Retro Round-Up: Why Backwards Compatibility Matters

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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Latchkey Games: James Bond 007 Everything or Nothing

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Blog On: 17 Feb

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 [...]

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Skylanders: Giants – A sequel for all ages

Posted By: John Sukowaty In: Gaming News On: 04 Dec

For the record, I hate Christmas shopping. Not the spending money part, not the gift giving part, not even the wrapping the gift aspect of it. It’s the “what the (bleep)” do I get for the nieces and nephews part?! When kids hate receiving clothes, candy or that giant cheap tri-popcorn tin as gifts, it [...]

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RUMOR: Microsoft creating “Xbox Surface” gaming tablet

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Xbox 360 On: 06 Nov

The Verge is reporting that Microsoft is getting ready to release an Xbox branded gaming tablet, allegedly named the “Xbox Surface.” According to their sources, the new tablet will be released sometime before the launch of the next Xbox, and will feature SmartGlass connectivity with the new system.

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Latchkey Games 11/03/12: Freedom Fighters

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Blog On: 03 Nov

Latchkey Games is a (sort of) weekly article 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 it’s initial release only to become a cult classic, one that stirred the ire of series fans, or simply a game [...]

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[Review] Borderlands 2 is 100% Better Than the Original

Posted By: Jay McCallum In: PC, Playstation 3, Reviews, Xbox 360 On: 21 Sep

With a complex story, greater weapons, better driving, more unique monsters, improved graphics, creative abilities and stunning gameplay, Borderlands 2 far surpasses its predecessor. Read on to find out what makes it so great.

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Latchkey Games 09/10/12: Neversoft’s GUN

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Blog On: 11 Sep

Latchkey Games is a new (maybe) weekly article 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 it’s initial release only to become a cult classic, one that stirred the ire of series fans, or simply a game [...]

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RUMOR: Microsoft to unveil Xbox Surface – a new tablet controlled console

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Xbox 360 On: 18 Jun

Microsoft is going to make a “major” announcement this afternoon at 3:30pm PST, and if a new leak is true, Microsoft is going to announce a tablet-gaming console hybrid that may be the company’s answer to both Nintendo’s Wii U and Apple’s iPad.

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Mass Effect 3 – Special Forces Trailer

Posted By: Zack Dodge In: Gaming News, Video Gallery On: 27 Jan

Before your friday night slips away into whatever badass game you are playing, here is the latest trailer for Mass Effect 3. This trailer, titled “Special Forces”, is focusing purely on the multiplayer offering coming up for the first time in Mass Effect 3.

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Comparison of Skyrim quality presets for the PC and its active players on Steam. Also, XBox issues.

Posted By: Rian Quenlin In: Gaming News, PC, Xbox 360 On: 13 Nov

Just thought this would be something our readers would be interested in seeing if they’re one of the six or seven people who haven’t bought Skyrim yet, which has made headlines since its release on 11/11/11. Graphical and player count comparison after the jump along with a message from Bethesda regarding XBox users.

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Top 10 Original Xbox Games

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Blog On:

Last week I made a list of my top 10 Gamecube games to commemorate the 10th anniversary of that system’s launch (P.S. haters – I didn’t like Pikmin. Deal with it.) but the Gamecube wasn’t the only system to launch in November of 2001: the original Xbox is also about to turn ten. While the [...]

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Suspected DLC Thieves Awarded Bans by Microsoft

Posted By: Nick Hernandez In: Console News, Gaming News, Xbox 360 On: 09 Sep

Some users are banned permanently by the Microsoft. These banned users were claimed to have illegal access to downloadable content. Official forum of the Xbox is where this statement was posted. According to Microsoft, in their recent investigation they have found users accessed Xbox Marketplace Live into the downloadable content illegally. According to their investigation, the [...]

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