Starting next week, the Xbox Ultimate Summer Sale will begin; to get the hype ball rolling, Xbox’s Major Nelson has released a teaser trailer showcasing some of the deals. The Xbox summer sales are never of the same caliber as other grand sales, like Steam’s Summer Sale, but Xbox is promising a whopping 70 discounted games between July 7th and July 13th. But they’re promising that ...
Read More »Facebook Messenger No Longer Requires Facebook in Select Regions
It was announced yesterday that Facebook will be changing the requirements for Facebook Messenger. In select countries, you can now sign up for the messaging service using only a phone number; it’s no longer obligatory to have a Facebook account. So, if you’re in Canada, the U.S., Peru, or Venezuela you’ll now have this opportunity. This may not do much to help ...
Read More »DA: Inquisition DLC Rumors
It’s been almost a year since DA: Inquisition came out and since then Jaws of Haakon has been the only major DLC to be released with substantial new content. There have been smaller DLC released, but nothing that provides further narrative to the game. If rumors can be believed, it seems BioWare has more DLC in the works. A survey question appears ...
Read More »Xbox 360 DLC is also Backwards Compatible
At E3, Xbox made huge news when they surprised everyone by announcing that the Xbox One would become backwards compatible with 360 content. This was a hugely fan requested feature and was noticeably absent from the current lineup of next-gen consoles; unless we consider the PS4’s streaming program, PlayStation Now, that will let you stream PS1, PS2, and PS3 games ...
Read More »Ineligible for the Free Windows 10 Upgrade? Become an Insider
The internet has been abuzz about Windows 10 coming on July 29th. It’s set to correct many of the unpopular components of the Windows 8 OS and is hoping to be the new user favorite. If you’re not sure whether you should make the switch or not, feel free to look over some of the pros and cons. To speed up ...
Read More »More Rise of the Tomb Raider Gameplay Footage Released
A week after E3, Rise of the Tomb Raider has picked up exactly where it left off. A new gameplay trailer has been released that looks to take place shortly after the avalanche scene that we all saw last week. The new trailer gives us an extra 14 minutes of action in the Siberian Wilderness. With not one, but two ...
Read More »How the Xbox Game Preview Program Works
At the E3 show for Xbox it was announced that the Xbox Game Preview Program would be available immediately and provide access to games like The Long Dark and Elite: Dangerous for free. Other games like DayZ would be arriving sometime in the future. I immediately hopped onto my console after the show to give the thing a try, but I couldn’t find anything. So, I went ...
Read More »E3 – Xbox One Enhancements and A Newly Unveiled Interface
This year’s E3 has unveiled a host of changes for the Xbox One console. The way we use the console and how it functions will be changing. You’ve probably heard about the proposed 360 backwards compatibility, its Summer Preview program, the Game Preview program, Windows 10 PC streaming, and its partnerships with Oculus and Valve. In a single week we were ...
Read More »ESO Tamriel Unlimited – Future Content Revealed
If you’ve spent any time ambling around Tamriel in ESO then you’re probably aware that the game is pretty huge. Mind you, I still haven’t purchased a mount so my perception of the space may be a little skewed. It has only been a little over a week since ESO Tamriel Unlimited was released onto consoles and at E3 Bethesda has already provided ...
Read More »ReCore Reveal Trailer at E3
Xbox announced a new IP at their Xbox E3 conference called ReCore. ReCore’s website states that you will follow the characters of Joule and Mack into the wilderness of Far Eden. The trailer shows six different robots that can be “ReCored” and used as allies; although it’s uncertain at the moment if you can have more than one at a ...
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