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Ubisoft Believes Xbox 720 and PlayStation 4 Will Be Perfect for Social Games

Neither Microsoft nor Sony has offered any official details about their next-generation home consoles, but French video game publisher Ubisoft believes that it will be able to use their features to introduce more social features in its titles. Yves Guillemot, the chief executive officer of Ubisoft, has stated, &ldqu...

16 May 2012
19:01 GMT

Stopping Used Games Is a Sensitive Issue, Battlefield Dev Says

Patrick Bach, the CEO of DICE and the executive producer of last year’s Battlefield 3, has talked about the ongoing used gaming debate, and how stopping such a practice altogether can have both good and bad consequences for the gamer and for a developer or publisher. Used gaming is currently a pretty big probl...

3 May 2012
18:31 GMT

Anti-Used Gaming Tech in Next Consoles Would Be Great, Crysis 3 Dev Says

Crytek, the studio behind the very successful Crysis series of first-person shooters, has shared its thoughts on recent rumors that next-generation consoles will prevent used gaming, saying that such a feature would be “awesome,” at least from a business perspective. Second-hand gaming is a pretty big pr...

26 April 2012
06:11 GMT

The Witcher 2 Dev Wants Real-Life Animations in Games for Next-Gen Consoles

CD Projekt Red, the developer of the upcoming The Witcher 2 role-playing game, has shared its thoughts and desires for the next generation of videogame consoles, saying that it hopes to implement real-life animations and much more impressive graphics in games for the new devices. While Sony and Microsoft have yet to...

16 April 2012
04:11 GMT

Next Gen Consoles Eliminating Used Games Is a Stupid Ideea, Analyst Says

Despite the fact that quite a few rumors have appeared recently claiming that next generation consoles, like the PlayStation 4 (Orbis) or Xbox 720 (Durango), won’t play used games, analyst Michael Pachter believes such a thing won’t happen. While neither Sony nor Microsoft are admitting that they’r...

13 April 2012
14:31 GMT

PlayStation 4 (Orbis) Will Be Out in 2013, According to New Report

Another day, another report about the upcoming PlayStation 4 (aka Orbis) next generation home console from Sony. A new rumor says that the device will be released at the end of 2013, ahead of Microsoft’s new Xbox. The next generation of consoles is coming sooner or later, no matter how much both Sony and Micro...

3 April 2012
18:51 GMT

Next Generation Consoles Need to Provide Freedom for Updates

The next wave of home consoles, including the Xbox 720 or the PlayStation 4 (PlayStation Orbis) need to provide better and more open terms when it comes to releasing updates for games, at least according to a few developers and publishers.In order to release an update or patch for games on current consoles, including...

2 April 2012
19:21 GMT

Weekend Reading: PlayStation Orbis and the Used Gaming Debate

This week was marked by a pretty major report concerning the PlayStation 4 next generation console, which gave it a new name, PlayStation Orbis, and proclaimed that it would have an anti-used gaming feature that will practically eliminate this popular strategy that’s now supported by the current PlayStation 3. ...

31 March 2012
15:21 GMT

Anti-Used Gaming Feature in PlayStation 4 (Orbis) Could Lead to Serious Backlash

The future PlayStation 4, reportedly called PlayStation Orbis, might have a system that prevents used gaming. But this would be a bad move from Sony, at least according to a few analysts who believe that both gamers and retailers like GameStop could start boycotting the device. Current consoles are quite successful,...

30 March 2012
12:21 GMT

PlayStation 4 Is Called Orbis, Arrives in Late 2013, Prevents Used Gaming

A massive batch of details has arrived concerning Sony’s next PlayStation home console, the oft-rumored PlayStation 4. According to a new report, the device is called Orbis and will be released in late 2013, with a feature that will prevent it from playing used games. The current generation of devices has been...

29 March 2012
03:22 GMT

Launch Games for Next Gen Consoles Should Still Use Unreal Engine 3, Epic Says

Epic Games has once again shared its thoughts on the next generation of consoles and the video games that will arrive for it, this time mentioning that it’s probably better for developers to make new games using the current Unreal Engine 3, not the future fourth generation technology. Even if Sony or Microsoft...

21 March 2012
15:31 GMT

Console Gaming Will Live On, Albeit in a New Way, Warren Spector Says

Warren Spector, the famous games designer behind cult classic Deus Ex and, more recently, Epic Mickey, has shared his thoughts on console gaming these days, saying that, while the platforms will continue to be popular, more and more companies will lag behind, as game budgets are increasing every single day. Spector ...

