NEWS: Xbox Loop/720/NextBox Updates

Well there's a bit more information flying around the new Xbox system. Mainly that the AMD Radeon technology will be powering the graphics with a similar chipset to the 6670. Therefore it will have six times the raw processing power of the current Xbox 360 and will also make it faster than Wii U. Development kit should be with gaming companies as early as August.

The new Xbox console will also bite the bullet and play Blu-Rays, something it should be doing now anyway but doesn't want to admit total defeat by using a Sony product after the HD war between the consoles.

The big news is that this week it has been leaked that the new console will not allow you to play used games. There was talk an authentication code would be needed, or online verification. The seeds of this have been planted in games already but this really would be a shocking turn for gamers and something I think Sony should get behind the gamers on. It could give them the edge.

Also we're finally getting rid of the ridiculous Microsoft points system and going back to cold hard cash. I still to this day don't know how many points it is to the pound. It's a stupid currency that cheats gamers into thinking it's not real money that they are spending. Tut tut.

So there you have it, anything else people have heard that I haven't mentioned?

NEWS: PS4 and New Xbox To Be Unveiled

OK, so the picture on the left is just what someone thinks it might look like. However, it's been confirmed that Microsoft and Sony will unveil the next-gen consoles at E3 this year in June.

Bare in mind that it's been a long time since the current consoles were released in terms of gaming years (think of how far technology has come - the 360 was released in 2005!) so we should be getting something soon. People are suggesting that both of them will have DVR (as in being able to record stuff like Tivo or a Sky box) but when they are announced in E3, it's likely that it will just be an announcement that they ARE doing it, rather than details.

Fingers crossed that it really will be something incredible!