In advance of the Xbox One console’s launch on Nov. 22, along with the launch of all those Xbox One launch games like Ryse: Son of Rome, Microsoft has kicked the promotions machine into high gear. Earlier the company released a Dead Rising 3 launch trailer, and now we get a shiny new Ryse Son […]
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For all the hubbub about the zombie apocalypse on mainstream TV, it was the original Dead Rising and Left 4 Dead that really jump-started the genre in the videogame world again. And yes, we loved them both. Later this week, the third entry in the Dead Rising franchise launches exclusively on Xbox One. But today,
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The other night I was downloading The Typing of The Dead to my laptop, playing Diablo 3 online with a friend on PlayStation 3, and my wife was streaming The Vampire Diaries on Hulu through her Nexus 7. I have a 12 Mbps connection from Time Warner Cable. It’s not the fastest, but it’s above
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There has been plenty of speculation about whether the words “Xbox One backwards compatible” would come out of a Microsoft representative’s mouth as we got closer to the next-gen console’s launch. After all, what better way to crash Sony’s PS4 launch party than to come out and say it in the same week as the
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This month the gaming world will encounter three of the most exciting weeks possible for a home console. Things kick off on Friday when Sony releases the PlayStation 4 to retailers in North America. The following week, on Nov. 22, Microsoft will release its next-gen Xbox One console. The following week is “Black Friday,” which
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Next Friday, Sony will ship the PlayStation 4 to retailers throughout North America, delivering on a next-gen promise they made back in February when they first unveiled the PS3’s successor. Normally a big launch like this — you know, the whole “a new console only comes every 7-10 years” thing — warrants a big marketing
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In one week, all-out warfare begins on the PlayStation 4, as Battlefield 4 hits shelves for the next-gen console day and date with its official release date. The following week, Battlefield 4 will ship day and date alongside Microsoft’s Xbox One. Ship dates might not be news for games that have already released, but these
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Microsoft’s strategy of highlighting more than just games with the Xbox One gained steam today, as the Spanish TV network Univision today announced that a Univision Deportes on Xbox One app will launch day and date with the next-gen console. Set to debut alongside the Xbox One on Nov. 22, Univision Deportes will be the
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Sony’s PlayStation 4 launches on Nov. 15 in North America, and much like Microsoft is claiming its Xbox One is about more than just games, Sony’s PS4 is a multimedia entertainment device as well. Last year, the PS3 became the top Netflix streaming device in the living room, for instance. The PS4 looks to be
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The Twitterverse got all a-flutter today with a tweet from Xbox Director of Product Planning Albert Penello, who said ad-supported music would be available to all Xbox One owners who happen to be Xbox Live Gold subscribers. Current Xbox 360 owners can access millions of streaming songs on Xbox Music only if they have a
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