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Call of Duty Ghosts to feature Kinect voice commands
Call of Duty: Ghosts has been designed to incorporate Kinect voice commands. Eric Hirshberg, chief executive of Activision's game publishing arm, said in-game voice commands via Kinect "really excite us because of the level of responsiveness and detail". On Tuesday, Microsoft revealed that its next generation console ...read more
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PS4 and Xbox One 'a generation ahead' of high end PCs - EA CTO
Xbox One and PlayStation 4 are a generation more powerful than today's high-end PCs, according to an Electronic Arts exec. Writing on LinkedIn, EA chief technology officer Rajat Teneja noted that the horsepower of current high-end PCs will be dwarved by Sony and Microsoft's next-gen consoles. "Both th ...read more
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Revolution DLC free this weekend
The Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Revolution DLC pack will be made available free on Xbox 360 this weekend. The pack will be made available free this weekend only. After that, those who downloaded the pack free will need to pay in order to continue accessing the content. The news comes via Activision social me ...read more
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Microsoft brushes off Xbox Live hack attack claim
Microsoft brushed off a dubious hacker's claim on Thursday that he stole 47 million account credentials for Microsoft's Xbox Live gaming service. The hacker, who goes by the Twitter handle "@Reckz0r," wrote on Pastebin that Microsoft stored the login credentials in plain text. The data included email addresses and passwords ...read more
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Black Ops 2 updates released for consoles
Treyarch has released Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 title updates for Xbox 360 and PS3. The patches address multiplayer issues, fix Zombies bugs and rebalance some weapons. They also add support for this weekend's free-trial of the game's Revolution DLC.
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Xbox One official game box design unveiled
Microsoft repre-soldier Major Nelson confirmed the box designs for Xbox One games by showing off how copies of the newly announced Forza Motorsport 5 will look. Much like how the Wii U went bold with blue, the Xbox One design is gallant in green. The Forza 5 design also reveals the logo of BBC motorcar show Top Gear. Forza 4 featured Top Gear content, and so will Forza 5, apparently.
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Amazon UK: Wii U Sales Rank Jumps 875% Following Microsoft’s Xbox One
The Xbox One’s disappointing reveal has shot up sales of the Wii U on Amazon.com. The system was at #390 before the conference, but now has shot up to #40 due to Microsoft’s glorified TV box. This momentum should carry Nintendo right into the summer as they have big plans for the Wii U at E3 and this fall. The console race has just begun but it’s good to see gamers are picking up a system that’s dedicated to gaming first, and multimedia second.
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Turtle Beach crafting accessories for Xbox One
We haven't even seen what the Xbox One's first-party headset looks like yet, but Turtle Beach is already hoping folks will opt for its premium alternatives. The headset manufacturer announced today that it will be "among the first to market with Microsoft-licensed gaming headsets for the Xbox One." Further details with regards to ...read more
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Fifa 14 Release Date and Pre Order Bonus
Mark September 24th on your calendars. That’s the North American release date for FIFA 14, arriving on store shelves for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. The worldwide release of FIFA 14 happens three days later on September 27th. Those who pre-order FIFA 14 in North America will receive 24 FIFA Ultimate Team Packs –one per week for 24 weeks– that can be used to build and strengthen their squad in Ultimate Team
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Nvidia launches GeForce GTX 780
Nvidia's second consumer graphics card featuring the GK110 GPU became available at retailers today, marking the first release of the GeForce GTX 700 series of cards. The GTX 780 is nearly identical in appearance to the GTX Titan, which launched in February as part of the GTX 600 series, aside from half as many memory chips on its circuit board and different lett ...read more
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