Gamescom 2013 has give us yet another round of punches between Sony and Microsoft, each trying to convince us that they are the next-gen king. Meanwhile, Nintendo stands in the corner looking sad. And from his mighty tower, Paul looks down on all of them with a jaded eye…
Tech/Hardware News:
Steve Ballmer announces retirement plans
Get your ‘Champagne Gold’ iPhone 5.
John Carmack joins Oculus VR as CTO
Wine-like emulator “Darling” runs OS X apps under Linux
Google & Microsoft have a lovers tiff over YouTube app.
Pirate Bay Browser released. Even in the Google Play Store.
Gaming News:
Microsoft Dreamcast 2
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Major Nelson’s Xbox One unboxing reveals headset included after all (of course!)
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Marc Whitten reveals Xbox One WILL work without Kinect
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Europe gets a free digital copy of Fifa 14 with every pre-order.
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50 games listed for the console.
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ID@Xbox for developer self publishing revealed.
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Northern Europe, Russia won’t get Xbox One in 2013
Sony
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PS4 launching in the US on Nov 15th and Europe on Nov 29th.
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Remote play on the Vita demonstrated with Assassin’s Creed IV.
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Minecraft comes to PS4 at launch and PS3 and Vita later.
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$199 PS3 with no HD, 12GB flash.
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Sony apologise for GTAV story leaks.
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Hard life for Sony execs at game conferences.
PC
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nVidia & Ubisoft partner up for PC games.
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Infinity Wards says COD Ghosts on PC looks the best.
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PC gaming hardware not in decline like the overall industry.
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Games for Windows Marketplace to close.
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Origin Humble Bundle on last three days of sale.
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IGN concerned about BF4 on PS4.
Nintendo
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Pathetic quarterly Wii U sales of 160,000 units
Need for Speed Rivals runs at 30fps.
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I $%#@ hate unboxings…and then some people like to title it “review”, so you end up watching it expecting a review. Showing me whats in a box is not a review, of whats in the box! It’s just showing me whats in the damn box!