Also of note: a technical animation director who left Eidos Montreal this past month mentions «Animation pipeline development for current and next generation video games,» a detail that lends credence to a recent recruiting firm post alluding to a new Deus Ex title for
future generation consoles.
The Facts In an interview with Dualshockers at PAX West, Tabata revealed that he and his team at Square Enix planned to develop their next title for
future generation consoles.
The ad states that this engineer will be «responsible for implementing cutting edge features and optimizations on current and
Future Generation console and PC hardware,» which hints that the upcoming FPS has a chance to come to next - generation systems, if and when it does come out.
Not exact matches
But Microsoft Xbox marketing honcho Aaron Greenberg added this to the conversation with unalloyed candor: «We think the
future is without
console generations,» he told Engadget in August last year.
Even look at this
generation of
consoles we got 7 2D fighting games: Mortal Kombat X, Guilty Gear Xrd, Street Fighter 5, KOF 14, MVC Infinite (
future), Killer Instinct and Injustice 2 and ONLY 1 3D: Tekken 7.
While giving a talk titled «The
Future of Gaming Graphics», Yerli shared his opinion regarding dates when we can expect to see the eighth home
console generation.
With the recent release of the Next - Gen PlayStation and Xbox, we as gamers tend to be in awe with the
future of gaming but forget the
consoles and games that paved the way for this
generation to exist and be successful.
In the video version of this week's show, Brent and Ben tag - team the podcast to discuss their impressions of StudioMDHR's Cuphead, Red Dead Redemption 2's new trailer, Rocksteady's next project, Nintendo's latest controversy, the closing of the Wii shop and the
future of digital media, PUBG on PS4, the next
generation of
consoles, this week's new releases, and lots more!
During this
console generation, the superhero that we affectionately call the Caped Crusader has cemented himself as gaming's favourite fictional crime fighter, thanks to the release and resulting popularity of two incredible games from Rocksteady that set the bar for
future genre efforts.
Considering Sony's Europe dominance, I'd expect every
future PS
generation going forward, it will be the best selling
console world wide.
Other noteworthy items include Ubisoft's interest in preparing for the
future generation of
consoles (do they know something we don't?)
With the new
generation of
consoles, the
future is moving slowly but surely to digital only.
However, with the next
generation of
consoles on the horizon, it feels like change is in the air and, personally, we can't wait to see what the
future holds.
When it comes to the
future of gaming, the next
generation consoles are a natural talking point as we make...
It is not uncommon to read a comment post or listen to a critic talk about the beautiful dream
future of next
generation consoles without disk drives at all.
In the
future, Epic are intending to prioritise cross platform play, and also the act of bringing
console quality experiences to mobile devices, something that he says is very possible for current
generation mobile hardware.
Throwback to the times gone past with our Ms. Pacman and Donkey Kong arcade cabinets, join Mario and Sonic on a journey from their beginnings to their current form, and play on the current
generation on
consoles as we take you through the path of videogames past, present and
future.
And there's so much more making up our 100 Games For 2018 special with looks at the
future of PSVR, indie titles, the convergence of violence and emotion in games, the titles that will be pushing 4K and some looks at the hot topics going into 2018; do we need a new
generation of
consoles and what next for loot boxes?
There was a consensus from Techland, Press Play, I Fight Bears, Mobile Media and Umbra that «porting» games at the start of a new
console generation is an important learning curve for developers, helping teams to, as Hunt says, «get a grounding in the new technology without risking the
future of the entire studio».
In that sense, the Call of Duty series really needs to evolve in
future instalments, taking advantage of the additional power afforded by the next -
generation consoles and top - end PC to deliver more than just a bigger bang and prettier pictures, but instead ways to make the blockbuster spectacle feel meaningful again.
That goodwill has translated to enormous sales, and for a
generation that many thought would be the final one, we now have a renewed interest in
console gaming, and are starting to look ahead toward the
future.
There's been a lot of speculation about what this means for
future games in the next
generation, but most of it has been answered with pure hokum dictated by the
console manufacturers, as in this IGN interview with Mark Rubin of Infinity Ward.
If it continues to have this kind of staying power, Monster Hunter: World could very well be the first in many more titles to come for
future generations of
console releases.
