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The highly anticipated Xbox One, PS4 and PC port of Grand Theft Auto V will require 50GB of hard drive space to install, according to an early Playstation Network listing. Apparently, the game will also feature support for the Playstation Move. The PSN listing for the digital version of the …

When Microsoft announced the Halo Master Chief Collection at E3 earlier this year, it made every effort to hammer home the fact that all of the games would run at 1080p, 60 frames per second. However, it turns out that the development team has been running in to issues with …

If you're a big console gamer but haven't yet upgraded to the latest generation, be it PS4 or Xbox One, then Activision is hoping to tempt you in to doing so, by offering a free upgrade to the new version of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. Buy any copy of …

Sales of Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox One game console remain weak in Japan, but it seems like in China the company manages to sell considerably more systems. In just one week of availability the company sold 100 thousand Xbox One consoles in the contry. Zhang Dazhong, a vice-president of Shanghai Media …

Microsoft Corp. has announced that its next-generation Windows 10 operating system will ship with DirectX 12 application programming interface (API). Keeping in mind that the OS is designed for all types of devices and DX12 is a corner stone for Microsoft’s ecosystem-related strategy, the news is hardly surprising. This week Microsoft …

Chances are that if you're a Halo fan then you're aware that Steven Spielberg is working on a full fledged Halo TV series while Ridley Scott is producing a smaller five episode mini-series introducing us to Agent Locke, who will be a major character in Halo 5, which is due …

The Xbox One has reportedly managed to pull ahead of the PS4 in the UK for the first time this month thanks to its recent price cut coupled with the release of FIFA 15. Ever since the launch of Sony and Microsoft's new consoles, the PS4 has had a clear …

A Destiny player has come across a bug that reveals Bungie's plans for future expansion packs and DLC content. Irish player, Ben Kinsella encountered the bug, which prevented him from accessing ‘the tower', Destiny's social hub. While it prevented him from hanging out at the tower, it did reveal new …

UK retailers are continuing to lower the price of Microsoft's Xbox One console in an effort to shift more units. The Xbox One had an official price cut a few months ago, bringing the price down to £350, matching the Playstation 4 and now UK based retailers are cutting the …

Microsoft Corp. has decided to delay the launch of its Xbox One video game console in mainland China. The company said that it needs some additional time to polish the system before it reaches the market. Microsoft’s Xbox One will be the first foreign gaming console officially sold in China …

If you've been waiting for a version of GTA V that wasn't running on near-decade old hardware, then you're in luck, as before long the anarchy simulator is set to be released on the Xbox One and PS4, but the hotly anticipated PC version has unfortunately suffered delays and now …

For most onlookers, the Destiny launch seemed to go off without a hitch earning Activision $500 million in a single day. However, for a lot of students, the experience has been dramatically different as the game isn't accessible on many college and university campus networks worldwide. So far, Bungie is …

With the announcement of the DirectX 12 application programming interface Microsoft Corp. has made it clear that it wants video games that rely on it to be played on all types of devices, including smartphones, tablets, personal computers and Xbox game consoles. According to a new rumour, the company’s new …

Is your Xbox One a little too loud for your liking? if so, you can get a free replacement from Microsoft as the company has acknowledged that a small number of consoles are suffering from a noise issue, which has grown more prevalent since the console launched in more territories. …

Nine months after putting its new-gen console on sale, Sony has managed too sell a million units in the UK alone. This makes it one of the fastest selling consoles ever, putting it just behind Nintendo's Wii which managed to hit the same milestone in just over eight and a …

Crytek has lowered the recommended system requirements for the PC version of Ryse Son of Rome. Initially, the company had posted the requirements to play the title at 4K, rather than 1080p. The spec revision makes the game much more accessible to low end/midrange system users. In an update on …

Microsoft doesn't have permission to run adverts on the Xbox One version of Destiny- so it isn't. Instead it is taking a fun little jab at Sony's exclusivity deal with Bungie by launching Destiny the fragrance- an unofficial marketing campaign in order to make sure people know that Bungie's next big …

Ryse Son of Rome, the former Xbox One exclusive has had its PC release date revealed alongside the minimum and recommended system requirements to run it. According to the Steam store page, the game will have a launch price of £34.99, the digital version of the title will be self …

Titanfall is due to receive its sixth free update, adding in more features and game modes, one of which completely removes Titans and AI from the game, allowing for 8v8 pilot only matches. The new mode is called Pilot skirmish and will only be available to play when choosing the …

If you picked up a cheap 12GB PS3 just to play Grand Theft Auto V last September then you may find yourself unable to play online soon as Rockstar has warned that GTA Online updates will soon take up all of the space available on the console- forcing users to …

After Microsoft Corp. began selling its Xbox One video game system without Kinect, sales of the console increased rather significantly thank to lower price. The software giant naturally does not want to completely give up its motion sensor, so, starting from October it will offer Kinect separately to those, who …

The developer behind The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt, CD Projekt Red, has responded to reports suggesting that the game won't hit the 1080p mark on either the Xbox One or the Playstation 4. Tomasz Tinc, the company's Marketing Manager has explained that there is still a good six months to …

It looks like Microsoft might be planning on launching a new promotion, it will reportedly be called “Free Play Day with Gold” and will give Xbox Live Gold subscribers 24 hours of access to selected titles. This yet to be officially announced feature should beef up the perceived value of an …

Amazon has revealed how the announcements made at Gamescom affected pre-orders, revealing some interesting statistics. Overall, Wii U games rose the most despite Nintendo not holding a major press conference at the event, while one of the biggest games there, Call of Duty Advanced Warfare, doesn't even make an appearance on …

Steve Ballmer, a former chief executive officer of Microsoft who spent 34 years at the company in total, said that he will step down as a board member of the software giant. This will mark the end of his career at Microsoft and will eliminate any influence that Mr. Ballmer …

CD Projekt Red promised that there would be no exclusive in-game items included with The Witcher 3 on any platform but it didn't say anything about physical items in its Collectors Edition. Xbox One owners who buy the Collectors Edition will receive a cloth map of the game and two …

One thing consoles have always been a bit tighter on than PCs, is piracy. That's why I had to get a friend of a friend to modify my PS One back in the 90s so it could play pirated games (only in black and white for some reason), but it …

In an attempt to sell more Xbox One hardware, Microsoft Corp. readies several all-new bundles of the console for this fall. The bundles will include free games, consoles with all-new designs, a console with 1TB hard drive and other bonuses. What is noteworthy is that all new bundles will come without …

The head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, has confirmed that the Rise of the Tomb Raider is in fact, a timed exclusive for Microsoft, meaning that the game could eventually come to other platforms as long as Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics decide to do so. Speaking with Eurogamer, Spencer admitted …

Gamescom 2014 is well underway and Microsoft has kicked things off with its own presentation. At the event, Crystal Dynamics announced that its upcoming sequel to 2013's Tomb Raider reboot will be exclusive to the Xbox One console. Rise of the Tomb Raider was first revealed at E3 earlier this …