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Cross-buy for PC and Xbox One finally has a launch date

By Jon Porter Microsoft has finally given us a launch date for when we’ll be able to get our hands on Xbox Play Anywhere – September 13. The service, which will allow you to buy a game once and then own it across both Windows 10 and Xbox One, was first announced by Microsoft at…

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analysis: The Scorpio and Neo are a betrayal of trust that might come back to bite Microsoft and Sony

By Jon Porter Every console generation starts with a chicken and egg dilemma. The shiny new hardware that emerges into the wild might have high hopes and higher price tags, but it inevitably launches with a games library that’s a mere shadow of the consoles it hopes to replace. For awhile the trickle of games…

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analysis: The Scorpio and Neo are a betrayal of trust that might come back to bite Microsoft and Sony

By Jon Porter Every console generation starts with a chicken and egg dilemma. The shiny new hardware that emerges into the wild might have high hopes and higher price tags, but it inevitably launches with a games library that’s a mere shadow of the consoles it hopes to replace. For awhile the trickle of games…

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Developers need to realise there’s more to Spider-Man than the films

By Jake Tucker For comic fans, one of the sweetest moments of E3 2016 was the announcement that a new Spider-Man game was coming, and better still that it was being developed by Insomniac Games, developers of Sunset Overdrive, Ratchet & Clank and the Resistance games. It was a great reveal trailer too. Spidey moves…

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Developers need to realise there’s more to Spider-Man than the films

By Jake Tucker For comic fans, one of the sweetest moments of E3 2016 was the announcement that a new Spider-Man game was coming, and better still that it was being developed by Insomniac Games, developers of Sunset Overdrive, Ratchet & Clank and the Resistance games. It was a great reveal trailer too. Spidey moves…

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Gallery: 5 of the weirdest videogame controllers that almost happened

By Jon Porter Introduction This week saw Microsoft reveal some of its early Xbox controller designs from before the console’s launch in 1999, and they’re pretty outlandish. Usually these early prototypes remain shrouded in secrecy, but these images offer a rare glimpse into the development process of the controllers that we end up holding for…

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Gallery: 5 of the weirdest videogame controllers that almost happened

By Jon Porter Introduction This week saw Microsoft reveal some of its early Xbox controller designs from before the console’s launch in 1999, and they’re pretty outlandish. Usually these early prototypes remain shrouded in secrecy, but these images offer a rare glimpse into the development process of the controllers that we end up holding for…

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Blizzard is hiring a Game Director for an ‘Unannounced Project’ – you’re applying, right?

By Parker Wilhelm It looks like Diablo IV is happening, and you could be working on it. OK, guess we should back up a little bit: a job posting on Blizzard Entertainment’s careers page is looking for a game director with “a stellar track record of shipping AAA games” who can “lead the Diablo series…

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Blizzard is hiring a Game Director for an ‘Unannounced Project’ – you’re applying, right?

By Parker Wilhelm It looks like Diablo IV is happening, and you could be working on it. Okay, guess we should back up a little bit – a job posting on Blizzard Entertainment’s careers page is looking for a game director with “a stellar track record of shipping AAA games” who can “lead the Diablo…

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Updated: The best Nintendo Wii U deals in July 2016

By TechRadar Deals On this page you will find all of the best Wii U deals on standalone consoles and bundles. The Wii U might be unable to compete with the Xbox One and PS4 in raw power, but it’s a console packed with some unique features and good ideas. So if you don’t fancy…

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PlayStation Slim and Neo may be revealed at Tokyo Games Show

By Nick Pino When we heard the rumor that Microsoft had not one, but two new consoles to talk about at its E3 2016 keynote, we were skeptical. And yet, on June 13, that’s exactly what happened when Xbox Chief Phil Spencer unveiled both the Xbox One S and Project Scorpio. And while Microsoft used…

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PlayStation Slim and Neo may be revealed at Tokyo Games Show

By Nick Pino When we heard the rumor that Microsoft had not one, but two new consoles to talk about at its E3 2016 keynote, we were skeptical. And yet, on June 13, that’s exactly what happened when Xbox Chief Phil Spencer unveiled both the Xbox One S and Project Scorpio. And while Microsoft used…

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Here are the free PlayStation Plus games for July 2016

By Stephen Lambrechts Each month, a new range of free downloadable games becomes available to North American, European and Australian PlayStation Plus subscribers, with titles across PS3, PS4 and PS Vita. We suggest you grab these games while they’re free, as you’ll then be able to play them as long as you have an active…

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Could Microsoft’s Kinect be reborn as a virtual reality controller?

By Jon Porter The Kinect port’s removal from the Xbox One S might have lead some to believe that the accessory has reached the end of its life, but a recent Microsoft blog post suggests otherwise. The post details the research efforts of Microsoft’s research lab in Cambridge, who have been hard at work repurposing…

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Could Microsoft’s Kinect be reborn as a virtual reality controller?

By Jon Porter The Kinect port’s removal from the Xbox One S might have lead some to believe that the accessory has reached the end of its life, but a recent Microsoft blog post suggests otherwise. The post details the research efforts of Microsoft’s research lab in Cambridge, who have been hard at work repurposing…

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