The concept of evolutionary
consoles is nothing new and is indeed something that has been discussed in the past as being the
future of
consoles and it looks like all three platform holders are ready to embrace the idea this
generation.
The game is designed in such a way that it can use
future — very powerful equipment, but I can not tell you more beyond that today since no
future generation of
consoles has been announced so far.»
This response would seem to imply that Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon will be the last entries in the 7th
Generation and that, starting with
Generation 8, Pokémon games will come out on the Switch and
future hybrid
consoles.
During this year's Eurogamer Expo, Alan sat down with Executive Producer Marcus Nilson to find out what we can expect from this latest iteration of Need for Speed, covering its new AllDrive system, how the next
generation consoles have enhanced the game and what's in - store for the
future of Need for Speed now that EA Ghost are permanently sat in the driving seat.
By the time E3 had wrapped up, regardless of however Microsoft wanted their next
generation console to be portrayed, it seemed to have a bleak
future; one only worsened by the simple fact that the always - on rumours had not been disproved.
Before the publisher announced the new Toronto studio, Guillemot told investors «we need to get ready for the
future generation of
consoles.
You might point to the
future of digital - only distribution and its lack of ability to pass around a game, and you're not wrong, but I'll argue that
future is still quite far away, a lot farther than the next
generation of
consoles, which is still a couple of years out.
It seems that in
future generations the «upgrade» of the
console will become mandatory, and this is bad.
Next
generation consoles were both launched by Microsoft and Sony, providing the location for the
future of gaming; however current
generation consoles were not forgotten.
Whilst both
consoles started off much better than their predecessors I am inclined to agree that they will eventually fall behind at some point in the
future and I also believe that this
generation will have a total install base that is smaller compared to last gen.. That being said I do expect the PS4 and XB1 to have a great holiday season.
Max Payne and Alan Wake is gearing up to develop for the next
generation of
consoles, looking to fill more than 20 positions in the coming months, and saying it's «on the very brink of creating the games of the
future.»
With this year marking the 20th anniversary of the original game and a near - total absence from Nintendo's last
console generation, we're left to wonder just what the
future has in store for Fox McCloud and -LSB-...]
We see a
future full of choice, without being constrained by technical boundaries, devices people play on, or
console generations.
A
future beyond
console generations, where you can upgrade your experience on your own timeline without missing out on the newest games or shared experiences with your friends.
With two
console generations running concurrently, we will review the accessibility of the Xbox 360 and look to the
future with the Xbox One.
When previously asked about a next - gen version, Rockstar North President Leslie Benzies said that the company is waiting to see what will happen with the game on the current
console generation before going next - gen, simply stating, «We'll get the current gen version out first and see what happens in the
future.»
The march towards the next
generation of
console gaming just picked up the pace a bit with Sony's announcement of its «See the
Future» event on February 20 in New York City.
The Insider — The
Future of Xbox One Microsoft has finally launched the Xbox One X and it could be a potential game - changer in this
console generation.
Back in 1993, Atari released the Atari Jaguar video game system and was competing against both the fourth and
future - fifth
generation consoles.
Maybe there will be one more
console generation where games are still sold on disks, but digital distribution is our inevitable
future.
I would love to see a similar concept available for the DualShock 4 in the
future, or possibly for the next
generation Playstation
console.
It outsold every other system of the fourth
generation of home
consoles and cemented the Big N as one of the
future Big Three.
Now, with the Nintendo Switch already firmly entrenched as one of the must - have gaming devices of this
generation, it will be interesting to see what kind of
future Furukawa envisions for the
console's lifespan.
As
future PS5 gamers ourselves, that got us thinking which titles we will be playing first on Sony's super powerful next -
generation games
console.
That is of course if we get another
generation of
consoles in the
future.
Microsoft's own Head of Xbox Games Marketing said in an interview with Engadget in 2016 that for Microsoft «the
future is without
console generations, «and that» We think of this as a family of devices.
Greenberg also said, «For us, we think the
future is without
console generations; we think that the ability to build a library, a community, to be able to iterate with the hardware — we're making a pretty big bet on that with Project Scorpio.