Moving Out and Drawing Fire!
When it was announced that Square Enix Montreal would be shifting their focus to mobile development, the fate of their next-gen Hitman title, presumably being developed for PS4 and Xbox One, was left up in the air.
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The LinkedIn profile of senior game designer, Richard Knight, now confirms that the game has most definitely been cancelled, however.
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It’s safe to say that fans have been enjoying the additional power and exclusive software that accompanied the Xbox One at launch, but there are a few issues that upwards of two million gamers who picked up the platform have begun to notice. Key features like cross-game chat that were so prominent on the Xbox 360 are sorely lacking on its successor, but Microsoft has plans in motion to improve various features of the Xbox One.
During an interview between Canada.com and Larry Hyrb, Microsoft’s director of programming for Xbox Live, it was confirmed that the company plans on implementing serious updates to the existing operating system and tweaking features to better suit the desires of the players. Similarly to the evolution of the Xbox 360 during its lifespan, the man known as Major Nelson assured concerned fans that additional features are en route.
Company reveals it had a “real discussion” about possibility of “purely disc-less console,” but decided against it to accommodate bandwidth and game size.
As some early reports suggested, Microsoft did in fact consider releasing the Xbox One with no disc drive, making the company’s new console a purely digital system, Microsoft Game Studios corporate vice president Phil Spencer told OXM. Perhaps more surprising is that this “purely disc-less console” was considered as late as mid-2013.
“Obviously, after the announcement and E3, there was some feedback about what people wanted to change,” Spencer said. “There was a real discussion about whether we should have an optical disc drive in Xbox One or if we could get away with a purely disc-less console, but when you start looking at bandwidth and game size, it does create issues.”
Spencer went on to explain why he believes offering a Blu-ray optical drive for the Xbox One was the “right decision.”
According to a report conducted by the Entertainment Retailers Association, the PlayStation 4 outsold the Xbox One by 166,000 consoles in the United Kingdom.
Using data collected via Chart-Track during a five-week period after its launch, 530,000 PlayStation 4 were purchased (generating £181.8 million) while 364,000 Xbox One were purchased (generating £144.5 million).
Ben Heck’s latest mod will be donated to Able Gamers Foundation.
Celebrity console modder Ben Heck has created a single-handed Xbox One controller mod, designed to be accessible for gamers with a disability preventing them from using two hands.
The creation of the controller will be chronicled on this Friday’s installment of The Ben Heck Show. A teaser for the program gives a first glimpse at the unit, as do the images posted above and below.
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PlayStation 4 games scheduled for release in 2014:
Get 30 million songs for free, Kinect’s 10 most useful commands and in-game snapping tricks
In our series of tech tip videos we outline Xbox One’s handiest shortcuts and tricks. Take a look – you might learn something new – and if you’ve got an even better tech tip to share, please let us know below.
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Sony is working on ambitious projects for PlayStation 4, it has been suggested.
Following the announcement that PS4 had a very successful launch, the firm said it has “epic stuff still underwraps” and it “can’t wait for E3 now.”
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Getting 5 kills in a row will never be the same again.
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Starting today, Call of Duty: Ghosts owners on Xbox One and Xbox 360 can pay $1.99 to replace the game’s guard dog pointstreak reward with a wolf.
My dearest Emily,
These weeks of frustration are hopefully drawing to a close. A communication from Battlefield 4 developer DICE says the PlayStation 4 version has received a patch that “should remove a large amount of the client crashes” currently being experienced on the console since launch.