Grave Gamer News & Views — release date

Assassin’s Creed IV Trailer Sets Up the Perfect Nautical Heist

Though the bandits of the high seas never seem to fail at capturing our imaginations – “Yo-Ho” pirates I mean; modern pirates would sooner hold youhostage than your imagination – their portrayal in pop culture as of late doesn’t quite jive with history. Somehow, heavy doses of mysticism and heavier amounts of eyeliner are what comes to...

Xbox One Release Date Locked In

Microsoft’s next home console will launch globally November 22nd. The $499 next-gen successor to both the Xbox (1) and the Xbox 360 will invade 13 territories in late November including the United Kingdom, Canada, and the good ol’ U.S. of A.

Having been confirmed to have gone into mass production yesterday, the One’s CPU horsepower was also revealed to have been increased from 1.6 GHz to 1.75 GHz (a further upgrade to 1.21 gigawatts will be required in order to play games from the distant year of 2015).

The Xbox One’s late November launch date gives Sony’s own next-gen construct, the PlayStation 4, a week jump on Microsoft, their system already in place for the 15th. Seven days shouldn’t seriously impact your buying decision but I understand gamers can sometimes be – dare I say it? – impatient.

Either way, the Holiday slugfest is set and a new console war has been ignited. Will the Dualshock out-rumble the One’s gamepad? Will the Kinect’s cold gaze see farther than the Eye? Will Sony’s system out-ventilate Microsoft’s ventilati– I’m getting carried away. But I want to know; with both consoles’ release dates announced, which one might you be getting?

PlayStation 4’s Launch Date Will Be Announced at Gamescom

Today I must serve to you one of my most hated forms of news – an announcement of an announcement.  Before images of Xzibit’s shit-eating grin pop into your head (too late), let’s get this over with.

Sony has confirmed that they plan on sharing the PlayStation 4’s ‘release plans’ with the gaming masses at Germany’s Gamescom on August 20th, 1:00 P.M. EDT.  Updates on the PS3 and PS Vita are also planned but not snazzy enough to deserve a headline.

A few weeks back, listings on Toys R Us’ UK site dated Sony’s next-gen console for December 13th while the Xbox One saw a November 29th release date.  The big box retailer backed up the listings as legitimate but their partners, Sony and Microsoft, did not.  What I’m trying to say is that if you have a serious addiction to betting on mundane things, your opportunity has presented itself.

So.  Which console will hit retail first?  More importantly, with the dawn of the next-gen upon us – GET BACK TO YOUR CORNER, WII U – which console will you folks be getting?