As one of the big 3 in the home console market, Microsoft is in a constant battle against Sony and Nintendo to offer better services, and lately, to offer better cross platform connectivity. As expected, Windows 10 will offer quite a degree of connectivity between the Xbox One and your PC, letting you stream, play against other across both platforms ...
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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 »Canada and US get Xbox One Over-The-Air TV Tuner
Hot on the heels of Xbox’s May update that made live TV streaming possible in many countries. Announced today on Xbox Wire, Xbox has responded to its many fan requests and has announced their official over-the-air TV tuner for Canada and the US. The tuner itself was already available in other countries. For once, Xbox is behind the times in ...
Read More »Microsoft discuss the Kinect and its future on Xbox One.
Since my article about motion controls has been published a few days a go, Microsoft’s head of Xbox, Phil Spencer has given an interview with Edge where he discussed the Kinect and plans for the device moving forward with the Xbox One. “We’ll continue to build functionality to make it a valuable part of the ecosystem,” was Spencer’s stance was ...
Read More »Xbox One Spotlight – Lifeless Planet: Premier Edition
Lifeless Planet first hit Steam on June 6, 2014. After proving to be a huge success with fans despite receiving a lukewarm reception from critics, Stage 2 Studios has brought the sci-fi adventure platformer to Xbox One in the form of Lifeless Planet: Premier Edition. You take the role of an astronaut who has been sent on a dangerous one-way mission to a ...
Read More »Schrödinger’s Cat and the Raiders of the Lost Quark Review – Physics, Fun, and Cats
Schrödinger’s Cat and the Raiders of the Lost Quark first launched on Steam back in September 2014. Now, with the help of Team 17 – the minds behind the Worms series, developer Italic Pig has released the quirky action-adventure platformer on Xbox One and PS4. With a clever sense of humor, unique gameplay, and a great amount of replayability, Schrödinger’s Cat establishes itself as ...
Read More »PC vs. Console: Converting to the Master Race
You may be familiar with the console wars in which the fans of three factions; Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo, battle it out on discussion boards and comment sections, determined to prove why their console is better than the other. Until very recently there has been a faction mostly overlooked, which is actually showing its face more commonly in these discussions, and ...
Read More »Beginning of the End for Last-Gen Consoles?
It seems as though the eventual switch to new-gen consoles is inevitable. As of today a major company has officially done just that and in doing so has brought the last-gen’s end that much closer. After the official reveal for Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate the company confirmed that it would no longer be releasing games for the last generation of consoles – with the ...
Read More »Divinity: Original Sin Coming to Xbox One and PS4
Divinity: Original Sin launched on PC, Mac, and Linux in June 2014 to great critical acclaim. It sold almost a million copies and has an extremely dedicated fan base, with some even calling it the best RPG in years. Now, Larian Studios and Focus Home Interactive have teamed up to bring Divinity: Original Sin to Xbox One and PlayStation 4. As a prequel to ...
Read More »Are Preorders as Bad for the Gaming Industry as We’re Being Led to Believe?
In recent years, there has been much heated debate over the use (or overuse) of preorders and preorder bonuses in the triple-A games market. One example of this is the 2014 release of Halo: the Master Chief Collection. Within a single day of the its announcement at E3 2014, the game was already at the top of Amazon’s video game ...
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