Xbox Game Pass-like subscription services are good for gaming

Xbox Game Pass-like subscription services are good for gaming

Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: When Microsoft announced the Xbox Game Pass, the Internet erupted in the usual predictable outrage they usually do when Microsoft dares to innovate. Gamers and so-called Gaming Journalists collectively lamented the new program, arguing that Microsoft was out to milk the consumer, beyond the fact that they already charge … Read more

Windows 10 S makes sense for the Surface Laptop

Here are all Xbox One releases for April 5

Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: Yesterday, Microsoft announced the Surface Laptop, a product designed and specifically targeted at University students. The device, which is meticulously designed draws a lot of comparisons to the rather tepid Apple MacBook, itself a small form factor device coming in at around the same price. The major difference, however, … Read more

Xbox Game Pass can reduce the risk for game developers working on large-scale projects

Microsoft confirms virtual reality won't be at E3 2017

Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: Recently Phil Spencer outed some widely misconstrued opinions surrounding single player narrative driven games on consoles and PC. He lamented the fact that currently multiplayer or hybrid experiences have grabbed such a large chunk of the market that single player experiences have fallen by the wayside, with some very … Read more

OPINION: Bringing PlayStation 4 games to PlayStation Now benefits everyone

OPINION: Bringing PlayStation 4 games to PlayStation Now benefits everyone

Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: Recently Sony made headlines, and some diehard fans unhappy, when they revealed that their streaming service PlayStation Now would start to deliver PlayStation 4 exclusives. The service was also removed from smart TV systems and the older PlayStation 3 and Vita models due to the new offering being integrated, … Read more

OPINION: Microsoft consistently beats competition at releasing games

Ubisoft transfers 1666: Amsterdam rights back to creator

Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: With the recent cancellation of Scalebound by the Xbox team, gamers, and the media they cling to, have started the usual predictable flood of anguish over the so-called death of Xbox they’ve been predicting for the last four years. Scalebound was announced at the 2014 E3 conference, alongside other … Read more

OPINION: Microsoft was right to cancel Scalebound

Scalebound's protagonist creates multiple copies of himself

Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: Microsoft just announced that Scalebound has been cancelled. While many media outlets are shocked over this, I’m really not surprised. We didn’t have an update on the game for months and it also wasn’t listed in a recent press release which Microsoft put out confirming which games were coming … Read more

OPINION: What’s next for Batman in gaming?

OPINION: What's next for Batman in gaming?

Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: We’ve gone a whole year without a fresh Batman: Arkham release for the Xbox One or other major consoles. When Rocksteady released Batman: Arkham Knight back in 2015 we knew this was going to be the case. They had already declared that it was the grand finale of the … Read more