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Putting The Xbox One’s Reveal In Perspective
LaserFrog’s summary here of last week’s big console reveal may well be the first time something has been so melancholy it’s made me smile. Then again, it doesn’t matter how you say “bag of farts”, that’s normally enough to get a laugh out of me. Run, Play, Think! – Xbox One Reveal Revealed [YouTube]
By Luke Plunkett Published May 27, 2013 -
Halo Music Video Catapults You Into The Middle Of a Spartan Firefight
This Halo insipred and -themed music video easily wins “the most Spartan costumes featured in a clip ever trophy,” as a whole division of Spartans get into an intense firefight in an odd, but awesome setting with a piano in the centre. A pretty large-scale video for William Joseph and Lindsey Stirling’s song—, must have…
By Gergo Vas Published May 27, 2013 -
Microsoft Thinking About Giving You Achievements For Watching TV
Achievements are changing on the new Xbox One. They might be changing even more than we realise, though, if a Microsoft patent application for TV achievements ever actually comes to fruition. Yes, according to a report on GI.biz, last November Microsoft applied for a patent aimed at giving you achievements for watching TV. “Television viewing…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 27, 2013 -
Report: Retailers Can Charge Whatever For Used Xbox One Games
According to “retail sources”, trade publication MCV is reporting that stores will be able to sell Xbox One games for whatever price they want. The catch? Both Microsoft and the game’s publisher will get a percentage of that sale. The way used games will be controlled and sold on the console has been one huge…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 26, 2013 -
The 360 Figures to Hang Around a Lot Longer than the Original Xbox Did
The Xbox 360 launched Nov. 22, 2005. Within two years, Microsoft unceremoniously discontinued its predecessor. The company expects the 360 to be with us a little longer this time. Yusuf Mehdi, a senior Microsoft executive, told Official Xbox Magazine that the company has a goal for the Xbox 360 of reaching a 100 million-unit installation…
By Owen Good Published May 25, 2013 -
Normal Human Beings Likely Won’t Play The Xbox One Like This
Phil Spencer, Microsoft Game Studio’s vice president, has a relationship with games that seems kind of terrifying. VideoGamerTV recreates it here, and it may give us an early glimpse at what using the full extent of the Xbox One’s capabilities may be like. Seriously though: do any of you actually play games like that? I…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 24, 2013 -
The Xbox One Uncertainty Principle
At the start of a cocktail party that was to end an exciting, bewildering and altogether odd day at Microsoft’s Redmond campus, I approached Microsoft v.i.p. Aaron Greenberg. Hell of a debut day for the Xbox One, I told him. Some impressive stuff, some confusing stuff. Some fierce reaction online. Greenberg nodded and told me…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 24, 2013 -
Your Xbox One Games Can Be Suspended (Or Terminated)
Both the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One will bring console gaming to the present this year by allowing users to suspend the games they’re playing. Save points can be a thing of the past on these consoles. Games don’t really have to be turned “off”. We reported as much about the Xbox One a…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 23, 2013 -
Used Games Aren’t To Blame For All The Video Game Industry’s Problems
There’s been a lot of chatter this week about used games, mostly spurred by the news that Xbox One games will come with one-time registration codes, meaning you can’t just swap them with your friends or trade them at a GameStop. Microsoft has promised some sort of ecosystem for used games, but the Xbox manufacturer…
By Jason Schreier Published May 23, 2013 -
Microsoft Promises More Japanese Support For Xbox One At E3
You might have noticed that this week’s Xbox One event was very… Western. Microsoft’s snazzy entertainment functions are all designed for American televisions. The games—FIFA, Call of Duty, Quantum Break—were all made by Western developers. Other than a two-second appearance by Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima, there wasn’t much for fans of Japanese games…
By Jason Schreier Published May 23, 2013 -
How Does Local News Cover The Xbox One? By Asking The Weatherman.
Meteorologists across the country are truly upset that the Xbox One isn’t backwards-compatible. This weatherman, who looks, sounds, and acts a bit like Brick from Anchorman, is not too pleased about having to “buy a whole collection of other games for 90 bucks each.” Poor guy. I bet Don Mattrick thinks he’s really backwards
By Jason Schreier Published May 23, 2013 -
Here Are The Rules For What You Can (And Can’t) Call The Xbox One
The “brand guidelines” for the new Xbox One have been published by Microsoft, and while they’re intended for use by people like advertisers and partners, there’s still some good stuff in there for people like you and me. For starters, there’s information on logos and fonts, in case your ideas for photoshop jokes must be…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 23, 2013 -
When Xbox Jokes Accidentally Become Xbox Marketing
Yesterday, GameSpot’s Carolyn Petit was one of countless people online having a little fun at Microsoft’s expense duringits woeful Xbox One reveal Something one of the employees manning the company’s marketing machine didn’t take into account when using one of Petit’s tweets as a piece of marketing hype (above). Whoops. I understand sarcasm isn’t always…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 22, 2013 -
So, What Are We Going To Call The Xbox One?
Well, here we are. We now know the names of the three consoles that’ll be competing come this holiday season. PlayStation 4. Wii U. And now, Xbox One. But every console needs a shorthand name; the Xbox 360 was just the “360,” the PlayStation 4 is the “PS4.” But what to call the Xbox One?…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 22, 2013 -
The Internet Reacts Hilariously To The Xbox One Event
The big Xbox reveal event yesterday swept through every major forum and community, resulting in the inevitable production of hilarious jabs at the console itself, console wars, and especially the dog companion from Call of Duty: Ghosts in just a couple of hours. Among a lot of messy stuff that’s already old news, quite a…
By Gergo Vas Published May 22, 2013 -
Xbox One: All Of This Week’s News
The next Xbox is called Xbox One. It’ll be out later this year. It won’t be always-online, but it will restrict used games. Oh, and the next Call of Duty has a dog. That’s just a smidgeon of the news we got at Microsoft’s big event in Redmond on Tuesday, which touted the new Xbox…
By Jason Schreier Published May 22, 2013 -
Xbox Exec: ‘If You’re Backwards Compatible, You’re Really Backwards’
The quote in the headline comes from Don Mattrick, talking to the Wall Street Journal about the Xbox One when the topic of backwards compatibility came up. But that’s not the only head-scratching statement to come from the man in charge of all things Xbox. The newspaper article covers the different strategies behind Microsoft’s next-gen…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 22, 2013
