One of the most impressive games we saw at E3 was Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. This next chapter in Ubisoft’s popular Assassin’s Creed franchise follows a completely new character who, as you might guess from the game’s title, assumes the role of a pirate. The E3 demo we saw behind closed doors was […]
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After the so-called “Xbox One-80” today in which Microsoft completely reversed its used-game policy, online check-in rules and DRM strategy for the Xbox One, the console manufacturer saw its Xbox One pre-orders race to the top spot in the Amazon.com battle, beating out the PS4 for Amazon’s top pre-ordered console. Before today’s reversal of Xbox
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The Xbox One online check-in requirement and used-game policy are officially things of the past, according to a letter just released by Don Mattrick, President of Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business. In the letter, Mattrick said an internet connection will no longer be required to play Xbox One games offline, and there is no longer a
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If E3 was all about introducing the Xbox One and PS4 to gamers, this week has been about taking the next-gen console war to the masses via late-night TV shows. Doing his best to play the role of Switzerland, Jimmy Fallon has hosted representatives from both Microsoft and Sony to showcase the Xbox One and
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It turns out the pre-order battle between the PS4 and Xbox One has been decidedly one-sided in the week following each console manufacturer’s E3 media briefings. Just one week after announcing the Xbox One price and PS4 price, Microsoft and Sony (respectively) have taken dramatically divergent paths in the sales department, with a reporter from
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Leading up to and through E3, the flame wars fanned to epic heights about the benefits, drawbacks and question marks surrounding the PS4 and Xbox One. With either Microsoft or Sony seemingly destined to win the next generation, we’ve prepared a three-part series digging into the issues surrounding their forthcoming launches. Our first article focused
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When it rains it pours, and right now Microsoft is navigating some flood-like backlash in light of the Xbox One price, used-game policy and outright requirement of a broadband connection if you want to play games. The latest cloud to pass over Redmond came in the form of a confirmation of first-party Xbox One game
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A new Xbox One Halo game debuted at Microsoft’s E3 press conference this week, about an hour after we predicted it would based on seeing Frank O’Connor among the VIP attendees. Turns out, that may not be the only Halo-related news this week, as Steven Spielberg just predicted the “implosion” of the movie industry, a
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The next-gen consoles and E3 2013 have inspired more questions than answers, from Microsoft’s position on used games (read our Xbox One used-game policy analysis) and the status of PS4 pre-orders to the future of GameFly on Xbox One and the Xbox One and PS4 release date. Much to Nintendo’s chagrin, the upcoming console war
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No matter what outsiders may say, E3 should be taken seriously. Booths cost millions of dollars, events cost hundreds of thousands, and the stability of half-finished video games could make or break the careers of hundreds of family-wage developers. Maybe it’s that very pressure that causes such funny things to be said. It’s important to
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