Blog Profile / Eurogamer
| URL : | http://www.eurogamer.net/blog.php | |
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| Filed Under: | Entertainment / Video Games | |
| Posts on Regator: | 15463 | |
| Posts / Week: | 151.9 | |
| Archived Since: | June 13, 2011 | |
Blog Post Archive
Hands-on with Xbox One
Remember that joke about two GameCubes taped together? Well, to me Xbox One looks like a giant Wii. Sure, it's got more cooling vents than a Deus Ex game (who can blame them after last time?) and size and appointment is more like anShow More Summary
The big interview: Phil Harrison on Xbox One, Kinect, indie games and red rings
Following the unveiling of Xbox One at Microsoft's base in Redmond earlier today, I sat down with Microsoft's corporate-vice-president-of-something-to-do-with-games Phil Harrison to talk Xbox One. We started off by discussing second-hand games. Show More Summary
Phil Harrison tries (again) to clarify game ownership, second-hand sales and always-online in Xbox One
Whether or not you agree with Microsoft's ideas and goals for Xbox One, at least they are generally pretty easy to understand. The one exception today has been how game ownership works and especially the Xbox One's attitude to sharing between friends and reselling games, which has resulted in conflicting and confusing reports. Show More Summary
Gamerscores and Achievements carry over from Xbox 360 to Xbox One
Good news: Gamerscores carry over from Xbox 360 to Xbox One, Microsoft has now confirmed. Your Gold subscription will carry over, too. "Yes," Microsoft answered in an accompanying Q&A (via NeoGAF), "your current Xbox Live Gamertag will...Show More Summary
Battlefield 4 release date, Xbox One version announced
Battlefield 4 launches on 29th October 2013, EA has announced. That's for PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and the just-announced Xbox One. As previously confirmed by developer DICE, and subsequently by publisher EA, the game will not release on Wii U. Read more…
The Xbox One and controller and Kinect photo gallery
Bet Apple's design department is inspired.
Xbox One second-hand games will charge a fee to play
Microsoft has confirmed that second-hand copies of Xbox One games will only be playable if the user pays a fee. The console manufacturer confirmed this to Wired, where it strongly suggested that game installations would be mandatory....Show More Summary
Destiny coming to Xbox One
And another! Destiny's one of several already announced games that's now been confirmed as heading to Microsoft's Xbox One console. Bungie made the announcement via its official site, though had few details to share. Sony's PlayStation 4 has already negotiated exclusive content for the game, Bungie's first outing since it parted ways with Microsoft in 2010. Read more…
The Xbox One controller still takes batteries but has programmable trigger-feedback
The Xbox One controller looks a lot like the Xbox 360 controller but it actually features more than 40 design "innovations", according to Microsoft. Those innovations sadly don't seem to stretch to not taking batteries, although there is an integrated battery compartment. Show More Summary
Thief confirmed for Xbox One
Thief, Eidos Montreal's reboot of the much-loved stealth series, has been been confirmed for Microsoft's Xbox One. Stephane D'Astous, general manager at Eidos Montreal, seems excited enough. "The next generation of home consoles allow us to create the best and the most immersive THIEF game ever," he said in the official press release. Show More Summary
Watch Dogs and Assassin's Creed 4 confirmed for Xbox One
Watch Dogs and Assassin's Creed 4, two of 2013's most high profile releases, are coming to Microsoft's newly unveiled Xbox One. They're heading up the six games that Ubisoft will be bringing to Microsoft's console as it readies up its next generation offerings. Show More Summary
Xbox One will not be backwards compatible
The Xbox One will not feature any form of backwards compatibility for games. This was just confirmed by Microsoft Xbox Live VP Marc Whitten in a comment to The Verge. "The system is based on a different core architecture, so back-compat doesn't really work from that perspective," he explained. Show More Summary
Mocapped dogs, exponential polygons and a mysterious apocalypse: Infinity Ward's next-gen Call of Duty: Ghosts
The next-gen version of Call of Duty: Ghosts, the first game in the blockbuster shooter series to appear on the PlayStation 4 and next Xbox, has perfectly round weapon sights to go along with its ear-splitting explosions and relentless Michael Bay action. Show More Summary
Alan Wake developer announces Xbox One game Quantum Break
Remedy Entertainment, developer of the Alan Wake series, has announced Quantum Break, a new story-based IP for Xbox One. In a trailer that mixed live-action footage with pre-rendered footage, a creepy-looking young girl in an all-American family is asked by her mother why she's different. Show More Summary
Spielberg to helm a Halo TV show
Legendary director Steven Spielberg will be heading up a "premium TV series" based on the Halo franchise. Announced moments ago at the Xbox One reveal event, Halo: The Television Series - as it's now codenamed - will be a live action program. Show More Summary
Exclusive FIFA 14 Ultimate Team content for Xbox One
EA Sports announced exclusive FIFA 14 Ultimate Team content for Xbox One moments ago. Exactly what that will be we'll have to wait and find out. EA Sports boss Andrew Wilson also announced the new Ignite game engine at the event, which...Show More Summary
Forza Motorsport 5 announced for Xbox One
Forza Motorsport 5 will be a launch title for Xbox One, Microsoft has announced at the Redmond unveiling of its next console. The next entry in Turn 10's well-regarded racing series was shown in what appeared to be a pre-rendered trailer showing two McLaren cars - a classic F1 and the brand new P1 - racing each other around a historic European city. Show More Summary
Microsoft reveals next Xbox One
Microsoft has finally revealed its next generation games machine, named Xbox One. The company showed off the box at the start of its still-ongoing conference - it's a horizontal rectangular black box - not too dissimilar to the Xbox 360 Slim, although slightly more angular. The front of the Xbox One holds the machine's disc slot and power button. Read more…
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger review
Following Call of Juarez's ill-advised ride into a modern day setting in 2011's The Cartel - a game that was, at best, culturally insensitive, with its facetious take on the contemporary drug wars in Mexico - we're back to the stirrups and sunsets of the series' spaghetti western beginnings. Show More Summary
Sony Japan game Panopticon is Vita game Freedom Wars
Panopticon, the cel-shaded curio being made by Sony Japan, has turned out to be a game called Freedom Wars for PlayStation Vita. It was revealed on the Japanese PlayStation Network in a new video, reported sgcafe - that video is embedded below. Show More Summary