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After last week’s E3 event, one may argue that Microsoft has caused a grievous amount of damage to their entire games operation.

Indeed, Amazon sales show that the PS4 has earned a vast number of pre-orders in comparison to the Xbox One, which has moved from third to fifth place in the retailer’s bestsellers.

Adding insult to injury, in a recent verdict from Interactive Entertainment research firm DFC, David Cole has stated how: ‘Right now the entire future of Microsoft’s consumer entertainment business is in question and that is likely to have a major impact on the game industry.” This conclusion has derived from Microsoft’s plans for the Xbox one, that of which DFC have described as “deeply flawed”. With their plans to make the Xbox One entirely online alongside the heavy DRM limitations, it is evident that consumers are now much more likely to purchase the PS4, subsequently implementing the sales of the Xbox One in a devastating way.

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In a surprising and somewhat disturbing (well…for some) announcement, veteran game designers who have worked on the likes of the Call of Duty series, Lost Planet, Rage and Planetside 2 are bringing the future of gaming technology into our homes.

Have you ever predicted that one day we will be able to live inside our own adventures, experiencing them directly through our own eyes as if it were real? How about an erotic adventure? Bow chicka wow wow…

Because that’s exactly what the Oculus Rift sets to create, in a game called Wicked Paradise. Stimulating sexual encounters, the game aims to “locate you in the centre of the action, the ecstatic epicentre of play,” based on the principle that “instead of watching an erotic movie or reading an erotic book in which the main character has exciting sexual adventures, you become that character!”

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Kalypso Media has announced that the boxed version of the critically acclaimed space strategy title Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, developed by Ironclad Games and Stardock Entertainment, is now available to purchase across the UK and EMEA for Windows PC.

Sins: Rebellion is the next instalment of the popular and award winning RT4X title Sins of a Solar Empire. The standalone expansion contains all of the content from the prior Sins’ titles and will further grow the Sins universe with a wealth of new features including a new story thread, new ship classes, new faction technologies, six massive Titans as well as updated graphics and effects, AI enhancements and multiplayer optimisations.

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British Indie developer Introversion Software are pleased to announce that their latest game Prison Architect has now been enjoyed by over 100,000 people.

Released in Alpha on 26th September 2012, Prison Architect is the world’s latest Prison Management sim. Taking its inspiration from Theme Hospital, Dungeon Keeper and Dwarf Fortress, the game is a top down construction and management simulation where the player takes control of the running and building of a maximum security prison. Players are responsible for managing various aspects of their prison including staff, building new cells, finance, and keeping their inmates happy.

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The June 17th 2013 issue of Thirteen1 includes:

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion Unleashed Across UK Retail
-Kalypso Media has announced that the boxed version of the critically acclaimed space strategy title Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion is now available to purchase across the UK and EMEA for Windows PC.

“Xbox One Blunders: Is the Future of Xbox in Jeopardy?”,
-After last week’s E3 event, one may argue that Microsoft has caused a grievous amount of damage to their entire games operation.

“Erotic Adventure” for Oculus Rift & Surgeon Simulator Soon to Support Oculus Rift and the Razer Hydra
-EIn a surprising and somewhat disturbing (well…for some) announcement, veteran game designers are bringing the future of gaming technology into our homes.

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Kalypso Media has today released the anticipated boxed retail version of their space strategy title, Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion, bundled with some cool extras.

Developed by Ironclad Games and Stardock Entertainment, the boxed version of the Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion sci-fi saga contains a fully illustrated manual, CD soundtrack, a double-sided poster and a hotkey card.

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The June 14th 2013 issue of Thirteen1 includes:

The Xbox One Will Only be Available in the 21 Launch Countries
-Microsoft, in all its wisdom, has announced that Xbox One won’t be supported in various countries when it launches this November.

NGames Detail Classes and Dungeons for Pockie Saints
-NGames has today revealed details of the three classes and dungeon exploration awaiting players in Pockie Saints

More E3 2013 Trailers
-E3 2013 has come to a close, leaving more trailers behind than a convention of forgetful truckers.

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This was easily the most significant week in the last 8 years of the games industry, and not just because we released a particularly awesome monthly issue of T1. E3 2013 has been and gone, laying out what we can expect from the next-generation of gaming. It’s looking great, as long as you have a decent internet connection, don’t like lending games to friends, and live in the US…

..or you could just buy a PS4. Ehm.

June 14th must be “NGames Day” or something. The “leading online games publisher” has also today revealed more of the upgrades in the Version 1.6 update for free-to-play strategy/RPG-hybrid MMO, Wartune.

Featuring single and multiplayer dungeons, PvP arenas, competitive battlegrounds, thousand-player boss battles, a robust guild system, and farming; Wartune is a new online game from publisher NGames that combines fan-favourite features from a multitude of multiplayer gaming genres and wraps them all up in foreboding fantasy setting.

Version 1.6 introduces Runes to Wartune. Players who have reached level 35 will given access to the Rune system. By studying Rune Stones, players can gain permanent Rune skills, allowing them to have access to the skills of other classes in battle. Each class can learn different Rune Skills and each of the skills can be upgraded to make it more powerful.

NGames has today released details on the Bounty Chase mode in magical web MMORPG, Tales of Solaris.

Tales of Solaris combines RPG gameplay with classic anime elements and thrusts players into a brave new world where magic and machinery coexist, and the threat of demonic invasions is an ever-present danger.

Bounty Chase is a new mode allowing players to take part in an exciting action-packed event, where they have the chance to become the Hunter King or Killer King.