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  • News: EA retracts Wii U snub, says it's brewing Nintendo games on the backburner

    Just when you thought software makers were backing away from Nintendo's Wii U, a gaming exec appeared to throw the struggling console a bone on Tuesday. It looks like Electronic Arts may be building a game or two for Wii U after all, despite earlier comments from a company spokesperson who said no Wii U games from EA were in the works.

  • Feature: Xbox One release date, specs, features and price

    Microsoft has announced that the new Xbox One (previously known as Xbox 720) will be coming this year. Here's where we take a look at the new Xbox One's rumoured release date, UK price, confirmed specs and features.

  • News: Does the Xbox One have to be online?

    Last night Microsoft unveiled its Xbox One, aka the Xbox 720 and successor to the Xbox 360. Prior to its announcement the Xbox One was rumoured to demand an always-on internet connection, and much of the games console's new functionality does indeed require you to be online. But does the Xbox One have to be online at all times?

  • News: Ubisoft announces initial Xbox One titles

    Interactive entertainment publisher and distributor, Ubisoft, has revealed two of its more popular titles, Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag and Watch_Dogs will be available on Microsoft's new console, the Xbox One, scheduled to ship globally at the end of the year.

  • News: The Xbox One will unite your living room

    Following months of fevered rumor and speculation, Microsoft finally took the veil off the Xbox One, a console that furthers Redmond's efforts to take over your entire living room experience. The new system will come packaged with an updated version of the Kinect sensor and will be available "later this year." No price was announced.

  • News: Microsoft's Xbox One will succeed where Google TV failed

    Microsoft developed the Xbox One to be the future of the living room. Instead, we got a Google TV that we'll actually want to use. And it even plays games.

  • Test Centre: Xbox One launch video: as it happened

    The new Xbox launched tonight. You can re-watch the video of the Xbox One launch here. Also: Xbox One launch details.

  • News: Researchers find critical vulnerabilities in popular game engines

    Security researchers found serious vulnerabilities in the engines of several popular first-person shooter video games that could allow attackers to compromise their online servers and the computers of players accessing them.

  • News: Microsoft makes a play for the living room with Xbox One

    Microsoft is making a big play for the living room with a new Xbox console that marries games with live TV, Internet browsing, music and Skype.

  • News: Sony vs. Microsoft game console wars reignite

    Sony is trying to steal some of Microsoft's thunder by offering a few fleeting glimpses of the Playstation 4 hardware on the eve of a Microsoft Xbox event.

  • News: What we do (and don't) know about the new Xbox

    On May 21st at 10am Pacific time, Microsoft will unveil its next-generation Xbox console. And if this article were titled "What we know for sure about the next Xbox," we could end it here. Microsoft has been very tight-lipped about the successor to the Xbox 360, but that's about to change.

  • News: What I'm Playing: A plethora of ports

    Frozen Synapse (iOS, $6.99)

  • Feature: What to expect from the Xbox 720

    Tomorrow Microsoft will reveal the next generation of Xbox console. Here's what to expect from the fabled Xbox 720 and PS4 rival.

  • News: EA confirms Wii U cold shoulder following Frostbite freeze-out

    When Nintendo introduced the Wii U during E3 2011, Electronic Arts then-CEO John Riccitiello said his company and Nintendo had entered into an "unprecedented partnership" and couldn't "wait to see EA games" on the Wii U. Two years and four EA games later, the only thing unprecedented about this partnership is that it appears to be over.

  • News: Steam's virtual trading cards award prizes for your time well wasted

    Well, this is interesting. While the rest of the world was ogling over what's coming down the pipe from Google, Steam introduced collectible virtual trading cards that you can earn by playing games, and trade in for bragging rights and prizes.

  • News: The name of the next Xbox may be Xbox Fusion

    There has been a lot of speculation about the name of the console that will succeed the Xbox 360. We know the code name is "Durango," but that's just an internal development name--the Xbox 360 carried the code name "Xenon." New domain name registrations and redirects now provide convincing evidence that Microsoft will market the new Xbox under the brand name "Xbox Fusion."

  • Opinion: VRcade aims to be the world's first virtual reality arcade

    Turn a corner on the Internet and chances are you'll collide with some news about the Oculus Rift. Almost everyone seems to be working on some way to capitalize on this renewed love for virtual reality. As such, it was only a matter of time before someone (or a team of someones) took it into their heads to combine virtual reality with those coin-operated arcades your parents keep telling you about.

  • News: EA axes Online Pass program

    In what may be an attempt to score some points with its customer base, Electronic Arts is killing its Online Pass program.

  • News: Play an 8-bit game on your pants and get weird looks with this DIY belt buckle

    For those of you that like to show off with a big, flashy belt buckles, take a look at this DIY gaming-themed one--one that you can actually play. It will certainly grab people's attention, but perhaps not for all the right reasons.

  • News: EA bringing Frostbite 3 gaming engine to mobile

    You may not be able to run next-gen games and graphics from Electronic Arts on your Wii U, but it looks like you'll get them on your iPhone. Electronic Arts has put up a new site for the company's Frostbite 3 gaming engine where it confirms that Frostbite is coming to mobile.

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