shtml Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Xbox-Live-Hasn-t-Been-Hacked-Microsoft-Confirms-355570.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dobra) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Best-of-PlayStation-Network-Volume-1-Collection-Confirmed-by-Sony-Out-in-June-355466.shtml
The titles in question are When Vikings Attack, Sound Shapes, Tokyo Jungle, and Fat Princess.

Sony partnered with many independent developers to release great downloadable titles on the PlayStation Network, and now it's decided to launch a special retail collection called the Best of PlayStation Network ... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 23:51:02 GMT Softpedia News - Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Best-of-PlayStation-Network-Volume-1-Collection-Confirmed-by-Sony-Out-in-June-355466.shtml Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Best-of-PlayStation-Network-Volume-1-Collection-Confirmed-by-Sony-Out-in-June-355466.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dobra) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Xbox-One-Will-Feature-Simplified-Parental-Controls-355548.shtml
Ben Kilgore, a vice president of the entertainment division at the company, tells Polygon that, "Part of the goal is how do we simplify it and hit on the few things that are really what parents are looking for to keep them in charge."

... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 23:41:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Xbox-One-Will-Feature-Simplified-Parental-Controls-355548.shtml Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Xbox-One-Will-Feature-Simplified-Parental-Controls-355548.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dumitrescu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Civilization-V-Brave-New-World-Trailer-Focuses-on-Policies-and-Ideologies-355553.shtml
The team says that they want to make the end game of the campaign more interesting and that entails giving players more choices linked to their ideology and more ways to customize their own civilization.

Brave New World also ... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 22:11:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Civilization-V-Brave-New-World-Trailer-Focuses-on-Policies-and-Ideologies-355553.shtml Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Civilization-V-Brave-New-World-Trailer-Focuses-on-Policies-and-Ideologies-355553.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dumitrescu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/FIFA-14-Delivers-Ultimate-Team-Gold-Packs-for-Pre-Orders-355554.shtml
Interested fans will get one pack per week for a 6 month period, each of them including access to players, contracts, stadiums, managers, fitness cards, healing abilities, badges, kits and balls.

Each gold pack has one rare item and only deliver players that are rated about 75 in FIFA 14, acc... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 21:21:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/FIFA-14-Delivers-Ultimate-Team-Gold-Packs-for-Pre-Orders-355554.shtml Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/FIFA-14-Delivers-Ultimate-Team-Gold-Packs-for-Pre-Orders-355554.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dumitrescu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Saints-Row-4-Trailer-Shows-Plane-Hitting-a-Game-Character-355552.shtml
There's nothing much new in term of gameplay in the Saints Force One video, but the virtual reality that the game inhabits is put to good use in its final seconds when an airplane is used to deliver the last hit to a character.

Saints Row 4 will be launched on August 20 o... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 21:01:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Saints-Row-4-Trailer-Shows-Plane-Hitting-a-Game-Character-355552.shtml Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Saints-Row-4-Trailer-Shows-Plane-Hitting-a-Game-Character-355552.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dumitrescu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Destiny-Gets-Live-Action-Law-of-the-Jungle-Trailer-from-Iron-Man-s-Jon-Favreau-355546.shtml
The video is directed by Jon Favreau, the man who worked on the first two Iron Man movies.

The team states, "As a Guardian of the City sets out on an epic, action-packed adventure to reclaim our Solar System, he recalls the moment when he was first taught the mo... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 20:34:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Destiny-Gets-Live-Action-Law-of-the-Jungle-Trailer-from-Iron-Man-s-Jon-Favreau-355546.shtml Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Destiny-Gets-Live-Action-Law-of-the-Jungle-Trailer-from-Iron-Man-s-Jon-Favreau-355546.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dumitrescu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/PS4-and-Xbox-One-Will-Allow-FIFA-14-to-Simulate-Crowds-Weather-and-Player-Emotion-355543.shtml
Rajat Taneja, a vice president and chief technological officer at Electronic Arts, states via LinkedIn that, "For example, in the real world, when an athlete takes the field or court during a playoff game and the ... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 20:16:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/PS4-and-Xbox-One-Will-Allow-FIFA-14-to-Simulate-Crowds-Weather-and-Player-Emotion-355543.shtml Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/PS4-and-Xbox-One-Will-Allow-FIFA-14-to-Simulate-Crowds-Weather-and-Player-Emotion-355543.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dumitrescu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Xbox-One-Won-t-Experience-Xbox-360-Red-Ring-of-Death-Errors-355524.shtml
The Xbox One was revealed to the world earlier this week and, while the console is shaping up to be relatively impressive, many fans wondered if Microsoft would repeat the terrible mistakes it did with the Xbox 360, which was plagued by hardware errors and faults, culminating with the i... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 18:11:02 GMT Softpedia News - Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Xbox-One-Won-t-Experience-Xbox-360-Red-Ring-of-Death-Errors-355524.shtml Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Xbox-One-Won-t-Experience-Xbox-360-Red-Ring-of-Death-Errors-355524.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dobra) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Need-for-Speed-Rivals-Is-Coming-to-PC-Looks-as-Great-as-on-Xbox-One-PS4-355532.shtml
The NFS series is going to receive a brand new installment this year coming from new studio Ghost Games and from the veteran team at Criterion.

The new NFS: Rivals game has been confirmed for current and next-gen platforms, but Ghost's Executive Producer Mar... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 17:01:02 GMT Softpedia News - Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Need-for-Speed-Rivals-Is-Coming-to-PC-Looks-as-Great-as-on-Xbox-One-PS4-355532.shtml Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Need-for-Speed-Rivals-Is-Coming-to-PC-Looks-as-Great-as-on-Xbox-One-PS4-355532.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dobra) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Quantum-Break-for-Xbox-One-Gets-Video-Screenshots-355482.shtml
The video shows off a bit of footage from the title that's currently in development at Remedy Entertainment.

The Xbox One reveal event from earlier this week saw many features unveiled but also a few interesting games, including Quantum Break from Remedy Entertainment, the stud... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 16:51:02 GMT Softpedia News - Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Quantum-Break-for-Xbox-One-Gets-Video-Screenshots-355482.shtml Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Quantum-Break-for-Xbox-One-Gets-Video-Screenshots-355482.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dobra) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Need-for-Speed-Rivals-Gets-Teaser-Trailer-355531.shtml
The NFS series is set to receive a brand new installment this year in the form of Need for Speed: Rivals, which promises to deliver a great racing experience powered by the new Frostbite 3 engine on the PS3 and Xbox 360, but al... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 14:53:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Need-for-Speed-Rivals-Gets-Teaser-Trailer-355531.shtml Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Need-for-Speed-Rivals-Gets-Teaser-Trailer-355531.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dobra) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Xbox-One-Used-Game-Policies-Are-Still-Being-Discussed-355436.shtml
The company says that the policies are still being discussed, so the potential fee is still undecided.

The Xbox One was revealed to the world earlier this week, and Microsoft briefly touched on the issue of used games, saying that a fee will be applied to those who want to play pre-owned titles.

Afterwards, a more d... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 12:29:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Xbox-One-Used-Game-Policies-Are-Still-Being-Discussed-355436.shtml Games Blog http://news.softpedia.com/news/Xbox-One-Used-Game-Policies-Are-Still-Being-Discussed-355436.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dobra)