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E3 Impressions: Sea of Thieves
Why are we sitting here reading this? This is a shared-world pirate adventure game. Win! Break out the rum and celebrate! In all seriousness, Rare’s Sea of Thieves looks like the kind of game that will have people grinning like Cheshire Cat. From its gameplay elements to its presentation, everything seems to scream, “PICK UP AND PLAY ME!!!” It’s been a long time in the making, but it looks as thou...[Read More]
E3 Impressions: Scalebound
PlatinumGames unveiled a new multiplayer gameplay trailer for their upcoming action RPG game, Scalebound. While it doesn’t answer questions about the game’s story and premise, it does have a giant enemy crab. Little is still known about Scalebound. Your character is named Drew, and he rides a dragon named Thuban. Somehow, you are the only hope of the world of Draconis, a world plagued by huge mons...[Read More]
E3 Impressions: Gears of War 4
As the first game in the series since Microsoft acquired it from Epic Studios and handed it to Canadian developer The Coalition, Gears of War 4 was bound to receive a fair amount of scrutiny from series fans. After the gameplay demo shown at E3, I’m not so sure the scrutiny will subside. Gears of War 4 is set 25 years after the events of Gears of War 3. The main protagonist is JD Fenix, son of Mar...[Read More]
E3 Impressions: Dead Rising 4
I’m really getting worn out by the whole zombie thing. I know I can’t be the only one who feels that way. That being said, Dead Rising 4 is one game I can forgive. Yes, it’s about zombies and I’m bored to death of zombies, but at least Dead Rising 4 doesn’t take itself incredibly seriously. The announce trailer on display was testament to that lack of seriousness. We see Frank West, freelance phot...[Read More]
Upcoming Xbox One updates adding Cortana and Marketplace Unification
This summer, the Xbox One will receive two updates that will add Microsoft’s Cortana voice assistant to the console and start unifying the Xbox and Windows Stores. Mike Ybarra, Xbox’s director of program management, wrote on Major Nelson’s blog to explain how Cortana would work. He said that voice commands will work with both headsets and Kinect and can be used to find games, search for friends, a...[Read More]
Quantum Broken on PC: Microsoft’s Universal Windows Platform’s Mess
Don’t you hate it when you get proven wrong? Don’t you hate it when your plans blow up in your face? Don’t you REALLY hate it when you become the world’s worst joke? Again? I am, of course, asking Microsoft. They should be tired of this by now, but they love putting themselves in this position. I’m still asking because, seriously, they should know better by now. The monolith from Redmond, WA recen...[Read More]
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