Sony CFO Masaru Kato expects the PS4 to be a much more profitable console than the PS3, at least at launch according to recent statements at a earnings call this past week. ”Unlike PS3, we are not planning a major loss to be incurred with the launch of PS4,” said Kato. The PS3, because of its [...]

Sony’s President of Worldwide Studios for Sony Computer Entertainment Shuhei Yoshida recently spoke to Japanese publication 4Gamer (via Push Square) about how Sony is making sure PS4 gamers consider the PS4 version of multiplatform games to be the best. Allegedly, back in the day, the PlayStation 3 suffered a fair bit when it came to [...]

Rumors have been circulating for months about the Xbox 720, codenamed Durango, that it would utilize always-online DRM seen in games such as Diablo 3 and Sim City, in order to block gamers from playing used games and requiring them to be always online in order to operate the basic functions of the console. However, [...]

Well, well, well. With 14 more days to go until Microsoft’s special unveiling, and what with all the rumours flying around the company’s next Xbox (colloquially known as the Xbox 720), there’s another additional rumour kicking about – one which contradicts what I’ve come to know. I already know that games for the Xbox 720 won’t [...]

Yesterday, EA’s Frank Gibeau (President of EA Labels) announced in a press release that Disney has chosen EA to “create new ‘Star Wars’ experiences for gamers worldwide.” Other sources say that Disney and EA have arranged a new multi-year exclusive licensing deal. EA’s agreement with Disney will apparently bring forward a whole new future of [...]

When Mark Cerny (PS4′s lead system architect) revealed the PS4′s DualShock 4 controller back in February, there was one thing that confused me the most about the new controller: the curious blue light bar at the controllers top. As it turns out, the new controller itself has had quite a journey to become the one [...]

Quantic Dream’s co-CEO Guillaume de Fondaumiere spoke with GameSpot recently at the Tribeca Film Festival over the weekend past. Fondaumiere said that the studio is seeing a “big difference” with the PlayStation 4 over the PlayStation 3 during tests for its currently in-development PS4 game. “We are already seeing in the first PS4 tests that [...]

On May 23rd it was reported by VideoGamer that multiple Microsoft employees (both current and former; mostly former) that have disclosed details about their involvement with Microsoft’s yet-to-be announced Xbox 720 on their online CVs on LinkedIn. Thanks to VideoGamer, I’m able to list off who those employees are and what they did. Even though the [...]

Now, before you run off on a mad hunt to shout down Valve with mindset of “subscription plans for games I’ve already paid for?! I have to pay for Steam on top of the games I buy?!”, allow me to add clarity. “Subscription Plans” is not indicative to subscribing to pay X amount over Y [...]

A couple of days ago (April 22nd) it was stated by a Relic Entertainment employee that there is a “strong possibility” of a new Dawn of War game coming in the future. That’s right, the Emperor’s finest might well be reporting for duty again after a two-year long wait since Dawn of War II: Retribution [...]

Even though there are rumours currently circulating around Microsoft’s Xbox 720, even though the exact details of the console are still up in the air (since, to my knowledge, nothing so far has been confirmed by Microsoft or Microsoft officials), I keep having to remind myself that they are just that: rumours. Despite my efforts, I seem [...]

This is a guest post by Jimmy Wentz of Media Discovery. Full article credit goes to Wentz as we are happy to present the following publication. When the Dreamcast appeared back in 1999, the idea of a console with internet running into the back of it was an exciting concept for both gamers and developers. However, the [...]

The current generation of consoles has seen the emergence of casual mobile/browser based games as well as AAA games capturing a wider audience and even bigger budgets than ever before. According to Ubisoft Montreal CEO  Yannis Mallat these are the two types of games that are going to survive moving forward. In an interview with Games Industry International, [...]

Minecraft creator and noted hat enthusiast Markus “Notch” Persson has placed second in Time magazine’s annual poll of the world’s most influential people. The poll, called the Time 100, allows users to vote for and against a pool of 150 people assembled by Time, with the top 100 being placed in order by the publication’s editorial [...]

OXM recently sat down with Bethesda Vice President, Peter Hines in a podcast centered around DLC and their application to recent games. One subject that is a particularly sore subject with certain gamers is “Day One DLC.” If you aren’t familiar with this concept it’s pretty simple. It’s when a developer releases their game alongside [...]