Be Grateful for the Xbox One
Console War of Attrition I don’t like the Xbox One. I don’t hate it, because hate is something I reserve for bigots, escort missions and people who talk in the cinema. But the Xbox One is not a console that I have any parti...
Dead Rising 3 Mega-Review
Amazingly Infectious Dead Rising 3 maintains the absurdness that Dead Rising is known for, but now has a more immersive, open world that allows for exploration without some of the restrictions of previous versions. Plenty of un...
Xbox One Sells 2 Million Units In 18 Days
Despite falling behind on launch day sales, the Xbox One seems to be gaining momentum. The console has sold 2 million units to customers in 18 days. With the holidays approaching, it seems a lot of lucky young men, women, and c...
Ryse: Son of Rome Mega-Review
When In Rome, Kick Ass as the Romans Do Admittedly, Ryse: Son of Rome was not my first round draft pick as the inaugural game for my Xbox One. I had originally pre-ordered Watch Dogs, but that got delayed, and since I hadn̵...
Xbox One’s First Update Since Day One Comes Out Today
Microsoft’s Larry Hryb aka Major Nelson announced on his blog that today, December 10th around 5:00 PM PT, the first update since the mandatory Day One update is to be released. The update will address the following issues: A...
Xbox One Poll: Bring Back the Classics
Bring Back the Xbox Original Classics! Every year we see a new Call of Duty, Battlefield, Madden, or other titles similarly suffering from sequel-itis, we start wondering about the lack of resourcefulness of the gaming industry...
Star Wars: Battlefront for XBox One Available for Pre-Order + New Game Details
Much to my surprise, while hunting for some video game deals at the Microsoft Store website, I came across a pre-order listing for the much anticipated Star Wars: Battlefront on the Xbox One. Not that the title won’t be r...
Consumer Reports Pits the Xbox One Against the PlayStation 4
Wondering about which system to buy this holiday season? Up in arms about deciding between the graphical prowess of the PlayStation 4 and the futuristic media box capabilities of the Xbox One? Fear not, fellow gamers and savvy ...
Xbox One Voice Command Cheat Sheet
If you’re anything like me, you’re probably having a lot of trouble with the Kinect understanding your commands. Now don’t get me wrong, most of what I ask of the Xbox One, it executes my requests amazingly we...
International Xbox One Repairs Require Paying for Shipping?
Considering the amount of issues consumers are having with their new Xbox Ones in the US and abroad, Microsoft paying for return postage for the sending in the defective units sounds logical. MS is doing US consumers a solid, b...
The Waiting Game
Like many, if not most, people, I view the new console launches with mixed feelings. I feel excitement at the prospect of a whole new generation of gaming hardware, jubilation at the promise of shiny new toys and, on a more per...
Did Microsoft Know About the Faulty Xbox One Optical Drive?
Microsoft is stuck in quite the situation with the launch of the Xbox One. Amid the “green screens of deathâ€, consoles getting bricked, alleged game DRM reports, missing pixels in gameplay, and a seemingly large number of d...
Guy Gets 2 Broken Xbox Ones Within 16 Hours
Gooseman1977 has uploaded a video to his YouTube channel that shows his Day One edition Xbox One with a faulty disc drive; his second one in 16 hours. The console took his copy of Call of Duty: Ghosts hostage and won’t...
NBA 2K14 and Dead Rising 3 DRM Checks on the Xbox One?
It seems that Xbox Live servers are starting to act up today, with a constant stream of voices complaining about storefronts and the services being down, period. Now it seems like some titles that depend on Xbox Live services (...
PS4 Exclusives Score Higher than Xbox One Exclusives
What’s a war without numbers? Every time you learn about a war in school they tell you the number of dollars spent, the number of soldiers killed, the number of days, etc. Console wars are no different. Between the nations ...