19 March 2012
20:21 GMT

PlayStation 4 and Xbox 720 Need to Be Powerful, Epic Games Says

Epic Games has once again shared its thoughts on the next generation of video game consoles, this time saying that devices like the PlayStation 4 or Xbox 720 need to be very powerful in order to attract customers that want an improved gaming experience. While both Sony and Microsoft are adamant that their current de...

12 March 2012
15:21 GMT

Battlefield 3 Developer Expresses Wishes for Next Generation Consoles

Next generation consoles need to have improved hardware, especially lots of RAM, if they hope to play truly impressive games, according to Battlefield 3 Rendering Architect Johan Andersson. While neither Microsoft nor Sony is talking about their next devices, lots of developers are eagerly awaiting the release of ne...

10 March 2012
09:21 GMT

Unreal Engine 4 Might Be Unveiled at the End of the Year

Epic Games has once again talked about its upcoming Unreal Engine 4 technology, admitting that it could finally show it off to the general public at the end the year, although it’s not actually up to the company to decide this. The Unreal Engine 3 powers lots of impressive games these days, with its developer,...

9 March 2012
05:03 GMT

Incoming 2012: Xbox 720 and PlayStation 4

What we know Nintendo has announced that it is designing a new home console, called the Wii U, at the E3 2011 trade event and we are expecting to see full specifications and a list of launch titles at this year’s edition of the show, with the launch set for later during the summer. Meanwhile both Sony and Mic...

7 March 2012
18:41 GMT

Next Generation Consoles Don’t Make Sense in This Economy, Itagaki Believes

Tomonobu Itagaki, the designer responsible for the upcoming Devil’s Third action game and the critically acclaimed Ninja Gaiden series, has shared his thoughts about the next generation of home consoles. According to him, it doesn’t make that much sense considering the economic turmoil plaguing terri...

1 March 2012
15:41 GMT

Bethesda's New Game Arrives on Next Gen Consoles and PC

Bethesda has just posted a job listing for its upcoming game, confirming that it will arrive on next generation consoles and on the PC platform. While current home consoles are here to stay, at least according to their manufacturers, more and more video game developers are already preparing projects for the next gen...

28 February 2012
05:31 GMT

Report: PlayStation 4 Will Be Powered by AMD-Made Chip

A new report talking about the background and future of Rory Read, who is the new chief executive officer of chip maker AMD, mentions that the company is working with video game hardware developer Sony in order to create the chip to be used in the upcoming PlayStation 4. Economic magazine Forbes claims, citing a num...

23 February 2012
07:59 GMT

PlayStation 3 Gets Firmware Update 4.11

The PlayStation 3 home gaming console has received another firmware update from Sony, labeled 4.11, which, according to Sony, “improves certain aspects of system software.” The hardware maker has not offered any more information on what updates the new firmware introduces, which is becoming some sort of ...

16 February 2012
10:10 GMT

Unreal Engine 4 Will Be Revealed This Year, Already Runs on Next Gen Systems

Epic Games has confirmed that its upcoming Unreal Engine 4 technology will be showcased later this year and that it’s already running on systems the studio “can’t name yet,” probably meaning next generation consoles that might arrive soon enough. Epic Games delighted fans with lots of high qu...

13 February 2012
06:41 GMT

Preventing Consoles from Playing Used Games Isn't Good, Witcher Dev Says

CD Projekt Red, the developer of the popular Witcher series of role playing games, has shared its thoughts on the recent rumors that future consoles could have systems in place to prevent owners from playing used games. We’ve been hearing a lot about next generation consoles lately and how at least the oft-rum...

9 February 2012
04:40 GMT

Next Generation Consoles Need to Provide a Big Leap Forward, Epic Says

Epic Games’ technical head, Tim Sweeney, believes that next generation consoles, like the often rumored PlayStation 4 or Xbox 720, need to provide a huge and fundamentally new experience before actually appearing on the market. Current consoles have been around for quite some time now, with both the PlayStatio...

1 February 2012
03:23 GMT

Sony Will Be the Last to Announce a Next Generation PlayStation 4

Sony has made an official statement concerning the often rumored PlayStation 4, as well as the next generation of home consoles as a whole, saying that it will probably be the last of the three big hardware manufacturers to announce its new device. Seeing as how console sales are decreasing in the last year, many pe...

31 January 2012
19:31 GMT

Preventing Consoles from Playing Used Games – the Good and the Bad

The gaming industry has quite a few problems, from the negative image that’s still being portrayed by the media, to the piracy that is still affecting a variety of platforms, not just the PC. Another big issue, especially on consoles nowadays, is used gaming. For those not familiar with the problem, gamers go ...

