The official Need for Speed twitter account has revealed that the upcoming Need for Speed reboot will always require an internet connection to play. @DeanRheims NFS will require an online connection, but the benefits are nice. More variety and a more rewarding experience with friends. — Need for Speed (@NeedforSpeed) May 28, 2015 The Need for Speed Twitter account went ...
Read More »Halo ODST Has Dropped Into Your Inbox
If you remember back to the launch of The Master Chief Collection you’ll probably rekindle memories of a game plagued by some serious issues in its rather rocky launch. As a thank you to players 343 Industries decided to release ODST as free DLC for the collection’s early adopters. But, back in December there was no information on the new content’s launch window. ...
Read More »Bargain Bucket: Ryse: Son of Rome – Re-Review
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Probably a pretty good way to describe Ryse: Son of Rome in a sentence. The game is a basic God of War clone with repetitive and simple combat. There is no real enemy variation, only one set of weapons and a couple of boss fights. There are a few turret defence ...
Read More »Sexism and The Witcher 3: What the Polygon Article Got Wrong
In what appears to be a customary routine with every new game release, I find myself having to attempt to address and dispel seemingly absurd claims regarding the nature of The Witcher 3’s content. CD Project Red, developers of this gorgeous, new role-playing epic, received some unexpected flak from Polygon, where journalist and editor Arthur Gies criticized the game for allegedly ...
Read More »Halo 3: ODST for Xbox One – Release Date Revealed
Xbox Store revealed that Halo 3: ODST will be coming to Xbox One this Friday, May 29th. After the problems that plagued online players when Halo: The Master Chief Collection launched, 343 Industries had promised to release Halo 3: ODST for free. However, this promise has only been made for players who purchased and played The Master Chief Collection before December ...
Read More »Rise of the Tomb Raider is a timed Xbox One exclusive
There has been some confusion over the exclusivity deal Microsoft have over Rise of the Tomb Raider, after Xbox Australia updated a tweet from January 2015, where they stated, categorically, that the new Lara Croft game is an Xbox One exclusive, not a timed exclusive. “Not timed exclusive but exclusive,” read the Tweet. However Xbox head, Phil Spencer has since come out to deny ...
Read More »How to Fix Xbox One’s Witcher 3 “Please Wait” Bug
At the moment, the Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is the talk of the town in the video gaming world, and with good justification. But, with over a million copies sold in the pre-order alone and patches currently only released on the PC version. I’m going to go on a long shot and assume there are a few of you out ...
Read More »Need for Speed Teaser Trailer
EA has been teasing for awhile now about the reveal of a new Need for Speed game. This morning they followed through and released a brand new teaser trailer announcing their newest game. The game is simply being titled Need for Speed, but the official site claims it’s the start of a new era. The new trailer shows a variety ...
Read More »Neverwinter: Strongholds Expansion Coming Soon
Dungeons & Dragons: Neverwinter is a wildly successful and popular MMORPG for PC and Xbox One. In fact, earlier this year I wrote an article about why I think that Neverwinter belongs on every Xbox One. Today, Perfect World Entertainment and Cryptic Studios announced that Neverwinter will be receiving its seventh expansion in the form of an update called Strongholds. From the official announcement: “Reminiscent ...
Read More »Windows 10 Beta for Xbox One Announced – Sort of
For anyone that is following the transition of Microsoft devices to Windows 10 you may be aware that the new OS is predicted to be releasing sometime late this summer. That means that there is the potential for it to be arriving on your home desktop as early as July or August. The new OS is going to be released running ...
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