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Here’s Why You Should Play State of Decay
Between DayZ, ZombiU, Left 4 Dead 2 and The Walking Dead, I thought I was burnt out on zombie games. Well, it turns out I was wrong. In the video above I quickly show you around the world of State of Decay, the open-world zombie game released yesterday for XBLA that’s been slowly winning me…
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A Pair of Kings: NBA 2K14 Gets LeBron James for Its Cover
Solidly established as professional basketball’s best player and a mortal lock for the hall of fame, LeBron James, after 10 years as an A-list superstar, will finally appear on the cover of a video game when NBA 2K14 hits shelves this autumn. 2K Sports has made a practice of luring MVPs of the present and…
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Can Your Network Handle The “Optimal” Xbox One Experience?
Along with today’s clarification of the online requirements of the Xbox One, Microsoft also gave us an internet speed target: “For an optimal experience, we recommend a broadband connection of 1.5Mbps.” That doesn’t seem unreasonable. Let’s see how we do! A quick trip to Speedtest.net will tell you how your network is doing, and while…
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Xbox One Lets You Share Your Games With Up To 10 “Family” Members
Here’s another interesting detail from the Xbox news that popped up this evening. Microsoft says that 10 of your “family” members can access your shared games library. Not just on your console. On any Xbox One. Here’s Microsoft: Xbox One will enable new forms of access for families. Up to ten members of your family…
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Xbox One Kinect Privacy Concerns? Turn It Off. Pause It While Gaming.
Responding to worries that an always-on Kinect sensor recording camera and audio information would be a threat to user privacy, Microsoft offers a simple solution: the ability to turn the Kinect off, which they’d told us about. Better: pause it while gaming. You can also determine which personal data is or isn’t shared with others.…
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Xbox One Games Can Be Traded In, If The Publisher Enables It
After much waffling, Microsoft finally delivers a concrete answer on the ability to trade-in or resell your used Xbox One games — it’s not up to them. According to the “How Game Licensing Works On Xbox One” document released today by Microsoft, the console has been designed so publishers “can enable you to trade in…
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Shockingly, Six Critics Really Like Animal Crossing: New Leaf
I mean, come on, it’s Animal Crossing. Nintendo’s addictive life sim series has always maintained consistently high review scores, and New Leaf, coming out on Sunday for the 3DS, is no exception. Although a few chided New Leaf for its stubborn refusal to shake up the series’ gameplay, the sheer number of customization options and…
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SimCity Disaster Watch Continues: Mac Version Pushed To August
Originally slated for a June 11 release — that would be this coming Tuesday — EA and Maxis have pushed back the Mac version of SimCity to an unspecified date in August because, as senior producer Kip Katsarelis tells it, “we do not believe it is ready for primetime yet.” Thank goodness for foresight. I…
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Brace Yourself For The Man Of Steel Mobile Game
Mobile is the place for movie tie-ins these days, and Phosphor Games Studio is the studio to do them. Fresh off a winning stint doing up the World War Z mobile game, Phosphor returns on June 14 with Man of Steel. It looks quite punchy. At least we’re not flying through rings, right? Man of…
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There’s Something Poetic About The Home Of The Norse Gods In LEGO Form
LEGO was born in Denmark, the home of the Vikings, so building the realm of the Norse gods in LEGO Marvel Super Heroes using the country’s number one export just makes sense. If you ask me, LEGO Asgard looks much better than the version that appeared in the live action movie a few years back.…
By Mike Fahey
