Kevin Spacey debuts as villain in ‘Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’ trailer

Kevin Spacey looks like he’s taking cues from his character, Frank Underwood, in House of Cards with this new gig with Activision. Spacey will be playing the main antagonist of the new Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare game as the head of a private military corporation that has turned against the US government. Activision wants to whet our appetites early. The game is set to be released by November 4, 2014.

Source: Destructoid

Patch for Call of Duty: Ghosts for Xbox One causes performance problems

Patches are generally supposed to remedy any technical issues with a program or game. However, the new Onslaught downloadable content and a stability patch released for the Xbox One edition of the game “Call of Duty: Ghosts” has caused performance issues for the game. Performance drops for certain areas in the new maps and the frame drops to nearly 30 percent from the 60 frame per second rate.

Ubergizmo quotes Digital Foundry’s David Bierton, “Kicking off with a look at Stonehaven, it’s immediately obvious that things are not quite right. While the game does indeed hit 60fps in this stage, frame-rates are dramatically impacted when the whole level is in view, with metrics varying between 46-60fps as we run across the landscape. As frame-rates fall below the desired 60fps target, we also see the appearance of some screen-tear, adding some judder, making drops in smoothness more noticeable.”

PlayStation banks on 3D and motion control for the holidays

We just came from the PlayStation Holiday Preview event held in downtown Toronto. Sony showcased some of the upcoming titles and technology that will be getting gamers excited this holiday season. Standouts included a new Tron game, a lot of 3D, the ever elusive Gran Turismo 5 as well as updates to RockBand, Guitar Hero and of course Sony's new Move motion controller.

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