Now that we’ve had a good look at the Xbox one we can really start to get an idea of what console we will opt for this year, either the PlayStation 4 or the Xbox One.

Lets start with the controller now personally I love the PlayStation controller it is just so simple but other people prefer the Xbox because of the location of the analogue but out of the two controller on the PS4 and Xbox One I have to say the PS4 has won simply because they done something different and innovative by adding the touch pad compared to the Xbox one which is practically the same just a few minor differences.

Both companies have confirmed that you won’t be able to play old games on the new consoles for example you can’t play a PS3 game on the PS4 console.

We haven’t seen as much from the PlayStation compared to the Xbox in terms of design but I feel like PlayStation will win because the Xbox is just literally a box no real design to it and following the teaser videos we have seen.

Overall I’m swaying towards PS4 but when they reveal it probably that’s when us gamers will know for sure which console we want to opt for.

EA have thankfully been given FIFA licensing rights until 2022 which is great news for us gamers as we will continue to receive the top quality kits and logo’s and stadiums up until this date in which if FIFA continues the way it’s going they will be sure to extend that.

The licensing rights mean that any future FIFA branded video games will have to fly under the EA banner. Also EA sports hold exclusive rights to release the FIFA World Cup game.

Andrew Wilson, Executive Vice President and Head of EA SPORTS said: ”EA Sports released the first FIFA-branded soccer game in 1993, and 20 years later our partnership with FIFA continues to be very strong,

“Our franchise has become the benchmark for quality and innovation in the sports video game genre, and we look forward to many more years of connecting with consumers around the world with our games carrying the prestigious FIFA name.”

Also EA have announced that FIFA 14 is likely to be released on the 4th of October which is a later release date compared to FIFA 13.

It was initially thought that by sitting of a screen playing games for hours would be damaging to your brain but now a new study suggest that playing video games can slow down ageing and by playing a game for ten hours can make your mind up to seven years younger.

But researchers said that the benefits only come with their specially made game named Road Tour.

Those that played the game for at least 10 hours gained 3 years of cognitive improvement on average.

Lead author Fredric Wolinsky, professor in the University’s College of Public Health, said: “We not only prevented the decline; we actually sped them up.

“We know that we can stop this decline and actually restore cognitive processing speed to people.

“So, if we know that, shouldn’t we be helping people? It’s fairly easy, and older folks can go get the training game and play it.”

Professor Wolinsky said: “The game starts off with an assessment to determine your current speed of processing. Whatever it is, the training can help you get about 70 per cent faster.”

In a conference producers released information of some of the features that gamers can look forward to upon the release of FIFA 14.

Firstly we will start of with the new feature known as pure shot in which a player will adjust there stride to ensure that they hit the ball purely and the player will think about the angle in which to approach the shot for example a player performing a finesse shot may want to approach the ball from the side.

Secondly we have a feature known as real ball physics and this will improve the shots in FIFA, for example in FIFA 13 when you take a shot it tends to go straight most of the time but this new feature will allow you to dip and swerve the ball and you will be able to perform the Ronaldo free kick.

Another feature is called protect the ball which allows the player to use their physical strength to shrug players to give them the advantage.

Next we have team mate intelligence which looks at making the team play as a unit and playing for each other.

Asda are anticipating that the Ps4 will be released some time in 2013 and are now taking Pre-orders to ensure that they get more customers for the console when it comes to the release date to beat of there competitors.

The Chain which is owned by Walmart say that they are the only supermarket that are offering the pre-order service and say that customers can secure there console by putting down a £20 deposit.

Asda’s statement reads: The current expected date of release made by Sony is Christmas 2013. Asda make no Guarantees that this is correct or will not change and Asda shall not be held responsible if Sony change or delay the release date of the Sony PlayStation 4 in the UK and or limit stock.”

A new study has claimed that playing video games everyday can increase children’s cognitive skills on particular tasks.

Adam Chie-Ming Oei and Michael Donald Patterson are the two student of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore that carried out this study found that playing video games can help children on certain cognitive tasks that are similar to tasks that you find in some video games.

Two games that help with these task include Bejeweled where you have to match 3 similar shapes and Sims both helped with these tasks.

They also found that people who play action packed video games had improved their capacity to track multiple objects in a short space of time.