Talking to Polygon, Xbox corporate vice president Marc Whitten said that while Microsoft was already working on reversing the Xbox One’s DRM policies, the company wanted to tell the “complete story” before committing to such a reversal. According to Whitten, public opinion about the console’s DRM policies has erred on the negative side ever since [...]
The CEO of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata, has confessed that the Wii U’s poor number of sales is due to Nintendo’s own lack of marketing efforts. We relaxed our [marketing] efforts, so the consumers today still cannot understand what’s so good and unique about the Wii U. Because we’re always trying to be unique, it takes some [...]
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Update: The day-one patch Kotaku reported was clarified by Microsoft to include “some of the software that won’t be there,” and that it wasn’t prompted by the DRM changes today. We’ve corrected the story below. A day-one patch for the Xbox One will enable the offline mode Microsoft confirmed for the console today, backtracking on its [...]
Microsoft has confirmed that it will eliminate several Xbox One policies that consumers found less than appealing – a 24-hour Internet check-in requirement, restrictions on used games, and its DRM policies. For this, our beloved community, we turn to you to get a feel for what you think. What do you think about Microsoft’s changed [...]
While most — if not all — Xbox fans are celebrating with joy now that Microsoft has announced that the Xbox One won’t have DRM restrictions and used games will work “normally,” one of the console’s touted new features at the reveal has officially been scrapped. Lost among all the new announcements is that the [...]
One console that I think should be getting more attention is the GameStick. Retailing in the UK at £79.99 ($125), this Android gaming console received over $600,000 on Kickstarter with 5,691 backers. Unfortunately for those awaiting the release of this interesting little device, its release has now been delayed until mid-August. The GameStick team officially [...]
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Update: Microsoft has confirmed the Xbox One will have “changed policies,” on the Xbox press site. An internet connection will not be required to play “offline Xbox One games,” according to the page. It also confirms that users will need to connect upon initial setup of the console. The 24 hours connection requirement is gone. [...]
Here comes “good guy, EA.” In a employee survey from the Bay Area News Group, Electronic Arts has been named a Bay Area “Top Workplace” for 2013. A survey was conducted by a company called WorkplaceDynamics. The survey results showed that EA was a company where “employees feel inspired, and are given the room to do [...]
Chris Anderson here once again; last week I headed to E3 in LA to play and record three new EA games for Pixel Enemy. One of those was Need for Speed: Rivals, the latest installment in the driving series. Before I talk about that let me digress for awhile. Do you guys remember when games [...]
Reggie Fils-Aime, president of Nintendo of America, spoke to Kotaku about the Wii U’s future, focusing particularly on the new competition posed by the next-gen Xbox One and PlayStation 4. With the attention during E3 mainly given to Sony’s PS4 and Microsoft’s Xbox One, the Nintendo announcements were left behind in the dust. However, quickly [...]
In an interview with VentureBeat (/GamesBeat), Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot stated that the once-exclusive Wii U version of Rayman Legends wouldn’t have been able to sell enough copies to be successful. The CEO went on to state that this is why the French publisher delayed the title alongside developing Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Vita versions. [...]
Ubisoft game director Ashraf Ismail has said that the PC version of AC IV will come “a few weeks after” the PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii U. Ismail said that the team at Ubisoft is working hard on the PC version and that it’s one of the main platforms that Ubisoft works on. “For our [...]
Yesterday, Cliff Bleszinski Tweeted, “Those of you throwing the Gears sequels in my face have no idea how hard I fought for new IP at Epic after Gears 1. No idea.” Bleszinski is apparently being ridiculed over the franchise. The industry veteran departed from Epic games after twenty years of service. Bleszinski only recently stated [...]
UPDATE: Here’s what an official EA rep had to say: The Alpha Trial runs the classic Conquest mode, and Battlefield 4 will see some exciting new game modes as well. Names found in the Alpha code do not necessarily represent the final game. We’ll keep you informed when we have more details to share. Not [...]
It was revealed last week that Nintendo had a free-to-play game in the works, Nintendo executive Shigeru Miyamoto has now revealed to IGN that it will be Steel Diver. This was of course a launch title for the Nintendo 3DS but Miyamoto has assured us that the free-to-play model would change the game’s design, he [...]
I’ve been a casual gamer for as long as I can remember. I loved playing Jumping Jack on my dad’s Sinclair ZX Spectrum, and still remember how exciting my first experience with the Atari was. A significant difference between gamers back then and gamers today is that back in the day, no one really cared [...]
Did you want to know all the cool content coming to PlayStation Plus in July for Europe? If so, we’ve got you covered. Unfortunately it is time to say goodbye to the following games in July: Leaving PlayStation Plus in July: Kingdoms of Amalur – Reckoning Lord of the Rings War in the North The [...]
Hotline Miami is a topdown super violent action game with a retro pixelated look, developed by Dennaton Games and published by Devolver Digital. It’s simplicity was amazing and yet the game was something special, there’s something about going through a building and just killing everything that gamers love, makes sense. And now, not long after the launch [...]
Deep Down is a new IP from Capcom that we saw the PlayStation 4 event, with no word on an Xbox One release as of yet. Despite it being a new IP, people thought it was some kind of sequel to Dragon’s Dogma, but Capcom took to their unity forums to debunk any rumours about it [...]
An official PlayStation 4 digital brochure which may have been handed out at least week’s E3, hints at the possibility of multiplayer for inFAMOUS: Second Son. The inFAMOUS page in the brochure says that the game supports one-player offline play and that “online play TBC.” The pages for other offline games, such as Knack, don’t [...]
Heading into E3 this year, people were admittedly worried over Sony’s digital rights management policy, since Microsoft’s DRM strategy has been described as very imposing. What about Nintendo’s policy? We know the Wii U and 3DS can play used games just fine, and as for a response to the topic of DRM, Nintendo president and [...]
For Star Wars and shooter fans like me, chances are the news that DICE is developing a multiplayer shooter based on the universe has you a little giddy. I’m of course, talking about Battlefront III, which was revealed officially at E3 last week. While we haven’t seen any significant other than a CGI trailer and [...]
Mass Effect 4 and Dragon Age 3 are going to share some key core mechanics VG247 found through twitter. Yanick Roy, Studio Director for BioWare Montreal tweeted that the games share engines, so they already have some ground to work from. I doubt it will be things like guns in Dragon Age…But some RPG features [...]
UPDATE: GameStop’s PR rep gave an official statement, which you can read below: Due to high demand, GameStop is not taking additional store reservations for the Xbox One Day One Edition. However, reservations can still be made at www.gamestop.com. We encourage GameStop PowerUp Rewards members to join the exclusive Xbox One First to Know List to receive [...]
NeoGAF user Grief.exe has apparently found this code in Valve’s PC gaming client, Steam. ““SteamUI_JoinDialog_SharedLicense_Title” “Shared game library” “SteamUI_JoinDialog_SharedLicenseLocked_OwnerText” “Just so you know, your games are currently in use by %borrower%. Playing now will send %borrower% a notice that it’s time to quit.” “SteamUI_JoinDialog_SharedLicenseLocked_BorrowerText” “This shared game is currently unavailable. Please try again later or buy [...]
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