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Pachter predicts PS4 before next Xbox

The often outspoken and controversial Wedbush Securities Analyst Michael Pachter has spoken out regarding when he thinks the next generation of consoles will launch from Sony and Microsoft. He’s placing his bets on Sony releasing the PS4 ahead of Microsoft’s next Xbox console around October – November of 2013. Speaking

400,000 Wii Us sold last week

Nintendo has gone public and announced that it has sold more than 400,000 Wii U hardware units over the last week, and since launching the games console in North America on November 18th. Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime said that sales numbers were capped by the number of units

Assassins queue up to take on Black Ops 2

The weekly all formats software sales charts shows the Assassins queuing up behind the top selling Black Ops 2 which remain above and beyond all new challengers. Hitman Absolution sits in second place and Assassin’s Creed III in 4th. Interestingly Halo 4 still sits well amongst its multi format peers.

Hitman Absolution patch is on the cards

Hitman Absolution launched with much praise from the gaming press (we gave it a solid 9/10) but it seems some of the old school fans of the game aren’t happy with the new disguise system – hopefully a Hitman Absolution patch is on the cards.  In the game, when Agent

Assassin’s Creed III available now on PC

Today Ubisoft’s action adventure game Assassin’s Creed III  is now available for PC. Ubisoft also announced some NVIDIA specific features including a series first Direct X 11 support. Assassin’s Creed III  is also one of the world’s first games to feature NVIDIA TXAA technology for the ultimate graphics quality. NVIDIA

District 187 Sin Streets available now

A reminder that CJ Games Global’s first-person-shooter District 187 Sin Streets is now available for download on PC platforms.  The free to play game has seen months of  beta testing, and now the full list of features, including the Street Fightclan system has been revealed. Players can sign up for

Miner Wars 2081 Beta now on Steam

Gamers can now sample the Miner Wars 2081 beta now on Steam if they have purchased the game from the official site over at  www.minerwars.com. Take a look at the instructions on how to activate the game and load up!   1) Get your Steam key: http://www.minerwars.com/SteamKeys.aspx 2) Open your

Grab the new DmC Devil May Cry demo now

Capcom has reminded gamers that the DmC Devil May Cry demo is available to download via Xbox LIVE  today and via the PSN from  tomorrow, Wednesday 21st November, across Europe.  Check out the demo trailer.  The DmC Devil May Cry demo allows players  the chance to sample the combat and

Wii U owners suffering huge firmware update

Right off the bat there’s a 5 GB mandatory firmware update for the all new swanky Wii U console from Nintendo which officially releases on the 20th in the UK. Wii U owners are prompted to update their online connected machines, except the 5 GB download is taking an age