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It’s officially summer! E3 is over so let the drought of new releases begin. Only a handful of new game releases hitting retail shelves this week. Topping the list is Marvel’s Deadpool, your typical beat em’ up with crass humour thrown in. IGN gave it a lukewarm 6 out of 10. Over on the portable…
It was bound to happen eventually. All the outrage over the Xbox One DRM scheme has paid off. Microsoft announced today that they would be stripping the controversial restrictions from the console. GiantBomb broke the story earlier this afternoon. Story developing. As of writing, Xbox.com has crashed due to the overload. UPDATE: Xbox Wire Q&A…
I think it’s fair to say that a lot of Playstation fanboys are gloating today. Needless to say more than a few Xbox fans are still icing their bottoms to sooth the burn. Sony came up on stage last night and delivered one of the best E3 presentations I’ve seen in a few years. This…
With the Xbox One being announced this week, we’ve finally rounded out the list of eighth generation consoles. Here’s a side by side comparison of specs for the Wii U, PS4, and Xbox One. Updated June 19th, 2013 Xbox One Playstation 4 Wii U CPU AMD “Jaguar” 8-core APU, x86-64 AMD “Jaguar”…
In case you were living under a rock, dear gamer, the new Xbox One was announced today. I must say I felt rather underwhelmed with Microsoft’s presentation. Especially after Sony’s strong showing back in March. Here’s a peak and some commentary at what’s coming up for the nextbox. It has an odd name When gamers…
More rumours for the next Xbox have come out today. This time they give as a small peak into what the console may have to offer it. Some of it is not good, at least according to IGN. VGLeaks put out several screenshots from the Durango development kit, the software used to program games for…
So there we have it, Sony has officially unveiled the Playstation 4. We’ve had a few days for it to sink in now. Unfortunately my work schedule hasn’t allowed me to tackle the unveiling sooner than today. Here’s a complete recap of what went down, what to expect, and which rumours were true and false. It will…
Taking a look at the gaming and tech trends in 2012 If there’s one thing about Nintendo, they’ve never played a conservative game. Their innovations are small, yet have a profound impact on gaming. Take something as simple as the plus shaped D-Pad. It’s hard to believe that something so ubiquitous didn’t exist prior to…
Dying gaming magazine Xbox World has decided to go out with a bang. They claim to have gotten the inside scoop from developers, delivering us the tastiest rumours Xbox 720 yet. The 720, which will be simply named “Xbox” will pack some fairly impressive hardware for a console. Blu-ray support, 8gb of RAM, Kinect 2.0, possible augmented…
Nintendo import fans are once again out of luck. Nintendo has announced that the Wii U will be region locked. This isn’t a big revelation for the company. Almost every single console to come out of Big N has been. Dating as far back to the classic toaster NES. Nintendo is currently the only company…