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Microsoft has heard your cries, and is beginning to take action. There have been many mixed feelings regarding the new Dashboard/XBL experience on the Xbox One since the release, however it seems Microsoft will soon be addressing many issues with the OS, with it’s first major update that is slated to arrive this March. The update will focus on fixing several issues regarding Xbox Live service on the Xbox One. Party-chat problem fixes, as well as other social interactive features on the Xbox One have also been reported to be addressed as well. There have also been many rumors regarding…
Slimmer is always better right? Well Sony sure does think so, early this morning Sony held a special briefing in the UK to announce a “Slim” product, as many assumed, and were in fact correct, Sony revealed that the PlayStation Vita Slim, which launched in Japan in the fall, is indeed on it’s way to the UK next Friday on February 7th! The PS Vita Slim has reported to be 20% slimmer, and 15% lighter than its predecessor, and will be slightly cheaper than the original Vita was when it first launched. The new Slim handheld will with 1GB of…
The popular streaming service Twitch.TV has been one of the most anticipated features of the Xbox One thus far, more specifically the streaming from console feature, that has in which not arrived as of yet. Gamer’s have been wondering when they might see this feature arrive on the Xbox One, and while it has been confirmed already, Twitch.TV stated on twitter today, “There is no ETA at this time from Microsoft”. Reasonably, it is safe to assume that this feature is still at least a few months down the road from arriving, but hopefully this wait is allowing Microsoft to polish…
It’s the holiday season! The time of year where gamers all over have received their new consoles, software, subscriptions, and the blowing up of gaming networks around the world have begun. Nintendo has been no stranger to this now, and even in the past, but it looks like this year especially, there servers are taking the hard hits. Pokemon Bank is a subscription based cloud storage app developed by Nintendo enabling users to deposit and store their Pokemon from select Pokemon games. It also comes free with another software (Poke-transfer) that allows users to transfer Pokemon from Pokemon Black/Black2 &…
So you’ve waited outside in the cold during black Friday to try and score one at midnight you say? No luck? Well maybe the odds will be in your favor this weekend, as a Toys ‘R’ Us representative has recently confirmed that the retailer will be receiving another batch of consoles shipments for the Xbox One this weekend! This Sunday in fact, they will be available in store to pick up. But as you may already know, it’s not as easy as it sounds. No word has been said in regards to how many consoles each store will be getting,…
According to a recent ad spotted in the latest issue of Game Informer Magazine, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag’s upcoming single player story DLC entitled, Freedom Cry, will be released on December 17th. The DLC was revealed in October, and confirmed that players will be playing the role of a man name Adéwalé, a former slave, taking the place of the main story’s protagonist. The DLC was reported to be set 15 years after the events of the main campaign of Assassins Creed IV, and will total more than four hours of content. No price has been announced as of yet for the DLC,…
It seems that the Nintendo bundles this holiday season, are never ending, from the midnight purple + Luigi’s Mansion Bundle, to the Legend of Zelda a Link Between Worlds Bundle with the Zelda themed 3DS XL, all the way to the more recently announced Silver 3DS XL bundle, which included Mario & Luigi Dream Team. Either way, Nintendo is breaking the real packages this holiday season, and they haven’t stopped yet! Earlier today Nintendo announced two new Nintendo 2DS bundles were on the way, which come in Red and Blue color, and are being bundled with Pokemon X & Y.…
PlayStation 4 owner will finally be able to explore the world of Eorzea, this spring! After prior confirmation that the game was in fact on board for a PS4 release, Sony today confirmed at the PlayStation Awards in Tokyo Japan, that ARR was coming April of 2014. So weather you are a PC, PS3, or PS4 owner, FFXIV will soon be available on all system simultaneously. The next major patch, 2.1, in ARR is slated to arrive on December 17th. The patch will include new additions to the game such as team based PvP, as well as a player housing system.…
Did you purchase an Xbox One but were disappointed from the lack of puzzle games? Well you’re in luck, Peggle 2 has been reported, according to VentureBeat, to be coming to Xbox One on December 9th. Despite the title originally being apart of the consoles launch lineup, it was shortly delayed and given a TBA 2013 placeholder. Popcap has not yet made any official details regarding the launch of the game, but it’s probably safe to assume it will be any time now considering the recent leak of the games possible release date.
According to develop-online,net a new Warhammer 40k game is in the works. The game has been reported to be entitled “Storm of Vengeance”, and get this, it’s also reported to be a “lane strategy” game, and will release on both PC and mobile. Clearly using the term “lane strategy”, was an attempt to make the game not sound like another cliche “MOBA” game, but I’m pretty sure you know what to expect by now. The studio behind the Storm of Vengeance is reported to be a mobile gaming focused company, but has been around since 1987 and developed quite a handful…