Rockstar have released the first video of true gameplay for its highly anticipated title, Grand Theft Auto V. With all of the hoopla over the next gen consoles being released later this year, it is easy to forget that there are still plenty of great games
releasing on our current hardware and GTAV may just be the best of the bunch.
Not exact matches
Having originally
released way back in 2015, Pirate Warriors 3's port to the Switch has the advantage that it was also
released on the last generation of PlayStation
hardware as well as the
current one.
When the game arrives
on Sony's
current - gen
hardware, it will come with both Japanese and English audio, upgraded visauls and, unlike in its original
release, trophy support.
Samsung can rest easy for now, sitting comfortably at the top of the heap with 57.4 % of the
current Android market share — but it would be wise to keep at least one eye
on their competition given their less substantial 1 % gain since June 2014 (despite the
release of an entirely updated line of mobile
hardware during this period).
And
current Paperwhite owners who do covet the new model's goodies may eventually get some of them: Amazon says that it hopes to
release a software update for the original model, giving it new features that aren't contingent
on the latest model's upgraded
hardware and faster processor.
hack / / G.U. trilogy that was originally
released on Playstation 2 remastered for
current generation
hardware.
Considering that the last major console
release in the «proper» series was back in 2008, this will mark the first and only installment
on current gen
hardware (XO doesn't count as that was a port of GC anyway, plus it was in rather manky 3D).
Hardcore gamers are mostly waiting for PS4 / Nextbox, and Nintendo using
current gen
hardware together with failing to
release AAA first party titles have made hardcore gamers to pass
on WiiU.
From Software's latest action - RPG epic is absolutely beautiful
on current generation
hardware, but what if it had been
released on the original PlayStation?
New PS5 Rumors - Hot
on the heels of last week's rumors surrounding the PS5, Kotaku has chimed in with some new scuttlebutt regarding Sony's next
hardware, suggesting that
current industry speculation pegs the PS5 with a 2020
release at the earliest.
THQ's de Blob has
released on current generation
hardware, sans the Nintendo Switch, today almost 10 years after it's original launch.
Likewise, Milestone's WRC 4 was another solid entry improving
on WRC 3 with improved graphics, physics and authenticity, but its
release towards the end of the
current - gen console era meant it too was held back by
hardware limitations.
Releasing F1 2013
on crippling
current - gen
hardware probably didn't do it any favours, either.
Microsoft and Sony are focusing
on new «innovative» peripherals to keep their
current consoles selling for another couple years; I don't see them
releasing any information about next generation
hardware at E3.
Other notable indies that were back - ported to the Commodore
hardware included Kobo64 (an excellent conversion of Kobo Deluxe, the 8 - way scrolling, base - infiltrating, bullet - hell shmup from the dawn of the
current indie scene), Devil Ronin (a C64 conversion of a faux - «retro remake» based
on a fictional C64
release) and the now - free - to - download final version of Assembloids (a conversion of the Flixel - based casual puzzler Quartet by Photon Storm).
In fact, while early
current - gen console adopters may find themselves frustrated at the idea of developers wasting their energy
on titles for old
hardware, there is no denying that some of the games
releasing on last - gen this fall look pretty appealing.
«Since evolving onto the
current generation of consoles, the Super Monkey Ball franchise has always offered innovative game design, challenging the
hardware capabilities for all the consoles it has
released on» said Gary Knight, Senior Vice President of Marketing at SEGA Europe and SEGA of America.
The remake will take advantage of
current - generation gaming
hardware and is scheduled for global digital
release on February 15, 2018, for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and PC.