After lots of requests and a false start, it’s finally going to happen. Red Dead Redemption, the acclaimed 2010 western from Rockstar, will be available on July 8th via the Xbox One backwards compatibility program. If you own a copy of the game for the Xbox 360 – be it the standard version, Undead Nightmare, or the Game of the Year Edition – you will be able to play it on the Xbox One. For those w...[Read More]
Microsoft’s avatar system is getting an update soon. One of the features being added with the update is one that’s pretty cool, and one that surprisingly hasn’t been asked for before. It started with a comment made on Twitter by Seamus Blackley, co-creator of Xbox, about how hard it would be technically to add wheelchairs to avatars. Xbox engineering lead Mike Ybarra revealed images showing male a...[Read More]
While Bungie’s Destiny will still be chugging along for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, support for the game on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 will be dwindling down, beginning with the Rise if Iron expansion. Bungie has gone on the record explaining why the expansion won’t be made available for the PS3 or Xbox 360. In a later blog post, Bungie described what Destiny players on last-gem consoles c...[Read More]
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]
Microsoft and Team Dakota have announced that they are shutting down Project Spark, the game-creation tool for Xbox One and Windows. Project Spark allowed amateur game developers create just about whatever they wanted and let them share and play the homemade creations with the community. It is no longer available for download from the Xbox Store or Windows Store as of May 13th. Team Dakota communi...[Read More]