28 January 2012
09:11 GMT

Dust 514 Ready to Run on the PlayStation 4

Dust 514, the ambitious new shooter from EVE Online developers CCP, might be ready to launch in early 2012, but the development team working on it believes that the basic structure of the game allows it to work just as easily on a possible PlayStation 3 as it does on current hardware. Speaking to Develop, Hilmar P&e...

24 January 2012
22:21 GMT

Customers Want Next Generation Consoles, Retailer Believes

The CEO of GAME, one of the biggest UK-based retailers, has stated that the disappointing winter holiday sales are partly to blame on the lack of new consoles, saying that customers are certainly looking forward to new devices, like the Wii U, as well as the oft-rumored PlayStation 4 or Xbox 720. Quite a lot of vide...

23 January 2012
17:31 GMT

Call of Duty Studio Is Looking For Staff to Work on Next Generation Technologies

Infinity Ward, the developer behind the massively successful Call of Duty franchise, has posted a job listing for an animator who needs to be interested in working with “next generation technologies.” We’ve been hearing plenty of rumors about next generation consoles, like the PlayStation 4 or Xbox...

19 January 2012
03:49 GMT

Grand Theft Auto Developer Wants to Tackle Next Generation Consoles

Rockstar Games, the developer of massively successful franchises like Grand Theft Auto, as well as hit titles like Red Dead Redemption, is now looking for an environmental artist who will work with next generation consoles. Rockstar has made a name for itself by pushing devices to their limits with huge open worlds ...

17 January 2012
03:33 GMT

Digital Downloads Won’t Work for Next Generation Consoles, Sony Says

Sony has once again highlighted that physical media, like its own Blu-ray discs, will continue to be relevant for the next generation of home consoles, even if digital downloads are becoming more popular. Current generation consoles are all centered around physical media, ranging from the Xbox 360’s DVDs, to t...

13 January 2012
04:29 GMT

Physical Media Is Better than Digital Downloads or Streaming, Sony Says

Sony’s Computer Entertainment boss, Andrew House, has talked about the future of console gaming, saying that, while digital downloads or cloud streaming might become popular, physical discs are here to stay. Lately, we’ve been hearing a lot about the next generation of consoles, with some rumors even going so ...

11 January 2012
19:41 GMT

Sony’s Kaz Hirai Denies All PlayStation 4 Rumors

Rumors about the PlayStation 4 gaming console that Sony is said to be working on seem to appear almost weekly but one of the leaders of the company has sought to dispel them all and warn fans of Sony that no announcement was planned for the near future.Speaking at a press conference in Las Vegas at the CES 2012 event...

11 January 2012
09:05 GMT

Rumor Mill: Pegatron Is Already Producing PlayStation 4

A report from Digitimes that mentions the company Pegatron Technology, which is an operational division of Asus, suggests that the company is already working with video game hardware developer Sony to produce the PlayStation 4 home gaming console. The report also talks about Pegatron being involved in the production...

11 January 2012
02:22 GMT

Sony Isn’t Contemplating PlayStation 3 Successor Just Yet

Sony Computer Entertainment boss Andrew House has once again discussed the issue of a PlayStation 4, saying that the company isn’t even contemplating the idea of a successor to the current PlayStation 3. The PS3 has been around for over 5 years now and, while it can still support plenty of quality titles, rumo...

10 January 2012
18:51 GMT

Sony Doesn’t Know Anything About PlayStation 4, Still Focuses on PS3

Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida doesn’t know anything about the PlayStation 4, at least according to his own statements, as he claims that the PS3 and the Vita are the main products in the PlayStation family. While Sony is getting ready to deploy the PlayStation Vita handheld console, many industry ...

9 January 2012
17:41 GMT

PlayStation 4 and Xbox 720 Coming at E3 2012, Out Before the End of 2012

Another day, another batch of rumors about the next generation of consoles. This time new reports say that both the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox 720 will be presented, or at least hinted at, during E3 2012, with a possible market release towards the end of the year. While both Sony and Microsoft are adamant that their...

9 January 2012
15:41 GMT

Analyst: Xbox 360 Successor Will be Announced at E3 2012

2012 might have just started but analyst are ready to make some pretty bold predictions about how the industry will do in the coming year, with one industry watcher saying that Microsoft will surely announce the Xbox 360 successor at the E3 2012 trade event while Sony will miss that date and might make an official an...

