With the changes in Xbox Live policies that will debut in June, Microsoft decided to reimburse anyone who bought an Xbox Live Gold subscription and wishes to cancel it. This decision was made to better align the services with the new developments. Apps don’t require a Gold subscription anymore, so anyone who wants to back out of that and still ...
Read More »Kinect-free Xbox One coming June 9 for $399
Microsoft has apparently listened to customer feedback and decided to offer a Kinect-free version of Xbox One starting next month. This unbundled version will be available for purchase in all regions on June 9 for the price of $399. The regular version of Xbox One will still be priced at $499 and sold side-by-side with the Kinect-free console. Microsoft also ...
Read More »GTA 5 already shipped 33 million copies since launch
Take-Two Interactive revealed that GTA 5 has already shipped 33 million copies since its initial launch, up from 32.5 million it registered back in December. The game came out on September 17, 2013 and is infamous for generating $800 million on its release day, and reaching $1 billion after just three days. These figures are very impressive considering that Grand ...
Read More »Microsoft announces Games with Gold for Xbox One
Along with the announcement that the Xbox One will start shipping without Kinect, Microsoft also revealed the Games with Gold program for the new console. Every user that has a Xbox Live Gold subscription will receive two games for Xbox 360 and two games for Xbox One, starting next month. The first two games that will be offered for free ...
Read More »Warhammer 40K: Chess – Regicide coming this holiday season
Hammerfall Publishing and Games Workshop have teamed up to bring us a new Warhammer 40K title. In a bold move, (to put it lightly) the two companies are currently developing a Warhammer themed 3D chess game. Chess – Regicide is said to be released this holiday season and will be available on multiple platforms. IGN reports that the goal here ...
Read More »Blizzard veteran leaves company to join Star Citizen team
Cloud Imperium Games, the studio that’s currently developing the highly anticipated Star Citizen has a new member as of today. Diablo 3 Lead Producer, Alex Mayberry recently left Blizzard Entertainment and has assumed the new position of Executive Producer for Star Citizen. Mayberry is a veteran in the industry and has spent 18 years producing games at a variety of ...
Read More »Elder Scrolls Online patch1.0.8 change log
A new patch for Elder Scrolls Online has been released by ZeniMax Online, and fans of the game will be happy to hear that it solves a lot of problems. It fixes some issues with the Mac OS X client for the game and it also restores some broken quests that could not be finished under normal circumstances. The fact ...
Read More »Mortal Kombat 9 will be playable online despite GameSpy’s shutdown
Many games will be left without online support following GameSpy’s shutdown on May 31, but luckily Mortal Kombat 9 will not be among those affected. NetherRealm Studios announced earlier that online servers for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC versions of the game will still be up and running even after GameSpy is closed. The announcement that made on the ...
Read More »Club Nintendo’s loyalty program includes classic games
Nintendo revealed the new range of games that will be offered to members of Club Nintendo in the US. As you may already know, these games can be “purchased” with the coins you get for registering Nintendo software and hardware on your account. So without further ado, let’s see the games available this month. For Wii U owners, Nintendo included ...
Read More »Six Japanese PlayStation One games coming to US PSN
If you’re into Japanese imports, you’ll want to jump on PSN next week. GungHo Online Entertainment is bringing to the west six games released only in Japan for the original PlayStation, to be played on US PS3s (or PSPs, if you still have one) with the Japanese Imports program. Each game will cost 5.99 dollars and they will all be ...
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