Besides the hostility Microsoft has had for indie developers over the years, one of the major obstacles standing in the ways of indie developers developing for the Xbox 360 was the fact that Microsoft would charge a fee to patch games. Such a fee may not be a big deal for a company like EA, but when you’re a small-time developer just looking for a name...
The Kinect is one of those products that you either love it or you hate it. For every person that loves jumping around and seeing themselves on the screen, there’s a person who would rather sit in a recliner with a controller in their hand. The nice thing, however, about the Kinect for the Xbox 360 was the fact that it really didn’t take a lot to...
When it comes to racing games for me, I tend to like them to be a bit on the free side. That’s why for years I’ve always loved the Need for Speed series, as it combines awesome cars with heart-pounding races. But for millions of people all over the world, NFS has nothing on the Gran Turismo series, which is perhaps the biggest racing series of...
If you’ve been looking forward to getting an NVIDIA Shield this month, I’m afraid you have some bad news. The company made the announcement on their official blog that they will be delaying the release of the handheld console until July of next month. No definite date has been given at this time, though I would guess you can expect to see it...
It should come as no surprise that the PS4 is killing it in the popularity contest, between the way they kind of handed Microsoft their asses by NOT implementing tight-fisted DRM, but by also announcing the price of the console to be a whopping Benjamin less. While Microsoft has since eaten their own words regarding a lot of the controversial policies (that...
One of the nice extras that came with some Xbox 360 models was a little headset. Sure, it was in mono only, but it allowed you to plug it in to your controller and be able to chat with folks and leave voice messages to folks. If you’re planning on getting an Xbox One and were hoping that it would come with a headset, though, forget about it.
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