What is Xbox All Access? Xbox All Access is an Xbox Series X payment plan system that allows you to open a line of credit with a retailer and pay $34.99 / £28.99 a month for a console and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription over the course of two years. …
Read More »Dead Rising 3 will not be sold in Germany
When there’s no more room left in Hell, Dead Rising still won’t be allowed in Germany. Destructoid reports that Xbox One launch title Dead Rising 3 has been refused classification by the German entertainment software self-regulation body, much like the other games in the zombie-killing series. “While Microsoft is disappointed …
Read More »Microsoft touring North America and Europe with Xbox One demos
Microsoft is touring North America and Europe to give people an early look at Xbox One in action. Xbox Live’s Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb announced on his blog this weekend that the next-gen console will debut at 75 cities around the world from now through late November. The Area One …
Read More »Xbox Live on Xbox One, the first details
As part of Microsoft’s grand reveal of the Xbox One (opens in new tab) (that name will take some time), the company gave their first details on the future of Xbox Live, which they say is completely redefined. First off the system will use more than 300,000 servers to run …
Read More »Xbox One will require game installation to hard drive
According to an exclusive look at the Xbox One by Wired, you’ll have to install games to the console’s hard drive to play them. Following the installation process, you’ll be able to boot games up without the disc at all, and they’ll be tied to your Xbox Live account. Wired …
Read More »How Microsofts new Kinect focus lost a connection with one gamer
“You know what would be really funny?”, we said the other day. “If we counted the number of times the word ‘Kinect’ was uttered during last year’s abhorrently motion-control-fixated Microsoft press conference, and then compared it to the number of times it’s said this year”. Our thinking was simple. An …
Read More »Threadless shirts bring hipster appeal to your Xbox Avatar today
Despite our instinctual revulsion at the concept of paying real money for nonexistent digital clothes, every now and then the Xbox Avatar Marketplace gets us. Sometimes we’re pulled in with wrestling gear (opens in new tab), RoboCop helmets (opens in new tab) or yesterday’s Max Payne attire (opens in new …
Read More »Halo: Anniversary preview why the word remastered doesnt do it justice
Not all special editions are (re)created equal. If you’ve lumped Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary in the same category as other recently updated last-generation classics like Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, Resident Evil, Sly Cooper or Beyond Good & Evil, you’re making a mistake. And if you’re upset that Halo costs …
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