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The noise that greeted the news that Xbox One would now be backwards compatible with Xbox 360 titles said everything you needed to know about how big a deal that was. This wasn’t on the E3 bingo cards. This hadn’t leaked out via the media – it wasn’t even part …
Read More »VIDEO: Dark Souls III confirmed, is the series’ ‘final’ episode
Bandai Namco has finally confirmed the recent leaks – Dark Sous III is on the way and will be with us in early” 2016. Despite previous rumours, it will be making its way to PC – as well as PS4 and Xbox One. It is also described by the publisher …
Read More »MICROSOFT: Ion, the new game from DayZ creator Dean Hall, is coming first to Xbox One
DayZ creator Dean Hall is going beyond Earth with his new game. Appearing on stage at Microsoft’s E3 press conference, Hall outlined a title built upon emergent gameplay, rather than scripted events and characters. "I want a game that is not a game, I want a game that is a …
Read More »E3 2015: DayZ creator Dean Hall teams up with Improbable for Ion
New IP will debut as part of Xbox Game Preview
Read More »MICROSOFT: Console Early Access is happening
Steam’s popular (but controversial) Early Access program now has a console equivalent. Xbox Game Preview will allow console gamers to buy games before they are completed and are still in active development. Crucially, however, Microsoft wants to do this in, its own words, a way that makes sense” – that …
Read More »E3 2015: Xbox One gets Early Access
Xbox Game Preview to offer free trials to players before they make a purchase
Read More »E3 2015: Indie PC dev Motiga debuts Gigantic for Xbox One and Windows 10
Free-to-play title arrives in beta form this August
Read More »MICROSOFT: Fallout 4 PC mods will also work on Xbox One, will be free
It seems that the days of mods being confined to the PC are about to be over. Betheda’s Todd Howard took to the stage during Microsoft’s E3 press conference to show off more of the upcoming title, which had been rapturously received just the night before at Bethesda’s own briefing. …
Read More »E3 2015: Fallout 4 brings mods to Xbox One
User-created content made via PC can be transferred to Microsoft’s console
Read More »MICROSOFT: Xbox One gets Xbox 360 backwards compatibility
Well, here’s a surprise – Xbox One will soon offer Xbox 360 game backwards compatibility. Microsoft says that as part of its mission to offer the largest console games catalogue, 100s of Xbox 360 titles will be available this holiday”. Furthermore, if you already own a supported game you won’t …
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