Microsoft today announced that apps like Netflix, Sky Go, and YouTube will no longer require users to have an active Xbox Live gold subscription. This should please a lot of Xbox owners as it allows them to use their Xbox for more than just gaming. Microsoft also finally announced games with gold for the Xbox One, which launches […]
Microsoft releasing Xbox One without Kinect this June for €399
Microsoft are kicking of some announcements before E3 starts, and possibly the biggest that would have come is a Kinect-less Xbox One. That’s right folks. Microsoft are set to release an Xbox One bundle on June 9th without Kinect included, making the bundled product no longer mandatory. The benefit of removing Kinect will drop the price of […]
Half Life 2 and Portal now available on the Nvidia Shield
It was announced a few weeks ago, but today both Half Life 2 and Portal are available for the Nvidia shield. Both games are hugely popular and seeing them on the device should increase its sales or at least make those who already have one more excited, assuming it’s a pattern and we see more […]
EA launches On the House: free PC games with no catch, starting with Dead Space
EA have just launched a new thing! that thing you ask? well, it’s called On the House and basically they are giving away games. The timing for each giveaway isn’t exact, but for a few days, any user on Origin can grab a specfic title completely free and own it as they would had they purchased […]
PlayStation 4 reaches 7 million sales milestone
Sony have just announced the PlayStation 4 has sold over 7 million units worldwide as of April 6th. It hasn’t been that long since the console reached 5 million sales, meaning it’s well on its way to break the 10 million sales mark in the coming months. The PS4 has been sold out in […]
Amazon launch their own Streaming and gaming set-top box dubbed Fire TV
Amazon today have finally announced their own set-top box which brings streaming and games directly to your TV, just like all other set-top boxes available. The Amazon Fire TV set-top box features a quad-core CPU with 2GB of RAM and runs an Amazon version of Android. The box itself is fairly subtle and includes, Ethernet, […]
Microsoft appoints Phil Spencer as new head of Xbox
Microsoft have just announced that Phil Spencer will take over as head of Xbox, after Marc Whitten departed to join Sonos. Spencer was the lead for Microsoft Studio and in charge of the gaming brought to the Xbox Platform. Microsoft is now combing the Xbox and Xbox Live teams with the Microsoft Studio team. This […]
New Watch Dogs trailer released, detailing NPC’s and more
Ubisoft have just released a new Watch Dogs trailer as the gear up for the official release on May 27th, which as most people know is over 6 months later than the original release date back in November. The new trailer dubbed Welcome to Chicago details more about the included NPC’s, hacks, and more about […]
Titanfall release for Xbox 360 pushed to April 8th in US and April 11th in Europe
EA have just announced that Titanfall for the Xbox 360 is getting yet another delay, pushing the release window from March to April. The new launch date for the game is set for April 8th in the US and April 11th in Europe. EA have detailed the delay as giving the developers Bluepoint more time […]
Sony announce Project Morpheus, officially bringing virtual reality to the PS4
GDC 2014 has kicked off, and Sony have just finished up their panel and with it have announced Project Morpheus and so the rumours are over. Sony are bringing a virtual reality headset to the PS4. While Sony have detailed a lot about the virtual reality headset and the fact they have been working on […]