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Both the Xbox One and Playstation 4 have very similar hardware, with the PS4 having a slight edge in terms of raw power, and the Xbox having the edge in power consumption. It’s too early to tell the clear ‘winner’ just yet, but with both consoles using an x86 architecture, it will make most likely porting games to the PC much easier than the last generation of games.

The Xbox One: Hardware Analysis & Comparison to PlayStation 4AnandTechAnand Lal Shimpi [http://www.anandtech.com/print/6972/xbox-

Today’s quote of the day comes from Don Mattrick, head of Microsoft’s interactive entertainment business:

If you’re backwards compatible, you’re really backwards

Microsoft and Sony Diverge on Gaming ‘Cloud’Microsoft and Sony have taken diverging approaches in their expanding war for the hearts and minds of gamers. Yes, their next-generation consoles both offer high-fidelity games, and they can both play music and movies. But the rest is rather different.The Wall Street JournalIan Sherr [ht

Sam Lake, Creative Director takes to Youtube to talk a little about the future of Remedy and Alan Wake. Sadly it sounds like Alan Wake didn’t sell enough copies to merit a true sequel, but it was received well enough for Microsoft to throw a pile of money their way for a new IP (Quantum Break).

I loved Alan Wake. It was probably one of my favorite games to come out of this generation of titles. And even though I’m disappointed it will be quite some time before I get to play a new game of the fr

Not a big surprise. I could see them mimicking Steam Greenlight to get more the popular indie titles on the service though.

Xbox One won’t allow indies to self-publish gamesIndependent developers cannot self-publish their own games on Xbox Live Arcade. That policy isn’t changing with Xbox One.ShacknewsAndrew Yoon [http://www.shacknews.com/article/79309/xbox-one-wont-allow-indies-to-self-publish-games]

Peter Rubin:

We have no idea what the videogame landscape will look like seven years from now, just as we had no idea in 2005 how foundationally streaming and smartphones would change everything. The very concept of any physical media box may well be obsolete within a decade. But even if this is the last true console we ever see, one thing is for sure: Gaming isn’t just games anymore.

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Most interesting statistic: Only 6% of all characters made cleared the highest difficulty.

Diablo III’s One-Year Anniversary InfographicDiablo III’s One-Year Anniversary Infographic - Diablo IIIDiablo IIILylirra [http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/9691895/diablo-iii%E2%80%99s-one-year-anniversary-infographic-5-20-2013]

And truly captures Wario’s character.

Nintendo Launches Kickstarter Parody “Crowdfarter” To Promote Game & WarioNew Wii U title gets humorous promotional siteNintendo LifeDamien McFerran [https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/05/nintendo_launches_kickstarter_parody_crowdfarter_to_promote_game_and_wario]

I’m sure its just a coincidence this was released a day before the Xbox announcement.

Exclusive video | PlayStation 4 See it First at E3 | TeaserWatch our world exclusive teaser video and make sure you are the first to see it at E3 June 10th 2013. Sign up: http://eu.playstation.com/PS4YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjXU1anoC5Y]

It’s hugely involved, with you mining the ground to gain resources to trade for coins to claim your land. Like a proper game of Civ, major construction involves clicking on the ground and watching the buildings extruding upwards. They’re functional buildings, allowing you to enter and use them, and enhancing them to provide the bonuses to the land.

This feels like the next natural stage of evolution of Minecraft.

A Minecraft Mod To Admeier: CivCraftThere’s not a lot of structure to vanilla

Mostly fluff, but there is something to be said about a publication like WSJ covering the Xbox. It’s a little astounding how far video games have progressed for a new console release to be covered by mainstream culture.

Source: http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424127887323398204578489710767303392-lMyQjAxMTAzMDEwOTExNDkyWj.html

One password, discovered over 20 years later, long after the Metroid password system had been completely reverse-engineered, does not grant you all items. This password just crashes and resets the game:

A Profanity-Laced Video Game Password That Breaks Everything | Max Woolf’s Blog Most of these passwords were gibberish that required a pen-and-paper to write down and remember. One password, however, is more memorable, and much more sinister.Max Woolf's BlogMax Woolf [https://minimaxir.com/20