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If you haven’t played Bioshock Infinite, you really need to. Good news is it will be free to PlayStation Plus subscribers this week. While a fairly typical shooter, you get absorbed in its Edwardian aesthetics and gripping story of murder, racism, mysterious twins, and the multiverse. Leaving Plus this week are Oddworld and Ico, so…
Sony released a fat list of FAQs this week, and we’re getting to know a bit more about the PlayStation 4 OS. Namely what it can and can’t do. Turns out there’s quite a lot filed under that last one. A lot of which is quite surprising, as many of these were heavily used features…
Ready to take the Xbox One dashboard for a test drive? Jason Sipes had a chance to take things out for a spin, and uploaded the results to YouTube. The system does a fantastic job of smoothly moving through tasks, from game to TV, with nothing but your voice to control it. Seems Microsoft’s voice…
Shiver me timbers fellow pirates, it’s time to check out what’s new this week in gaming. We’ve got a pair of big releases on tap this week to whet your gaming apatite, as we come up to Halloween. If you’re up to do some swashbuckling, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag is coming out for both…
The negative press towards the Xbox One just keeps coming. Can’t Microsoft’s next gen system catch a break? Once again we’re talking about the console’s power, or lack there of. However, I will defend them on this one. It all started with a tweet earlier today. Former IGN editor Jeremy Conrad put out a list of…
It’s that time of year again when we begin discussing which game will get the coveted title of Game of the Year (GOTY). There’s quite a few contenders so far. We’ve checked out the top rated games of this year and have narrowed them down to these. Now it’s up to you dear readers. Which game…
All you PlayStation 4 fans mocking the Xbox One crowed for their day-one patch, guess what? The PS4 is going to get a sizable firmware update right at launch. Seems like it adds quite of few of the consoles sweetest features too, except for one major exception. According to the PlayStation Blog, the update will…
Some very good news for Xbox fans today. Microsoft has officially confirmed that the Xbox One will launch on Friday November 22nd, 2013. As we heard before, it will be available in 13 countries including the UK, US, and Canada. Microsoft has stated that the Xbox One is already in full production and will launch…
If you’re hoping to expand your Xbox One’s storage, you might be out of luck. Microsoft has confirmed that external USB drives will not be supported at launch. Xbox Community Manager Larry Hryb confirmed the news in a podcast recorded at PAX. “My understanding is that feature will not be there at launch because the team’s…
The Wii U is about to get a bit more affordable, though whether it will have games is a different story. During their 2DS unveiling, Nintendo announced that it will give the Wii U a $50 price cut. The price of the 32GB Deluxe model has been reduced from $349.99 to $299.99. The cut comes…