Archive for the ‘Xbox360’ Category

Xbox One price drop: How will this affect the console war?

Microsoft announced a $399 version of the Xbox One sans Kinect today–bringing it in line with the current sales frontrunner PlayStation 4. And even without an Xbox Live Gold membership, Xbox owners will finally be able to access entertainment apps like Netflix and Hulu. The comments for those stories, and our interview with Xbox boss […]

GS News – Xbox One Price Drop: $399, No Kinect, Netflix Paywall Gone

HUGE Microsoft news including a cheaper, Kinect-less Xbox One bundle, Xbox One Games With Gold launching, and some Xbox Live Gold restrictions removed!

E3 2014: Everything You Need to Know

The 2014 Electronic Entertainment Expo is now just four weeks away. To help you prepare for what promises to be a busy and news-heavy event, we’ve compiled a roundup of dates and times for the main press conferences and other events happening during this year’s show. What: E3 2014 Where: Los Angeles Convention Center. Los […]

Diablo 3’s latest patch toughens up Crusaders, hands out more gold

The latest patch for Diablo III, bringing the game up to version 2.0.5, introduces a wide range of changes to all classes, including making the Crusader–the class added in the Reaper of Souls expansion–both tougher and capable of doing more damage. Each of the six classes have been modified, some more extensively than others. The […]

Guild Wars 2 coming to China on May 15 at 10:18 a.m. — Yes, it’s that specific

PC MMO Guild Wars 2 will launch in China on May 15 at 10:18 a.m. local time. That’s the most specific (non-midnight) release date we’ve ever seen, but it’s for a good reason. Developer ArenaNet notes that the number 8 is known in Chinese culture to be lucky. As for the 10 a.m. part, an […]

GS News Update: Watch Dogs runs at 900p on PS4, 792p on Xbox One

Ubisoft clarifies exactly how their game will look on next-gen systems, saying development time was spent improving the gameplay.

Super Time Force, BattleBlock Theater on PC, Minecraft and Borderlands 2 in Stores – New Releases

This week we get to save dinosaurs with Super Time Force! BattleBlock Theatre comes to PC and Linux, and we get retail copies of Minecraft for PS3 and Borderlands 2 for PS Vita

Could Nintendo’s NFC figurines and Pokemon save the Wii U?

Amidst Nintendo’s troubled quarterly financial report, the company revealed that they have something new in the works: the Nintendo Figurine Platform (NFP). Taking advantage of NFC technology built-into the Wii U, the system will encompass multiple titles and will also work on 3DS. We’ll be seeing exactly what Nintendo has in store for the tech […]

Capcom recognizes importance of diversity, promotes female employees to executive positions

Capcom is promoting its female workers to executive positions as part of an effort to encourage diversity in the workplace, the company announced in its recent earnings report. “Capcom is fully recognizing the importance of diversity of human resources in recent years while actively utilizing female workers and making evaluations according to performance and not […]

Sony PlayStation E3 2014 press conference dated for June 9, 6PM

Sony has started sending out invites for their press conference today, confirming the date and time as Monday June 9 at 6PM. If you’re planning out your week based on press conference watching, here are the confirmed details we’ve gotten for the other exhibitors so far: Microsoft: Monday June 9 at 9:30 AM PST EA: […]