Speculation has be flying around about Microsoft's next console release for months now. Will it be announced at E3? Will it's launch date be close to the Nintendo Wii U?
Today two new pieces of news are buzzing around the wires from various industry insiders.
The first from fudzilla, which stated "the power behind the next Xbox will be a PowerPC CPU that is married to an ATI Southern Islands GPU, or modified 7000 series.". It seems that the System on a Chip (SoC) has gone into production.
The second piece of news come courtesy of IGN, claiming that the new Xbox will be six time more powerful than the 360, and 20% more powerful than the Wii U. The GPU is predicted to be similar to the Radeon HD 6670, and offers multi display output, 3D and 1080p HD output.
This all points to an announcement this year at E3, and a launch date landing around October 2013.
With Microsoft expected to reveal their new console, and the Wii U it's line up of launch titles, one can only imagine that Sony will need something up their sleeves this year. Will we see the announcement of the PlayStation 4?
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Back again
Well, as you may have noticed, this will be my first post in over a year. I'm hoping to change the format of the blog, offering news as well as reviews on all things gaming.
Last year was a pretty big year in gaming. We saw some great new IP's coming out, although it seemed that the year was to be dominated by sequels. Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3 went head to head to to compete for your hard earned dollars in the FPS market. Gears of War and Uncharted both delivered fantastic entries for their respective consoles, and fueled the every growing flame war that seems to plague the Internet.
Nintendo confirmed one of the worst kept secrets of the year, announcing the Wii U at E3. This will be their first contestant in the HD console category, and while it seemed the end of the Wii was written on the wall, the breath taking Zelda Skyward Sword had me dusting off the wiimotes once again.
2011 also had its share of turkeys. Finally, after spending so much time in development hell that it became and ongoing gag, Duke Nukem Forever was finally released. Too bad it was a jumbled mess that had all the charm of a turd left to float in the toilet.
So what's to look forward to in 2012?
Bioware will be concluding their epic SciFi series with Mass Effect 3, Gearbox will be releasing Borderlands 2 as well as Aliens: Colonial Marine. The Wii U will (hopefully) be officially launched. Microsoft and Sony are being tipped to announce their new consoles, and Max Payne will finally make his first true HD appearance in Max Payne 3.
2012 will be a big year.
Last year was a pretty big year in gaming. We saw some great new IP's coming out, although it seemed that the year was to be dominated by sequels. Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3 went head to head to to compete for your hard earned dollars in the FPS market. Gears of War and Uncharted both delivered fantastic entries for their respective consoles, and fueled the every growing flame war that seems to plague the Internet.
Nintendo confirmed one of the worst kept secrets of the year, announcing the Wii U at E3. This will be their first contestant in the HD console category, and while it seemed the end of the Wii was written on the wall, the breath taking Zelda Skyward Sword had me dusting off the wiimotes once again.
2011 also had its share of turkeys. Finally, after spending so much time in development hell that it became and ongoing gag, Duke Nukem Forever was finally released. Too bad it was a jumbled mess that had all the charm of a turd left to float in the toilet.
So what's to look forward to in 2012?
Bioware will be concluding their epic SciFi series with Mass Effect 3, Gearbox will be releasing Borderlands 2 as well as Aliens: Colonial Marine. The Wii U will (hopefully) be officially launched. Microsoft and Sony are being tipped to announce their new consoles, and Max Payne will finally make his first true HD appearance in Max Payne 3.
2012 will be a big year.
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