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In the 1990s, the Japanese market was flooded with role-playing games. A gamer had their choice of Final Fantasy, Suikoden, Wild Arms, and so many more. When we fast forward two decades to the current generation of consoles, every game that is released has those elements. These elements include statistical progression gained through the experience … Read more

Tim Sweeney, co-founder of Epic Games, recently criticized Microsoft’s Universal Windows Platform by calling it “the first apparent step towards locking down the consumer PC ecosystem and monopolising app distribution and commerce.” Phil Spencer responded by discrediting this. In a piece from The Guardian, Sweeney seems to misinterpret Microsoft’s intentions. He accuses Microsoft of “moving … Read more

Update: More games may have been revealed by an alleged insider. He’s been right twice before and there’s no reason not to consider this right. However, as with any rumor, wait until Microsoft officially announces the free games and take this information with a grain of salt. According to one of our community members on … Read more

Update 2: It’s working again and back on the Xbox Store. Update 1: Xbox Support responded and gave further details. The representative said: “Alright, so I do see the special edition on the store at Xbox.com. But you purchased the standard edition, and at this time, we’re advising customers to head to Rocksteady’s site and … Read more

Introduction With the release of Halo 4, 343 Industries established that they were capable of taking over the important franchise and steering it in a new direction. While the multiplayer strayed from its roots, the campaign elevated the game considerably. Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, and Halo 3 were all about the struggle against the … Read more

In an interview with Mike Nichols, chief marketing officer for Xbox, revealed that Cortana would work with the free headset that comes with every Xbox One. Nichols confirmed that when Cortana comes to the Xbox One—the voice or text search companion is scheduled to launch for Preview members sometime this year—it will include Kinect support. … Read more

Reddit user dieklobrille recently posted the results of a series of tests that they performed to compare and contrast the UI speeds of the public Xbox One OS, the “New Xbox One experience” OS (v290915), and the current Playstation 4 OS (v3.00). Dieklobrille posted the following disclaimer in the comments section, which serves to point … Read more

The final download size of Halo 5: Guardians has been revealed. According to the Xbox Store website, the title comes in at 46.19 GB. Note that this might increase as multiplayer games usually get patches before launch. However, those shouldn’t add that much to the size. Be sure to have your external hard drives ready. … Read more

This week we spoke to Studio Head of Rare, Craig Duncan about the future of Rare. Throughout we discuss E3, Rare Replay, backwards compatibility and much more. ICXM: Are all 30 games in Rare Replay accessible through one interface, similar to Halo: The Master Chief Collection? Craig: Yes but more playful than the cool look … Read more