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RUMOR: Xbox One to use Kinect for visual DRM, charge extra if too many people are in the room

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Xbox One On: 24 May

Ok, so most gamers on the internet are collectively dogpiling Microsoft’s “Xbone” with a lot of hate right now, and as much as I hate the knee-jerk reactions that internet fanboys are prone to (everything deserves a boycott!,) I have to admit, it’s been really hard to work up any enthusiasm for Microsoft’s new console. [...]

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Retro Round-Up: Why Backwards Compatibility Matters

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Blog, Console News, Gaming News, Wii U, Xbox One On: 23 May

Retro Round-Up is a regular feature that takes a look at what’s new in the world of old games. This week: why backwards compatibility matters (despite Microsoft’s claims otherwise,) Fatal Frame 2′s removal from PSN, and the usual run-down of this week’s retro re-releases.

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EA announces Need for Speed Rivals

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, PC, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One On:

EA has unveiled the latest title in their long running Need for Speed franchise, entitled Need for Speed Rivals. The game is being co-developed by EA’s new Ghost studio and Criterion Games, the studio behind the Burnout series as well as the recent Need for Speed: Most Wanted.

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Sony considering proposal to sell entertainment division

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Playstation 3, Playstation 4 On:

Some big changes might be in store for Sony, as the company is considering selling and spinning the company’s entertainment division off into its own company, completely separate from Sony’s electronics and hardware divisions .

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Remedy director says no Alan Wake sequel “until the time is right”

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, PC, Xbox 360 On: 22 May

Yesterday Remedy Games announced that they’re working on Quantum Break, a unique action game that might be one of the launch titles for the Xbox One. While Remedy’s new IP looks interesting, a lot of fans began to wonder if Remedy had given up on their current-gen action-horror franchise, Alan Wake. In response, Remedy’s creative [...]

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Microsoft: used game fees, 24 hour online DRM checks “possible scenarios” for Xbox One

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Xbox One On:

Accurate info about Microsoft’s newly announced Xbox One has been hard to come by today, and apparently even Microsoft reps and execs are confused about the new system: following statements from Microsoft’s corporate VP Phil Harrison that seemingly confirmed that the system would require an activation fee for used games (equal to the cost of [...]

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Microsoft VP: You can trade Xbox One games online, additional installs will cost as much as a new game

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Xbox One On: 21 May

The bizarre situation of the Xbox One’s policy on used games just seems to get stranger and more confusing as the day wears on. In an interview with Kotaku, Microsoft corporate VP Phil Harrison (who used to work for Sony,) revealed some more details regarding Microsoft’s attempt to curb used games sales.

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Xbox One to require mandatory installations on all games, activation fee for used games [UPDATE]

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Xbox One On:

Microsoft’s big Xbox Reveal event isn’t over yet, but some journalists who got an early look at the system before today’s event have jumped the gun and posted new info about the new system before Microsoft could properly reveal it themselves. Tech mag Wired was one of those outlets, and according to info given to [...]

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Latchkey Games: Akai Katana

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Blog, Gaming News On:

Latchkey Games is a weekly column that takes a look at games that perhaps didn’t quite get the amount of love they deserved: whether it was a game that was panned on its initial release only to become a cult classic, one that stirred the ire of series fans, or simply a game that fell through [...]

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Nintendo promises Smash Bros., Mario Kart, 3D Mario platformer for next Nintendo Direct

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Wii U On: 20 May

So the last Nintendo Direct was kind of bland (I recommend you re-watch it if you need something to help you fall asleep at night,) but Nintendo says that their next pre-E3 livestream will be one that you’ll definitely want to stay awake for, as the company says they’ll have new info on the highly [...]

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Sony teases PS4 console reveal, for real this time

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Playstation 4 On:

Sony has uploaded a teaser for their upcoming E3 presentation onto their YouTube channel, and the video gives us our first tantalizing look at how the PS4 will actually look. (SPOILER: it’s a black plastic box.)

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Final Fantasy VIII coming to PC with upscaled graphics

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, PC On:

Fans were generally disappointed with Square Enix’s lazy Final Fantasy 7 PC port from last year, but apparently it sold decently, so Square is going to do the same thing all over again with Final Fantasy 8.

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