Early yesterday Microsoft announced their new subscription initiative, the Xbox Game Pass, to the horror of Gamestop investors everywhere. It’s an interesting move for the company, and is clearly building off the wildly successful EA Access program offered on PCs and Xbox Ones. Many are quick to call this program the “Netflix of Gaming”, which is fairly accurate considering the ease of use and the rotating library of Xbox One and Xbox 360 games they plan to...
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare has bundles of the game for sale that include a remastered version of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. They dropped the 4 in the title of the new game for some reason, and released it as “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered.” I picked up one of the bundles that included the remaster and just finished a veteran run through it, so I think a mini-review may be warranted as a follow-up to my Infinite Warfare review. So what is included in...
Call of Duty is a series that seems to get less interesting every year in some way or another. When games as visually rich as these ones hit, you start to feel fatigued after a few years because they all end up looking the same. They look good… but they look the same. I don’t like to knock the visual presentation of games much because I think modern gaming has given us the best looking titles we could hope for. With games like Call of Duty being released annually...
(Author’s Note: All game play shown in this article is my own, captured on Xbox One, and shared via xboxdvr.com) Let’s be honest with each other for a moment. We’ve all played the Battlefield 1 Beta. Judging by internet reaction, captured metrics across all three release platforms, and YouTube saturation, everyone with thumbs that function normally gave Battlefield 1 a shot during the Beta test this past weekend.
Rumors! Some of my favorite things in the build up to E3 every year. Yesterday marked one of the bigger ones of this year’s show, with leaks of what may be the Xbox One Slim revision. Said to be 40% smaller than the launch Xbox One, the “S” has a 2 TB hard drive included, supports 4K video playback and High Dynamic Range (HDR). It looks like a vertical stand option will be included, as well as an updated controller. What exactly is updated ont he game pad...
You probably know one or two people who are fantastic storytellers. Perhaps a teacher, grandparent, or just a really creative friend. I certainty know a few, and often find myself inspired by their ability to take a topic and present it in a compelling way. I’ve aspired to be one myself, actually, and have taken great care to study what it takes to weave a narrative that will captivate an audience and inspire them to also explore their creativity. With that said, I...
Halo 5: Guardians is what Xbox One owners have been waiting for. It houses a massive campaign that can be enjoyed alone or with a group (except not the players sitting next to you). It has a huge degree of replay-ability thanks to situation-based story content, varying difficulty levels, and collectibles. It has the largest multiplayer array in franchise history. It has the Master Chief. It has Nathan Fillion. It has inter-species love letters. Halo 5 is the powerhouse title...
It seems like a lifetime ago when Microsoft announced at E3 2015 that they intended to bring Xbox 360 backwards compatibility to the Xbox One. In reality, it has only been around four months. Since then we’ve seen a multitude of fan excitement around the feature. This should come as no surprise for a nearly 10-year-old console,which has sold 78.2 million consoles to date world-wide. A lot of 360 owners have huge libraries and/or backlogs that may have made the upgrade...
Late last night Microsoft and 343 Industries released a new trailer for Halo 5: Guardians, which also happens to be the games introductory scene. While it is unrepresentative of game play (partly, anyway), it does feature Spartans doing what they do best: Dominate. The scene first showcases the mission’s objective: find and safely return Dr. Catherine Halsey, creator of the Spartan II program and overall human scientific asset. For those that remember their history...
Microsoft has just announced that anyone who plays the upcoming Gears of War Ultimate Edition for Xbox One prior to December 31, 2015 will receive digital copies of the original four games for the Xbox 360 free of charge. On top of that, all four 360 games will also be on the initial public rollout of backwards compatible games this fall, so they will all be playable on Xbox One. Additionally, it has also been announced that the original Gears of War has been added to the...