3 January 2012
04:24 GMT

PlayStation 4 or Xbox 720 Announcements Aren’t Coming in 2012

While more and more rumors are talking about the release of next-generation consoles, including the PlayStation 4 or the next Xbox, commonly known as the Xbox 720, games industry analyst Jesse Divnich believes we won’t even hear official announcements of these new devices. While current consoles like the PS3 o...

28 December 2011
19:41 GMT

Naughty Dog Says PlayStation 4 Transition Will Be Hard

Rumors about a new PlayStation pop-up every month, but at least one major Sony exclusive developer says that when the new platform finally arrives the transition will be hard for all those involved. Evan Wells, who is one of the co-presidents at Naughty Dog, has stated, “The geek inside you is always excited a...

21 December 2011
02:49 GMT

Sony Doesn’t Want the PlayStation 4 to Arrive After the Xbox 720

Sony has once again talked about the subject of its next PlayStation console, the so called PlayStation 4, and revealed that it doesn’t want Microsoft to once again have an advantage by releasing its next Xbox before the PS4.Current generation consoles are here to stay, at least according to Sony or Microsoft, ...

25 November 2011
15:41 GMT

Next Xbox Coming in 2012, Sony Studio Already Working on PlayStation 4, Report Says

A brand new report has surfaced focusing on the next generation of consoles, with Microsoft rumored to prepare the debut of its new Xbox, the so-called Xbox 720, in late 2012, while Sony has already tasked one of its internal studios to work solely on a game for the PlayStation 4.The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 have b...

18 November 2011
17:31 GMT

Next Gen Consoles Need to Offer Steam-like Freedom to Game Developers

Epic Games, the studio behind quality franchises like Unreal or Gears of War, as well as of the extremely successful Unreal Engine technology, has once again expressed its views on the next generation of consoles, the so-called PlayStation 4 or Xbox 720, and how they don't just need to be powerful, but also deli...

27 October 2011
14:21 GMT

PlayStation 4 Games Already in Development, Rumor Says

Even if Sony emphasized time and time again that its PlayStation 3 is still going to be around for quite some time, new reports indicate that the Japanese company has tasked some of its internal development studios to start working on game projects for the PlayStation 4.Current generation consoles are supposedly here...

24 October 2011
10:11 GMT

Electronic Arts Interested in What the PlayStation 4 Can Deliver

We already know that Nintendo is launching a new home console, the Wii U, next year and there are regular rumors about plans for the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox 720 but at least one high level video game executive believes that the current generation of devices is enough for developers and for gamers.Frank Gibeau, who...

31 August 2011
17:11 GMT

Sony Has No Desire and No Reason to Release PlayStation 4

Sony has once again talked about the next generation of home consoles and how it currently has no plans concerning a so-called PlayStation 4, mainly because developers still have lots of power left in the current PS3 and because gamers are still entertained by the device in a wide range of ways. Many games industr...

23 August 2011
18:01 GMT

PlayStation 4, Xbox 720 Features Are Being Tested on Current Consoles

The new peripherals launched last year for the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360, the PlayStation Move and Kinect, respectively, hint at features that will be incorporated in the next generation of devices, as Sony and Microsoft are testing them out on current consoles, at least according to 2K Games boss Christoph Hartmann....

11 July 2011
03:55 GMT

Ubisoft Wants Next-Generation Consoles to Develop Better AI

Ubisoft has once again demanded for next-generation consoles to appear so that it can properly create a new and more advanced Artificial Intelligence software, in order to really deliver realistic open worlds, populated by lifelike characters. Lots of companies have talked about the next generation of consoles in ...

7 July 2011
15:51 GMT

PlayStation 4 Coming in 2012, Has Kinect-Like Motion Sensor

The PlayStation 4 is scheduled to enter the manufacturing stage later this year, ahead of a release in 2012, at least according to a brand new report, which also mentions that it will have a built-in motion sensor, similar to how the Kinect device works for the Xbox 360. The next generation of consoles has seen so...

5 July 2011
05:35 GMT

Xbox 720 and PlayStation 4 Reveals Coming Next Year, Reports Say

The next-generation Xbox 720 and PlayStation 4 home consoles might be revealed next year, at least according to two new reports that cite inside sources from both Microsoft and Sony, respectively. The next generation of video game consoles has been speculated on for quite some time, but recent reports have really ...

28 June 2011
18:01 GMT

Next Generation Consoles Out in 2014, Just Cause Developer Says

The next generation of video game consoles will most definitely appear in 2014, at least according to Avalanche Studios, the developer behind the Just Cause franchise.As the current console generation is nearing its fifth year of existence, games publishers are commenting on the next batch of devices, especially sinc...

21 June 2011
16:31 GMT


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