Speaking on company earnings call on the 13th of this month, the CEO of Take-Two, Strauss Zelnick, reported that the studio currently has “groundbreaking new intellectual property” in the pipeline for next-generation consoles. The studio responsible for the ubiquitous Grand Theft Auto will look to supplement its considerable catalog of highly successful current-gen properties, which [...]

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 [...]

Bigwig publisher Ubisoft’s next-gen title Watch Dogs is said to hit the shelves in November; November 19th for the US and November 22nd for the UK. At least, those are the dates for the game launching on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U and PC – according to Develop. As for a PlayStation 4 version: [...]

It is still a mystery what the official name of the Xbox 720, codenamed Durango, will wind up being. It is unlikely that either of those names will wind up being the actual name of the console,  however a recent trademark filing may shed some light on another possible name for the next generation console. According to [...]

Thanks to Polygon, who recently published an article (April 26th) with information from their sources, the Xbox 720 has a bunch of new rumours kicking about it. Polygon’s sources claim that the Xbox 720 will have expansions to its social and connected features, and that the console apparently won’t require an always-on internet connection to [...]

A special edition of Ubisoft’s upcoming techno-thriller Watch Dogs has been spotted in a Dutch advertisement for the game, touting an additional single-player mission for those willing to presumably dig a little deeper into their wallets. The mission, which appears to occur around a series of street races, gives players access to fount of free [...]

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 [...]

It seems the long wait is now finally over! Microsoft’s next Xbox, known as the “Xbox 720″, might be at last be revealed on May 21st. I certainly anticipate it, anyway. Not long ago at the time of writing (before writing this article), I was sifting through my Twitter feed and discovered a tweet from [...]

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 [...]

According to a report that was made by Edge-Online on April 16, DICE does not have any plans to implement support for motion controls with their upcoming installment to the popular Battlefield franchise, Battlefield 4. Speaking with DICE executive producer Patrick Bach, it is stated that DICE believes that motion control is a “gimmick” and [...]

Microsoft’s Xbox 720 still remains unannounced, but it’s safe to say we know it’s coming. Two Ubisoft employees have confirmed that the companies top open-world titles will be making their way to the Xbox 720. The first employee is Ubisoft marketing artist Phil Brolles, who stated on his LinkedIn profile that Watch Dogs is a, [...]

Polish developer CD Projekt RED has released another round of eye-catching screenshots for the upcoming Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt, featuring their in-house developed REDengine 3, a new engine developed for next-generation machines. The Witcher series, often praised for its visuals and notorious for its demanding hardware requirements on PC, looks to continue refining the [...]

Things have been reportedly ticking under the Microsoft bonnet, at least according to technology blogger Paul Thurrott, who, in the latest WhatTheTech podcast, shared some information from his sources on what he apparently knows about Microsoft’s Xbox 720 and its possible reveal date, as well as other Xbox related projects. The Xbox 720 will be [...]

Industry sources have told Kotaku that Microsoft’s Xbox 720 (codenamed “Durango”) will require an always-online internet connection in order to start up games, but may also handle connection dropouts. “Unless something has changed recently,” said one of the sources, “Durango consumer units must have an active internet connection to be used.” “If there isn’t a connection, [...]