Upgrading to next gen won't be as "back-breaking" as last time round.
Spoiler: consoles and PC are not, in fact, chalk and cheese. True one works out of the box while the other requires on-going tinkering, but strip away the interfaces, peripherals and moulded casings and it's all just plastic and silicon at the end of the day, right? According to Crytek boss Cevat Yerli, next generation consoles will have even common with desktops - and as a consequence, PC-centric developers will actually be "more comfortable" with the new tech than console veterans.
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Issue 97 is all about secret next generation Xbox games that also happen to be not-so-secret Xbox 360 games. First and foremost of these is Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag, our cover game - there's a seven-page preview within which covers all sorts of topics, from which port you should set sail for when your ship's ablaze, to how best to disable a man's knee.
New game will use Unreal Engine 4, reveal coming this year.
Spec Ops: The Line developer Yager has a bun in the oven, marked "AAA First Person Shooter". As reported by Eurogamer, it's an Unreal Engine 4 game for next generation platforms, and we can expect a full disclosure in the next few months.
Evidence mounts as to full GDC reveal.
Battlefield 4 will be revealed this month - possibly even today - on Battlefield Premium, according to internet whisperers who've also got hold of what they claim is the game's cover art.
Looks like we're going to have us a lynchin', pa.
Ubisoft has released a gameplay trailer for Call of Juarez: Gunslinger - a refreshingly topicality-free outing for Techland's Wild Western franchise, due on Xbox Live Arcade this year. It's got cell-shaded shotguns in it. Well, I think they're cell-shaded. They're definitely shotguns.
The Locust are on the march - ready your question-cannons.
Review code for People Can Fly's Fenix-less prequel Gears of War: Judgment has arrived, and it has fallen to yours truly to lay a review and score upon its grotesquely wrinkled pate. Like a squad of COG roughnecks on a reconnaissance mission, my hands, eyes and brain are now exploring the game's brutish immensity. But where should they head first? And what critical tactics should they employ? That, my friend, is up to you.
New modes coming 25th March, Castle DLC wallpapers released.
343 has announced that it's dropping back to a biweekly release schedule for future Halo 4 matchmaking updates, in order "to provide you with more substantial updates, bestow attention where it's most needed and allow newly implemented playlists a longer runway to succeed or fail from both a gameplay nuance perspective as well as supplying more data to mine and learn from."
But not in the UK or Europe.
The unthinkable is happening: Minecraft, a game that's all but indistinguishable from the rise and rise of digital content, will see release on discs. Albeit only in the US, Australia, Hong Kong, India, New Zealand, Singapore, and Taiwan for the moment.
F1, GRID, DiRT, Driver and WipEout devs flock to Microsoft first party.
All hail NeoGAF, that place where more than usually dedicated games enthusiasts do all the hardcore research for me. The mega-forum's recent activities include an intriguing Project Gotham Racing 5 speculation thread, which suggests that the outfit behind Microsoft's strictly unconfirmed next generation racer may not be relative unknown Lucid Games, but the mighty Rare.